Cart is empty Obesity, a major risk factor for various lifestyle diseases such as diabetes and hypertension has become widespread worldwide. A multi-institutional research group led by Associate Professor Akiko Kojima of the Graduate School of Human Life and Ecology at Osaka Metropolitan University, has made significant progress in the fight against obesity.
Insulin-like hormones critical for brain plasticity, research suggests
Research from the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience has identified a mechanism through which insulin-like growth factors facilitate brain plasticity.
Diagnosing pediatric Crohn disease with radiomic and clinical data
An accepted manuscript published in the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) found that deploying a radiomic-based model with T2-weighted MRI data could increase diagnostic accuracy for pediatric Crohn disease (CD).
POLICE SUMMON MMEMBE
By NATION REPORTER
THE Zambia Police has summoned Socialist Party president Dr Fred M’membe to appear for questioning at Police Headquarters.
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Cyprus allows human COVID-19 medications to be used on cats to fight deadly virus mutation
Cyprus’ veterinarians association on Friday lauded a government decision to allow its stock of human coronavirus medication to be used on cats to fight a local mutation of a feline virus that has killed thousands of animals on the Mediterranean island.
Milingo Lungu application dismissed
FORMER Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) provisional liquidator Milingo Lungu’s application to prevent the Economic and Financial Crimes Court from hearing a motion in which the State wants to have his accounts forfeited has been dismissed for lacking merit. This means that the Economic and Financial Crimes Court will proceed to hear a case Director of […]
PF WILL REVERSE DECISION TO SET UP AFRICOM IN ZAMBIA
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THE Patriotic Front (PF) says it will reverse the decision by the UPND government to allow the American government to set up AFRICOM, the command centre of the United States Army in Zambia.
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BRITAIN SIGNS AGREEMENT TO GENERATE US$3.17BN
By BUUMBA CHIMBULU
BRITAIN is set to sign an agreement with Zambia to generate US$3.17 billion of British private sector investment in the country’s mining, minerals and renewable energy sectors.
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New technique offers improved diagnostic precision, possible personalized therapy for common arrhythmia
A multidisciplinary study led by scientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) presents a new method for assessing the structural and electrophysiological changes, called atrial remodeling, produced in the heart of patients with atrial fibrillation, one of the most frequent forms of cardiac arrhythmia. The new diagnostic method is based on the simultaneous assessment of electrical and mechanical (contractile) activity in the heart atria during atrial fibrillation. The study is published in Nature Communications.
Researchers find genetic cause of Raynaud’s phenomenon
Researchers at Queen Mary University of London’s Precision Healthcare Research Institute (PHURI) and the Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) at Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin have identified the genetic causes of Raynaud’s phenomenon. Their findings, published today in Nature Communications, could lead to the first effective treatments for people with Raynaud’s.