Cart is empty TWO children aged five and nine years old have sustained deep cuts on the legs after one of their friends detonated a grenade. The two children who are pupils at a named Primary School in Chilanga area of Lusaka province are believed to have met their fate during lunch break at school while playing. It […]
DPP BILL TO BE CHALLENGED
…makebi zulu says the npa (amendment) act of 2023 should never have been allowed to go ahead and that it will be challenged in court even after it has been assented into law
BY NATION REPORTER
THE National Prosecution Authority (NPA) Amendment Act of 2023 shall be challenged in the Constitutional Court even after it has been assented into law by President Hakainde Hichilema, Makebi Zulu has announced.
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Power, MUZA know their CAF opponents
POWER Dynamos, Zambia’s representatives in the Champions League have been handed a seemingly easy draw in the preliminary round of the competition after being pitted against Namibian side Africa Stars. Power will next season play in the Champions League after they won the Super League last season. Runners – up FC MUZA will on the […]
How to stop obese children from having heart disease in adulthood
Childhood is a window of opportunity to tackle obesity before the damage it causes is irreversible, according to a scientific statement by experts on heart disease and childhood obesity published today in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. The document was produced by the Task Force for Childhood Health of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC) of the ESC and the European Childhood Obesity Group (ECOG).
Static isometric exercise, such as wall sits, best for lowering blood pressure, finds analysis
Static isometric exercises—the sort that involve engaging muscles without movement, such as wall sits and planks—are best for lowering blood pressure, finds a pooled data analysis of the available evidence from clinical trials, published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.
Consequences of premature parental death seemingly greater for boys than for girls
The cumulative health and economic consequences of the premature loss of a parent may be greater for boys than for girls, suggest the findings of a large long term study published online in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.
Study finds ‘startling’ levels of hidden mental health symptoms among people living with long-term autoimmune diseases
More than half of patients with auto-immune conditions experience mental health conditions such as depression or anxiety, yet the majority are rarely or never asked in clinic about mental health symptoms, according to new research from the University of Cambridge and King’s College London.
In mental health settings, practitioners see more eco-anxiety among patients
Increasingly, mental health practitioners like Karen Magruder of The University of Texas at Arlington are seeing a phenomenon in their clinical settings that isn’t well-described in the research literature.
ENGAGE UNIONS WHEN NEGOTIATING WITH PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS – MINE UNION
By ROGERS KALERO
GOVERNMENT must ensure that mine workers unions are part of the bargaining team whenever it is negotiating with prospective investors in the mining sector so that both the investor and the unions are fully aware of what was expected when operations commence National Union of Min-ers and Allied Workers (NUMAW) President Saul Simujika has said.
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Unraveling the role of core promoter variation in triple-negative breast cancer: Study
TNBC is a particularly aggressive subtype of breast cancer, characterized by the absence of three key receptors: estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2). Approximately 10–20% of all breast cancers are TNBC. TNBC patients face a poorer prognosis due to the lack of specific drug targets. Therefore, the discovery of new factors influencing the development and progression of TNBC is crucial for improving patient outcomes.