By BUUMBA CHIMBULU
THE Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) is currently benchmarking and researching on the best practices for the implementation of Non-Stop Borders Posts to allow for seamless movement of goods, passengers, and services.
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Current evidence indicates Black women in the U.S. are at greater risk of developing advanced uterine cancer, also known as endometrial cancer, and of developing its more aggressive form—non-endometroid cancer—than white women.
Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) are not at any greater risk of ovarian cancer than those without the common hormone condition, say researchers. However, those with PCOS who have been through the menopause are more than twice as likely to be diagnosed with ovarian cancer.
Women are just as likely to give birth to live babies after fertility treatment if embryos are transferred to their wombs three days after fertilization in the laboratory rather than five. However, the women’s age can affect the outcomes, according to new research presented to the 39th annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE).
For many patients with hypertension—an elevated blood pressure that can lead to stroke or heart attack—medication keeps the condition at bay. But what happens when medication that physicians usually prescribe doesn’t work? Known as apparent resistant hypertension (aRH), this form of high blood pressure requires more medication and medical management.
There is an epidemic of loneliness and isolation today, and the consequences can be deadly, researchers say.
What if treating obesity could be as easy as popping an effective pill?
The next big advance in cancer treatment could be a vaccine.
The cheap, easy, and fast production of synthetic drugs has radically transformed illicit drug markets around the world, with “lethal results”, the United Nations warned Sunday.
Facing persistent cases of hospital-onset Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) during the pandemic, the infection prevention and control (IPC) team at Children’s Hospital New Orleans developed an inexpensive nasal decolonization regimen previously used only in their adult patients that decreased rates of MRSA by 50 percent. Their results are being presented at the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology’s (APIC’s) Annual Conference in Orlando Florida, June 26-28.
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