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Who is liable for unnecessary deaths due to EMS, ambulance crisis?

Who is liable for unnecessary deaths due to EMS, ambulance crisis?

26 Jun 2019

Top risks in SA laboratories

26 Jun 2019

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Alzheimer's disease not linked to type 2 diabetes or high blood pressure - new study

Elisabet Englund & Keivan Javanshiri 26 Jun 2019

Christina Curtis and her colleagues found that colon cancer tumours could potentially spread to other parts of the body much earlier than previously known.
Paul Sakuma

Most metastatic colorectal cancers have spread before diagnosis

25 Jun 2019

A child about to have his rotten tooth capped at the author’s clinic in Khartoum, Sudan. Author provided

Saving children's teeth in Sudan - without anaesthetic or drills

Fadil Elamin 25 Jun 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Insuring your practice against business interruptions

Christiaan Steyn 24 Jun 2019

Shockwave IVL procedure

New procedure uses ultrasonic waves to break down coronary artery blockages

24 Jun 2019

450 SACAP graduates to boost mental health workforce

450 SACAP graduates to boost mental health workforce

SACAP 24 Jun 2019

Pregnancy and medical aid

Pregnancy and medical aid

Bonitas 24 Jun 2019

Western Cape Mediclinics receive a cluster of quality awards

Western Cape Mediclinics receive a cluster of quality awards

COHSASA 24 Jun 2019

The Department of Health in Limpopo says is no money to hire about 400 nurses who fully qualified in January this year. Photo: Bernard Chiguvare

400 newly qualified nurses without jobs in Limpopo

Bernard Chiguvare 24 Jun 2019

President Cyril Ramaphosa has promised that long waits at state health facilities will be a thing of the past. Photo: RNews

President promises revised NHI plan

21 Jun 2019

Border screening at Kenya’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. EPA-EFE/DANIEL IRUNGU

Kenya responded fast to Ebola scare, but cross-border risk remains high

Abdhalah Ziraba 21 Jun 2019

Integrated approach needed to aid conservation, health

Integrated approach needed to aid conservation, health

21 Jun 2019

Jill Larkan, head of healthcare consulting, GTC

Are umbrella medical funds the way forward?

Jill Larkan 20 Jun 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

What stresses doctors out?

20 Jun 2019

Doctors and nurses were held at gunpoint to stop giving patients treatment. (Paul Botes)

Hospitals close in Mpumalanga as doctors and nurses fear for their safety

Nelisiwe Msomi 19 Jun 2019

There’s a lack of research that deals specifically with conditions in African countries. Shutterstock

Africa needs to up its research game to fight non-communicable diseases

Andre Pascal Kengne, Elvis Banboye Kidzeru & Muki Shey 19 Jun 2019

South Africa should learn from Brazil about how to tackle 'hidden hunger'

South Africa should learn from Brazil about how to tackle 'hidden hunger'

Brittany Kesselman 19 Jun 2019

#YouthMonth: Are you a Youthpreneur?

#YouthMonth: Are you a Youthpreneur?

Bizcommunity.com 18 Jun 2019

Deputy President David Mabuza

Leveraging technology to end the HIV/Aids epidemic

18 Jun 2019

The #Cannes Lions 2019 Health & Wellness and Pharma Grand Prix winners: McCann Tel Aviv, Craft London and UM Tel Aviv, for IKEA 'ThisAbles' and McCann Health Shanghai, for GSK GlaxoSmithKline's 'Breath of Life' respectively.

#CannesLions2019: Health & Wellness and Pharma Lions winners!

17 Jun 2019

#CannesLions2019: Health & Wellness and Pharma shortlists

#CannesLions2019: Health & Wellness and Pharma shortlists

16 Jun 2019

Could primary healthcare help curb TB at mines?

14 Jun 2019

The three big studies pushing at the frontiers of HIV prevention

Glenda Gray 14 Jun 2019

Cohsasa CEO elected to ISQua Academy of Quality and Safety

Cohsasa CEO elected to ISQua Academy of Quality and Safety

COHSASA 14 Jun 2019

The links between stress, digestion and nutrition

The links between stress, digestion and nutrition

Association for Dietetics in South Africa 14 Jun 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

New study shows partial progress in South Africa's HIV response

13 Jun 2019

DoH blames ARV supply issues on global shortage

DoH blames ARV supply issues on global shortage

12 Jun 2019

South Africa has the world’s highest AIDS burden. Shutterstock

Adherence is delaying HIV elimination targets. What's needed to break the cycle

Michelle Moorhouse & Willem Daniel Francois Venter 11 Jun 2019

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Christina Curtis and her colleagues found that colon cancer tumours could potentially spread to other parts of the body much earlier than previously known.
Paul Sakuma

Most metastatic colorectal cancers have spread before diagnosis

25 Jun 2019

A child about to have his rotten tooth capped at the author’s clinic in Khartoum, Sudan. Author provided

Saving children's teeth in Sudan - without anaesthetic or drills

Fadil Elamin 25 Jun 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Insuring your practice against business interruptions

Christiaan Steyn 24 Jun 2019

Shockwave IVL procedure

New procedure uses ultrasonic waves to break down coronary artery blockages

24 Jun 2019

450 SACAP graduates to boost mental health workforce

450 SACAP graduates to boost mental health workforce

SACAP 24 Jun 2019

Pregnancy and medical aid

Pregnancy and medical aid

Bonitas 24 Jun 2019

Western Cape Mediclinics receive a cluster of quality awards

Western Cape Mediclinics receive a cluster of quality awards

COHSASA 24 Jun 2019

The Department of Health in Limpopo says is no money to hire about 400 nurses who fully qualified in January this year. Photo: Bernard Chiguvare

400 newly qualified nurses without jobs in Limpopo

Bernard Chiguvare 24 Jun 2019

President Cyril Ramaphosa has promised that long waits at state health facilities will be a thing of the past. Photo: RNews

President promises revised NHI plan

21 Jun 2019

Border screening at Kenya’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. EPA-EFE/DANIEL IRUNGU

Kenya responded fast to Ebola scare, but cross-border risk remains high

Abdhalah Ziraba 21 Jun 2019

Integrated approach needed to aid conservation, health

Integrated approach needed to aid conservation, health

21 Jun 2019

Jill Larkan, head of healthcare consulting, GTC

Are umbrella medical funds the way forward?

Jill Larkan 20 Jun 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

What stresses doctors out?

20 Jun 2019

Doctors and nurses were held at gunpoint to stop giving patients treatment. (Paul Botes)

Hospitals close in Mpumalanga as doctors and nurses fear for their safety

Nelisiwe Msomi 19 Jun 2019

There’s a lack of research that deals specifically with conditions in African countries. Shutterstock

Africa needs to up its research game to fight non-communicable diseases

Andre Pascal Kengne, Elvis Banboye Kidzeru & Muki Shey 19 Jun 2019

South Africa should learn from Brazil about how to tackle 'hidden hunger'

South Africa should learn from Brazil about how to tackle 'hidden hunger'

Brittany Kesselman 19 Jun 2019

#YouthMonth: Are you a Youthpreneur?

#YouthMonth: Are you a Youthpreneur?

Bizcommunity.com 18 Jun 2019

Deputy President David Mabuza

Leveraging technology to end the HIV/Aids epidemic

18 Jun 2019

The #Cannes Lions 2019 Health & Wellness and Pharma Grand Prix winners: McCann Tel Aviv, Craft London and UM Tel Aviv, for IKEA 'ThisAbles' and McCann Health Shanghai, for GSK GlaxoSmithKline's 'Breath of Life' respectively.

#CannesLions2019: Health & Wellness and Pharma Lions winners!

17 Jun 2019

#CannesLions2019: Health & Wellness and Pharma shortlists

#CannesLions2019: Health & Wellness and Pharma shortlists

16 Jun 2019

Could primary healthcare help curb TB at mines?

14 Jun 2019

The three big studies pushing at the frontiers of HIV prevention

Glenda Gray 14 Jun 2019

Cohsasa CEO elected to ISQua Academy of Quality and Safety

Cohsasa CEO elected to ISQua Academy of Quality and Safety

COHSASA 14 Jun 2019

The links between stress, digestion and nutrition

The links between stress, digestion and nutrition

Association for Dietetics in South Africa 14 Jun 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

New study shows partial progress in South Africa's HIV response

13 Jun 2019

DoH blames ARV supply issues on global shortage

DoH blames ARV supply issues on global shortage

12 Jun 2019

South Africa has the world’s highest AIDS burden. Shutterstock

Adherence is delaying HIV elimination targets. What's needed to break the cycle

Michelle Moorhouse & Willem Daniel Francois Venter 11 Jun 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Hospital-acquired infections in SA hospitals are on the rise, especially in children

11 Jun 2019

New research could help predict seizures

New research could help predict seizures

10 Jun 2019

Professor Valerie Mizrahi. Photo: Robyn Walker/UCT

UCT scientist uses award to fund TB research

10 Jun 2019

Yusrah and Naseerah Du Toit in the RX Radio studio.

#YouthMonth: Voices for the future of the nation with RX Radio

Leigh Andrews 7 Jun 2019

Two women sell roadside refreshments in rural Kano in 2011. Shobana Shankar, CC BY-SA

What the US could learn about vaccination from Nigeria

Shobana Shankar 7 Jun 2019

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Decolonising healthcare

6 Jun 2019

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Chronic diseases and their impact on the economy

5 Jun 2019

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Breastfeeding could provide life-long immunity to infection, study

4 Jun 2019

A journey continued: How Reach for Recovery and Dr Justus Apffelstaedt are supporting breast cancer patients

A journey continued: How Reach for Recovery and Dr Justus Apffelstaedt are supporting breast cancer patients

MANGO-OMC 4 Jun 2019

Dietitians do much more than you think

Dietitians do much more than you think

Association for Dietetics in South Africa 4 Jun 2019

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U-turn in cannabis regulations opens up market

Megan Adderley, Rodney Africa, Adriano Esterhuizen & Deerah Pillay-Lungoomiah 3 Jun 2019

Mycobacterium tuberculosis under the microscope.

SU researchers study resistance to 'protect' new TB drug

3 Jun 2019

Drone to deliver life-saving blood

Drone to deliver life-saving blood

3 Jun 2019

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