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Unlocking your benefits - Medical aid tax credits and subsidies, by Medshield
Unlocking your benefits - Medical aid tax credits and subsidies, by Medshield 
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Like nutritious meals, water should be seen as an essential nutrient for learners 
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7th Icon Conference looks at the role of multi-disciplinary teams in oncology 
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Cohsasa’s Conference at Hospital Show a great success! 
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World Health Day emphasises human rights' crucial role in cancer risk reduction 
Africa is way behind the curve in managing heart disease: here's a new approach
Africa is way behind the curve in managing heart disease: here's a new approach

  13 Feb 2020

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  14 Jan 2020

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Namibia, WHO partner in strengthening clinical care of NCDs

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#BestofBiz 2019: Healthcare

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Unravelling the genetic code that controls cell function and disease

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Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

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Top ratings for Biz Rate Card 2019

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  13 Sep 2019

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3 steps towards 'glass boxing' your company with a Biz Press Office

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Leishmaniasis is caused by a parasite that is carried by a female sandfly. CDC/ Frank Collins
Leishmaniasis needs more attention: it causes skin lesions, and can kill

  15 Jul 2019

Bernhard Githundi, a patient at Hornlee Clinic in Knysna gets his medication delivered from the Chronic Dispensary Unit.
WCGH's innovative solution to chronic medicine dispensing

1 Jul 2019

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

  19 Jun 2019

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Chronic diseases and their impact on the economy

5 Jun 2019

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  22 May 2019

Getting South Africans to buy into the next big thing in medicine
Getting South Africans to buy into the next big thing in medicine

  17 May 2019

Making the best food choices for HIV and TB
Making the best food choices for HIV and TB

Association for Dietetics in South Africa  9 May 2019

A University of Cape Town medical student doing yoga for a project that draws on ideas from medical and health humanities. Third Year Yoga SSM
New ways of thinking on health, arts and humanities are emerging in Africa

  3 May 2019

Former Sasol Coal miners claim more than R80 million for coal-related illnesses
Former Sasol Coal miners claim more than R80 million for coal-related illnesses

  25 Apr 2019

Drug reduces kidney failure in diabetics
Drug reduces kidney failure in diabetics

17 Apr 2019

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Africa is way behind the curve in managing heart disease: here's a new approach
Africa is way behind the curve in managing heart disease: here's a new approach

 13 Feb 2020

Tumour cells under a microscope labelled with fluorescent molecules. Shutterstock
Antibody technologies take a step closer to precision medicine

 14 Jan 2020

Namibia, WHO partner in strengthening clinical care of NCDs
Namibia, WHO partner in strengthening clinical care of NCDs

30 Dec 2019

#BestofBiz 2019: Healthcare
#BestofBiz 2019: Healthcare

17 Dec 2019

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Unravelling the genetic code that controls cell function and disease

11 Dec 2019

Corporations misused evidence to manipulate health policy. Shutterstock
How business misrepresented evidence: the South African sugar tax story

 1 Nov 2019

Know your business inside out with a Biz Office
Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

 2 Oct 2019

Top ratings for Biz Rate Card 2019
Top ratings for Biz Rate Card 2019

 27 Sep 2019

Slum residents were said to do less exercise because of cheap motorcycle taxis. Boris Golovnev/Shutterstock
Bad habits drive health risks among Kenya's urban poor

 13 Sep 2019

3 steps towards 'glass boxing' your company with a Biz Press Office
3 steps towards 'glass boxing' your company with a Biz Press Office

 23 Jul 2019

Leishmaniasis is caused by a parasite that is carried by a female sandfly. CDC/ Frank Collins
Leishmaniasis needs more attention: it causes skin lesions, and can kill

 15 Jul 2019

Bernhard Githundi, a patient at Hornlee Clinic in Knysna gets his medication delivered from the Chronic Dispensary Unit.
WCGH's innovative solution to chronic medicine dispensing

1 Jul 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

 19 Jun 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo
Chronic diseases and their impact on the economy

5 Jun 2019

Aubrey de Grey
Who wants to live forever? It's a matter of maintenance

 22 May 2019

Getting South Africans to buy into the next big thing in medicine
Getting South Africans to buy into the next big thing in medicine

 17 May 2019

Making the best food choices for HIV and TB
Making the best food choices for HIV and TB

 9 May 2019

A University of Cape Town medical student doing yoga for a project that draws on ideas from medical and health humanities. Third Year Yoga SSM
New ways of thinking on health, arts and humanities are emerging in Africa

 3 May 2019

Former Sasol Coal miners claim more than R80 million for coal-related illnesses
Former Sasol Coal miners claim more than R80 million for coal-related illnesses

 25 Apr 2019

Drug reduces kidney failure in diabetics
Drug reduces kidney failure in diabetics

17 Apr 2019

Why fixing primary healthcare is crucial to making South Africa healthier
Why fixing primary healthcare is crucial to making South Africa healthier

 10 Apr 2019

Introducing the e-patient
Introducing the e-patient

4 Apr 2019

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Ask Dr Google. The pros and cons of online diagnosis

1 Apr 2019

Doctor's orders: Start saving now
Doctor's orders: Start saving now

29 Mar 2019

Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for Africa
WHO report: 630-million years of healthy life lost in Africa

28 Mar 2019

Poorer South Africans are bombarded with fast food. Shutterstock
Local solutions can boost healthier food choices in South Africa

 11 Mar 2019

Sugar tax on the rise: The current global state of play
Sugar tax on the rise: The current global state of play

 25 Feb 2019

Salty and fatty foods are driving up obesity. Shutterstock
Weighing up the costs of treating lifestyle diseases in South Africa

7 Feb 2019

Is medicine cure? Treatment? Healing? Understanding? Or a bit of all those things. Kenishiroti/Shutterstock
What is medicine? Why it's so important to answer this question

1 Feb 2019

People living in run-down, inner city apartments, like these in Cairo, are at risk of heat-stress health problems. Shutterstock
How global warming is adding to the health risks of poor people

 28 Jan 2019

10 biggest threats to global health
10 biggest threats to global health

15 Jan 2019

While women in sub-Saharan Africa live longer than men, many of these extra years are lived in poor health. Shutterstock
People in Africa live longer. But their health is poor in those extra years

 20 Dec 2018

#BestofBiz 2018: Healthcare
#BestofBiz 2018: Healthcare

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Cancer drug offers more affordable treatment for diabetic retinopathy

12 Dec 2018

The life expectancy improvements in sub-Saharan Africa vary between men and women. Shutterstock
Lifestyle diseases could scupper Africa's rising life expectancy

 27 Nov 2018

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Bizcommunity Recruitment in Africa Focus

 23 Oct 2018

Increasing cholesterol medication adherence with financial incentives may be cost-effective
Increasing cholesterol medication adherence with financial incentives may be cost-effective

16 Oct 2018

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The best Biz summer holiday (content) package ever!

 15 Oct 2018

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Thousands of us die from these illnesses each day. Will it ever end?

 11 Oct 2018

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Tackle Africa's chronic diseases with effective actions

 18 Sep 2018

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