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Getting the facts straight – The alcohol ban and COVID-19 beds
It is difficult to accept government meddling in personal lifestyles, even when decisions are based on solid evidence, writes MedicalBrief. The outrage that followed...
Covid emergency services 'inundated' by Vodacom customer care callers
Comment is sought by 4 August on proposals for harmonising the short code for national emergency services, which were published in the Government Gazette....
Corruption feeding frenzy involving R2.2bn of pandemic relief funds
More than R2.2bn of emergency COVID-19 funds have been stolen in a corruption feeding frenzy, the news embarrassingly emerging just as the International Monetary...
Putting the spring-cam back into stroke patients' steps
A research group has developed a new, lightweight and motor-less device that can be easily attached to an ankle support device – otherwise known...
BHF's 'great concern' over CMS circular on medical aid member support and exemption guidelines
The Board of Healthcare Funders (BHF) has noted with great concern the circular issued by the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) Circular 50 of...
INSTANT credit for your patients
Considering the significant impact of COVID-19 on everyone across the country, and the high cost of private medical care, MediFin has launched a finance...
Flu and pneumonia vaccinations may reduce Alzheimer's risk
Flu and pneumonia vaccinations are associated with reduced risk of Alzheimer’s disease, according to research reported at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference® (AAIC®) 2020.
The...
Military doctors refuse deployment by WhatsApp to Eastern Cape
Twelve military doctors were charged after failing to go to the Eastern Cape to help with the COVID-19 effort there, but they argue their...
Fasting diet may boost hormone drugs in breast cancer therapy
A University of Southern California-led team of scientists has found that a fasting-mimicking diet combined with hormone therapy has the potential to help treat...
Why rural South Africans don’t get emergency medical care in time
Drawing on verbal autopsies, a study conducted in Mpumalanga examined what prevented people from seeking, reaching and receiving quality care in a rural part of South...