A doctor who boasted on social media about how what he had done had led a person to commit suicide, has been suspended. According to an IoL report, Marie Stopes Clinic...
November 18th, 2020Smoking and drinking among 15-16-year-old students are showing signs of decline – but there are concerns over potentially risky cannabis use and challenges posed by...
November 11th, 2020There's big money being made in dispensing advice on social media platforms, with the estimated earnings of Dr 'Pimple Popper' Sandra Lee in the region of $13,000 per...
A Zimbabwean man has been charged for disclosing another person's COVID-19 positive status on social media. IoL reports that Jimmy Mhlanga is accused of revealing a...
October 30th, 2019
However, research led by Sarah Coyne, a professor of family life at Brigham Young University, found that the amount of time spent on social media is not directly...
August 29th, 2019Social network users risk becoming more and more addicted to social media platforms even as they experience stress from their use, reports Lancaster University in the...
July 10th, 2019Cancer patients who refuse conventional treatment and opt for alternatives are two and a half times as likely to die within five years of being diagnosed....
Social media video posts, painting an unflattering picture of conditions in two Eastern Cape Health hospitals, have gone viral, spurring the department to launch...
April 28th, 2019Big Tobacco is increasingly using social media to find new ways to hook young people on smoking, circumventing decades of laws restricting the marketing of traditional...
February 20th, 2019
Dr Viwe Mtwesi, a young cardiologist who was labelled a "prostitute" on Twitter for the dress she wore, has opened a case a case of crimen injuria and defamation,...
