Tuberculosis incidence in sub-Saharan Africa is falling too slowly to meet global targets of an 80% reduction by 2030, and where incidence is falling, the decline is...Infectious Diseases
A large clinical trial to assess treatments for preventing people at high risk from developing multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) has begun. The study is...Weekly Roundup
A number of universities are rolling out critical antiretroviral therapy (ART) medication to their students living with HIV, according to a Mail & Guardian report....
May 22nd, 2019A Cape Town gynaecologist has made giving birth a little safer by turning a cheap surgical glove into a device that stops excessive post-birth bleeding, reports The...
The controversial study by Stellenbosch University researchers, which suggests Coloured women have an increased risk for low cognitive function, has been retracted,...South Africa
In the face of sustained criticism, Stellenbosch University has apologised for the ‘pain and anger’ caused by a study assessing cognitive function of a small sample...
April 24th, 2019
Coloured women in SA have an increased risk for low cognitive functioning, as they present with low education levels and unhealthy lifestyle behaviours, due to a...
April 24th, 2019Melanoma, an aggressive form of skin cancer previously thought to affect mainly white people, has been found to pose a significant threat also to black people, found a...
By some measures – healthy life expectancy, obesity and depression, among others – South Africa is the unhealthiest country on earth, writes Bob Mash, in the...
April 10th, 2019The levels of stress and long working hours among SA anaesthetists are increasingly unsustainable with 40% of those in the state sector suffering from burnout, found a...
