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The Menopause Manifesto: From taboo topic to celebrity snake oil
“Menopausal women are sold snake oil in a pink bow”, says Dr Jen Gunter, author of the outspoken new book, The Menopause Manifesto</strong>.
The menopause...
The Age of Anxiety: 'We need tough love not psychobabble'
As depression rates spiral, humans must embrace their trauma rather than seeking inspirational platitudes, says psychologist and author Frank Tallis in an interview with...
A Forensic Pathologist in Africa
In SA, where a population of 58-million people is served by fewer than five dozen forensic pathologists, the annual case load for each specialist...
A mother’s journey through her daughter’s opioid addiction
When Maureen Cavanagh, a hardworking small-business owner and resident of the charming, historic town of Marblehead, Massachusetts, clicked on a link to a Salem...
An 'important contribution' to understanding global health interventions in Africa
Amy Patterson's Africa and Global Health Governance: Domestic Politics and International Structures is important because it is one of few books to show that African...
Primarily for hungry litigators, but of help to the practitioner
Medical Malpractice in South Africa will be of great assistance to the 'reasonable doctor', writes reviewer Dr Liz Meyer, a medico-legal adviser for Ethiqal....
Putting together the puzzle pieces of 'being'
When we lose our memories, do we lose ourselves? How much of the essence of ourselves remains? Jules Montague, an Irish clinical neurologist, addresses...
Healthy Outrage: The life of a SA community healthcare pioneer
Healthy Outrage is an apt title for a story that describes the journey Dr Trudy Thomas travelled during the various stages of her life,...
A US doctor's experience of Botswana's HIV/Aids treatment programme
When an American doctor leaves a high-powered position in 2002 and heads off to Botswana to help implement its HIV/Aids treatment programme, he has...
Mandela's physician describes the last years of a 'medical marvel'
Former President Nelson Mandela has been described by his former physician Dr Vejay Ramlakan as a 'medical marvel', in a new book titled Mandela’s Last...
Blood Money: The Cyril Karabus Story
Renowned paediatrician Professor Cyril Karabus has relived his nightmare in a United Arab Emirates jail in a book that warns expatriate doctors about the...