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Yoghurt may lower pre-cancerous bowel growth risk in men
Eating two or more weekly servings of yoghurt is associated with lower risk of developing the adenomas which precede the development of bowel cancer...
Medical waste company in 'stinking' legal fight with KZN Health
A 'stinking' legal battle between two waste companies and the KwaZulu-Natal Health Department is being played out in the Pietermaritzburg High Court. The Times...
Working long hours linked with increased stroke risk
People who worked long hours had a higher risk of stroke, especially if they worked those hours for 10 years or more, according to...
PREDICT is in search of the Holy Grail of personalised nutrition
PREDICT, a collaboration between King's College London, Harvard and Stanford in the US – is a study to measure thousands of people’s responses to...
12 die in UK bacterial infection outbreak
Twelve people in the UK have died in a "very serious" outbreak of a rare contagious bacterial strain, it has emerged. BBC News reports...
Mother sues Gauteng Health over incubator death of twin
A mother, with the help of her parents, is suing Gauteng Health for damages after one of her twins died in an incubator, allegedly...
UK medical schools fail to provide adequate training on eating disorders
A study of all Britain's medical schools has revealed that medical students receive less than two hours of training on eating disorders over four...
Eastern Cape Health MEC meets with hospital bosses over quality of care
Eastern Cape Health MEC Sindiswa Gomba has summoned hospital bosses to a meeting in East London to figure out how to improve the services...
IVL coronary procedure performed for the first time in Africa
Intravascular lithotripsy (IVL), which uses ultrasound shock waves to ‘crack’ highly calcified deposits and blockages within coronary arteries, was recently successfully performed for the...
Malnutrition mooted as reason for Indian children's encephalitis deaths
The recent deaths of more than 110 children in India from encephalitis have been attributed to natural toxins in lychees. But, says a report...