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Yo-yo dieting increases heart disease risk in women
Yo-yo dieting may make it harder for women to control a variety of heart disease risk factors, according to preliminary research presented at the...
C-sections carry much higher mortality risk in Africa
The death rate among women undergoing a caesarean to deliver a baby is about 50 times higher in Africa than in most wealthy nations,...
New TB treatment, tested in SA, goes before FDA for approval
A promising new treatment for extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis (TB) that was tested in South Africa has been submitted to US regulators, taking its...
Amazon removes books promising autism cures from its site
Books that promise cures for autism through potentially dangerous therapies have been quietly removed from Amazon, reports The Guardian. The removals followed an exposé...
Widespread ignorance of links between diet and cancer — World Cancer Research Fund
Many adults fail to understand the links between diet and cancer. According to the World Cancer Research Fund survey, only 58% of baby boomers –...
SA shortage of Aids drug putting lives at risk
The health of thousands of Aids patients has been placed at risk with the shortage of an antiretroviral drug affecting the country, says a...
'Toxic' working environment at Tygerberg communication centre
A report by workers at the Tygerberg Hospital communication centre described the working environment as “toxic”. According to a Cape Argus report, the report,...
Discovery recovers R55m of medical aid fraud in 201
Discovery Health said that its efforts to curb fraud and waste resulted in R555m being recovered on behalf of client schemes during 2018, by...
SA's 'sobering' HIV drug-resistance figures
One in six people not on treatment in a large South African household survey already had drug-resistant HIV and more than half of those...
Western Cape doctor fired for sexual assault back as locum
A doctor fired by the Western Cape Health for sexually assaulting a nurse after giving her a date-rape drug was back at work this...