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R300m for Life Esidimeni families
A sum of R300m has been set aside for families affected by the Life Esidimeni tragedy who pass a verification process by the Master...
SA's ARV deal delivers cutting-edge Tx at a fraction of world price
South Africa’s recently awarded antiretroviral (ARV) tender, worth around R14bn over three years, is probably the biggest change since the single once daily tablet...
Annual non-invasive test effective for colon cancer screening
A US meta-analysis of 31 studies and 120.255 participants found that average risk patients can safely opt for an easy-to-use Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT)...
Sleep catch-up does not reverse metabolic disruption from sleep loss
Weekend recovery or catch-up sleep does not appear to be an effective countermeasure strategy to reverse sleep loss induced disruptions of metabolism, found a...
Doctor sidesteps HPCSA but still has R22m headache
A Gauteng doctor implicated in a R22m fraud case involving patients has secured a legal victory against the Health Professions Council of SA by...
Comprehensive study debunks, again, the MMR/autism link
A massive 13-year followup study of more than 650,000 children strongly supports previous findings that MMR vaccination does not increase the risk for autism,...
Gauteng Health finds more Life Esidimeni patients
Another patient who survived the Life Esidimeni tragedy has been located by the Gauteng Health Department bringing the number of unaccounted patients now to...
Origins of depression are the focus of huge gene study
Scientists have pinpointed 269 genes linked to the development of depression, found an ongoing international meta-analysis drawing on data involving more than 2m people.
Hundreds of...
Delivery complications higher during weekends and holidays
As if expecting mothers didn't have enough to worry about, a study has now found that the quantity of delivery complications in hospitals are...
Bariatric surgery may result in lasting improvement in sexual health
Weight-loss surgery has more benefits than simply slimming a patient down, it may also result in lasting improvements to sexual functioning, Reuters Health reports...