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Woman with a heart in a rucksack dies from transplant complications
Rebecca Henderson, who carried an artificial heart in a rucksack after her own was removed, has died from transplant complications. BBC News reports that...
EC Health racks up billions in medico-legal claims
It’s R23bn and counting – City Press reports that that is the amount in medico-legal claims the Eastern Cape faces, has racked up in...
UK hospitals withdraw surgical device over aluminium exposure fears
Several hospitals in the UK have withdrawn a widely-used surgical device over fears that it could expose patients to dangerous levels of aluminium, The...
Vaccination advocates face vicious campaigns of online abuse
When the naturopath Elias Kass testified before a Washington state senate committee on 20 February with a baby on his chest and a pacifier...
HIV-associated cognitive disorder is being over-diagnosed
Cognitive impairment in people with HIV has multiple causes and HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder is being over-diagnosed, clinicians from Brighton report. Assessment of patients attending...
Open-access CPD points for SA health professionals
South African health professionals are now be able to earn their CPD points free and online by watching medical lectures and presentations on Medtalkz....
Sama backs Caster against the IAAF on hormone manipulation
The SA Medical Association (Sama) has thrown its support behind athletics star Caster Semenya, saying that the proposed requirement for hormonal manipulation in athletes...
Remodulating hospital microbiota cuts infections and costs
The spread of antimicrobial resistance in hospitals can be limited by sanitation methods that re-modulate the hospital microbiota, according to a multi-centre trial conducted...
The war over faecal microbiota transplants
Will corporate greed get in the way of patient access to non-profit stool for faecal transplants? The New York Times reports that there are...
PrEP guidelines/links to resources for medical practitioners in SA
South African guidelines recommend that pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) should be considered for people who are HIV-negative and at significant risk of acquiring HIV infection....