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Education Department accuses MSF of ‘skulduggery’
The SA Department of Basic Education has denied claims by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) that the rollout of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services...
CMS decision to allow Discovery Insurance's medical aid product challenged
The Board of Healthcare Funders is 'unhappy' over the decision of the Council for Medical Schemes to allow Discovery Life to offer medical aid products...
Eskom load shedding limiting Gauteng surgery schedules — DA
Gauteng hospitals and clinics have been hit by Eskom’s load shedding in the past week, with some generators failing and operations being cancelled as...
FDA warns over 'disease cure' claims for vitamins, minerals and herbs
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned sellers of dietary supplements to stop claiming their products can cure diseases ranging from Alzheimer’s...
WHO warns on 50% global increase in measles last year
Anti-vaccine scepticism, conflict and poor access fuelled a 50% increase in measles cases last year. The Guardian reports that this is according to the...
Violence turning the Western Cape into a 'war-zone'
Violence is getting so intense in the Western Cape that trauma specialists are increasingly using "war-zone" medical strategies in their efforts to save lives,...
Latent HIV reservoir not replenished with only dolutegravir therapy
Dolutegravir monotherapy was non-inferior to combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) in patients who started cART during primary HIV infection and were virologically suppressed for >48...
FDA warns against the vampire fad
Unscrupulous parties are touting blood plasma infusion from young donors to fight ageing or serious illnesses. This week the US Food and Drug Administration warned against...
Side-effects of health interventions not properly reported in 35% of studies
The potential side-effects of health interventions — either a drug reaction or an effect of a procedure, such as surgery — were not fully...
Vitamin D in the fight against multi-drug resistant TB
Vitamin D speeds up the clearance of tuberculosis (TB) bacteria from the lungs of people with multi-drug resistant TB, according to a study of...