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Early HIV treatment reduces risk of liver fibrosis
Early antiretroviral therapy (ART) reduces the risk of liver fibrosis progression in people living with HIV, including in people who do not have co-infection...
PMB mortuary staff go-slow leaves bereaved families waiting
More than a dozen bereaved families were left in the lurch last week due a go-slow by Pietermaritzburg’s Medico-Legal Mortuary staff protesting over “unbearable”...
Criminal charges laid against four public health sector heads
Lobby group AfriForum has opened criminal cases against four public health sector heads of department in a national bid to curb the "misuse of...
First causal linking of social media use and decreased well-being
The link between the two has been talked about for years, but a causal connection had never been proven. For the first time, University...
Containing the Ebola epidemic in the face of armed conflict
‘I have been responding to different disease outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for 18 years, yet I have never seen anything...
Chemo and immune inhibitor combo increases survival in AML patients
A combination of the standard-of-care chemotherapy drug known as azacitidine, with nivolumab, an immune checkpoint inhibitor, demonstrated an encouraging response rate and overall survival...
A silent crisis: Hearing outcomes in children with meningitis
Less than a quarter of children diagnosed with bacterial meningitis at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital over an 18-month period were referred...
More screen time links with lower psychological well-being in children
Higher amounts of screen time are linked t0 heightened levels and diagnoses of anxiety or depression in children as young as age two, according...
Scan may predict dementia risk a decade before symptoms emerge
A five-minute ulstrasoound scan of blood vessels in the neck could predict a person's risk of developing dementia a full decade before symptoms emerge,...
Abstention from cannabis improves memory in regular users
A Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) study finds that one month of abstaining from cannabis use resulted in measurable improvement in memory functions important for...