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Medical students experience 'considerably' higher rates of sexual harassment
US medical students experience about double the sexual harassment faced by their peers in sciences and engineering, according to an article in the New England...
Gauteng hospital's jobs-for-cash beneficiaries kept on
More than 50 employees who bought posts through a jobs-for-cash scam at a Gauteng hospital have been allowed to remain as employees of the...
Exposure to sunlight kills bacteria living in dust
Allowing sunlight in through windows can kill bacteria that live in dust, according to a study. Researchers at the University of Oregon found that...
NICD rebuts research claiming an outbreak of MDR-TB in SA
The SA National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) says it “does not support” the findings of a research study reporting an outbreak of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB),...
There should be no barriers of access to life-saving medicines — ConCourt judge
The intellectual property system remains wildly skewed, favouring the pharmaceutical industry over the public interest, writes Constitutional Court Judge Edwin Cameron in Daily Maverick.
Eighteen...
Nursing negligence in private hospitals
In response to a Stellenbosch University study published in last week's MedicalBrief, Donald Dinnie, CEO of Natmed, says the growth in the number of...
Instead of gaining an edge, many competitors lose the plot
Hoping to gain a competitive edge has made weekend warriors and elite athletes, both, vulnerable to pseudoscience and dodgy marketing, writes Digital Clubbing Power...
Court approves blood transfusion over home therapy
The life of a five-year-old Durban boy has been saved after his paediatrician went to court to approve a life-saving blood transfusion for him...
MTBPS gives no concrete commitment to address crisis in health
With elections looming in 2019, the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) was always going to be a case of “flattering to deceive” with no...
KZN Health claims cancer treatment crisis 'has been dealt with'
The KwaZulu-Natal Health Department has declared that the crisis in cancer treatment, which had plagued the province, has come to an end. The Mercury...