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Gilead reduces price of amphotericin B for cryptococcal meningitis
Gilead Sciences have expanded their access initiative for AmBisome (a liposomal preparation of amphotericin B) to include cryptococcal meningitis, where previously it was only...
HSF submits comments on the NHI and Medical Schemes Amendment Bills
Charles Simkins, head of research at the Helen Suzman Foundation writes in a brief that has accompanied the foundation’s submission to the National Health...
Solidarity submits comments on NHI Bill
Trade union Solidarity has submitted thousands of comments on the National Health Insurance Bill (NHI) on behalf of everyone who expressed their concerns about...
Traces of an ancient virus in our genes may play a role in addiction
Hundreds of thousands of years ago, our ancestors were infected by a retrovirus. Now, international researchers think that that virus' ancient genetic traces still...
Did Big Tobacco buy Twitter? Tobacco Institute responds
A Bhekisisa article claiming that the tobacco industry was buying ads and Twitter coverage to thwart tobacco control in South Africa, elicited an irritated response...
Abuse of medicine across SA alarms Pharmacy Council
The SA Pharmacy Council (SAPC) is alarmed at the misuse and abuse of medicines in South Africa and has appealed to the public to use...
Expert opinion divided over health impacts as SA legalises dagga
Following the legalisation of cannabis for personal use in South Africa, the SA Society of Psychiatrists and the SA Medical Association warned of its...
UK lawmakers’ research finds antidepressant withdrawal symptoms severe
Half of all people taking antidepressants experience withdrawal problems when they try to give them up, and for millions of people in England these problems...
Affordable vaping in developing countries is a ‘human rights issue'
Experts in Britain and Kenyan harm reduction advocate Joseph Magero have called for the cost of e-cigarettes to be cut to tackle harmful effects...
Assuming e-cigarettes are equal to cigarettes could distort research – and policy
'Cigarette' might appear in the term 'e-cigarette' but that is as far as their similarities extend, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study. Assuming e-cigarettes...