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US and EU approval sought for 'ground-breaking' Alzheimer's drug
A US drug company says it has created the first therapy that could slow Alzheimer's disease, and it is now ready to bring it...
Eastern Cape Health has called in sick
The Eastern Cape government is clearly sick to its core, with the various government departments racking up in excess of 1.2m days of sick...
Inquiry told schemes may have missed 'implicit racial bias'
While medical schemes were apparently “at pains” to avoid any obvious racial profiling, attempts to be colour blind may have had the unintended effect...
6,000 surgical patients in Gauteng face up to 3-year wait
Nearly 6,000 patients are awaiting surgery at Gauteng’s major academic hospital, The Citizen reports. More than 4,000 were registered at George Mukhari Academic Hospital,...
Orthopaedic surgeon alleged to have planned hit on neurosurgeon is murdered
A prominent orthopaedic surgeon who earlier faced charges in connection with an alleged hit planned against his neurosurgeon brother-in-law, has been stabbed to death...
Court denies asylum seeker's medical care request in important test case
An urgent application brought by an Ethiopian asylum seeker who wanted to force a Johannesburg hospital to give her medical care has been dismissed,...
Surgeon's and anaesthetist's privileges withdrawn by following child's death
A Johannesburg paediatrician — already under peer review by Netcare, having earlier been suspended by Mediclinic and fined by the Health Professions Council for...
SAHRC denies Gauteng Health claim of settlement with shackled pensioner
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) in Gauteng has denied claims by the Gauteng Health that a settlement was reached with the family...
Four US companies reach deal in opioid crisis law suit
Four drugs companies have reached a $260m deal with two Ohio counties over their role in fuelling the US opioid crisis, reports BBC News....
Bedtime BP meds may cut heart risk by almost half – large randomised study
Blood pressure medication may confer a larger benefit if taken at night, rather than in the morning. A “robust” Spanish study of more than 19,000 patients...