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New evidence that hip and knee steroid injections more dangerous than thought

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Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) researchers have found accelerated arthritis and joint destruction can be the unintended result of intra-articular corticosteroid injections. Osteoarthritis...
SAfrica

Being a doctor is a mug’s game in SA

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Inconsistently applied and poorly managed disciplinary proceedings are putting strain on South Africa’s doctors, argues columnist William Saunderson-Meyer on Politicsweb. The also have to...
MagneziX

Disruptive magnesium-based, bone-bracing technology — A new 'gold standard'?

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When an orthopaedic in-patient tells visitors, ‘they had to put metal pins in,” the sympathetic murmurs normally assume it was ‘one of those titanium...

Once-daily Dolutegravir-based regimen safe and effective for people taking rifampicin for TB

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A study from Botswana provides important scientific evidence, but not strong enough data for a policy change, on the use of a dolutegravir-based antiretroviral...
Retina

Interstitial cystitis medication may be toxic to the retina

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A drug widely prescribed for a bladder condition for decades, now appears to be toxic to the retina, the light sensing tissue at the...

Slow walkers at age 45 have older brains and bodies

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The walking speed of 45-year-olds, particularly their fastest walking speed without running, can be used as a marker of their ageing brains and bodies,...

Skin care campaign may have reduced melanoma in Australians

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A skin cancer prevention programme called SunSmart may have contributed to a recent reduction in melanoma among younger residents of Melbourne, according to a...
Crisp

Crisp answers to tough questions: How NHI system might – or might not –...

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Commentators have in recent months raised many questions about how South Africa’s proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) system might function – or not function....

Midlife: A time of change and reflection — SA Menopause Society

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To mark World Menopause Day on the 18th October 2019, the South African Menopause Society writes: It is estimated that by 2030 1.2bn women...
Science-1

UK scientists damn EU clinical trials directive for 'killing academic research'

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A UK report has criticised the EU’s Clinical Trial Directive saying it has “killed academic research” by making trials so “horrendously expensive”  that only the largest pharmaceutical...