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Battle to control R1.2bn municipal medical aid back in court
The battle to control the beleagured South African Municipal Workers Medical Scheme, with more than R1.2bn in its coffers and more than 80,000 members,...
Cochrane Collaboration in turmoil over expulsion of board member
A the expulsion of a board member of the Cochrane Collaboration, one of medicine's most respected bodies for its reviews of clinical research, has...
Home BP monitoring signifcantly improves hypertension control, cuts costs
Home blood pressure monitoring improved hypertension control and saved substantially on medical costs, according to results of a pilot initiative presented at the American...
Discovery: Capetonians the fittest, Bloem trails in last
Cape Town is the fittest city according to Discovery, and the people also drive better. According to a Health-e News report, for exercise levels,...
Dairy consumption linked to lower rates of CVD and mortality
Dairy consumption of around three servings per day is associated with lower rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality, compared to lower levels of...
Innovative delivery implant for long-term PrEP administration
A nanochannel delivery implant (NDI) can deliver pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) antiretroviral (ARV) drugs subcutaneously, according to study results.
PrEP with ARVs can prevent HIV transmission...
IARC report shows rising global toll of cancer
One in five men and one in six women around the world develop cancer during their lifetime. The Guardian reports that this is according...
Tower Hospital psychiatrist won't appeal Ombud's findings
Psychiatrist Dr Kiran Sukeri‚ who the Health Ombudsman accused of making false claims of ill-treatment of patients at the Tower Psychiatric Hospital in the...
Dangerously high BP spikes more prevalent in black adults
Black US adults experience a hypertensive crisis, at a rate that is five times the national average, according to a study presented at the...
Day-time sleepiness linked to Alzheimer's risk
Data from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Ageing, started in 1958, shows that adults who report being very sleepy during the day were nearly...