South Africa's Department of Health is pressing ahead with plans to regulate the medical device industry, and has proposed that the Medicines Control Council oversee the...Public Health
Giving all pregnant women iodine supplements could result in huge cost savings for health care systems and society in terms of cognitive improvements, according to new...Oncology
Pembrolizumab (Keytruda) showed promising anti-tumoUr activity in patients with metastatic gastric cancer, according to updated findings from the recent KEYNOTE-012...News Update
Dr Wouter Basson, nicknamed 'Dr Death' for his role in SA's secret chemical warfare programme, has finally retired from the SANDF after being suspended for 17 years...Cardiovascular
Even after educating healthcare providers about the need for venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis, significant numbers of hospital patients did not receive the...Dentistry
A critical review on the role of sucrose in the cariogenic process concluded that there is extensive scientific evidence that free sugars are the primary necessary...Paediatrics
First meta-analysis on so-called 'integrated care' finds that children and adolescents with mental health issues were 66% more likely to have a positive outcome with the...Pulmonology
Patients with pneumonia who received corticosteroids were discharged from hospital sooner, had reduced need for mechanical ventilation; and less likelihood of...
August 11th, 2015A UK company has developed the world’s first wearable device designed to measure and monitor the vital signs of multiple trauma patients for emergency response in...
