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BHF calls on govt to regulate where private sector doctors work
The Board of Healthcare Funders (BHF) has called on the government to consider regulating where private sector doctors and specialists work, in order to distribute...
Financial disclosure lacking in publication of clinical trials
A substantial proportion of pharmaceutical industry payments to authors of oncology clinical trials published in major scientific journals are not disclosed, research shows. The...
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While new figures show that a whopping 10.8 million Americans use e-cigarettes, there are stringent restrictions on their sale in Australia and in Canada...
New drug a breakthrough in treatment of haemophilia
The HAVEN 3 study, led by a University of the Witwatersrand researcher, found that emicizumab prophylaxis (trade name: Hemlibra) administered subcutaneously once weekly or...
Govt control will make SA healthcare worse, not better
While it is not surprising that the SA Federation of Trade Unions has an issue with a private system of healthcare, it is incorrect...
Concern voiced over Health Ombud's treatment of whistleblower
On 23 August 2018, Health Ombudsman Professor Malegapuru Makgoba released his report on an investigation into allegations of patient mismanagement and patient rights violations...
SA branch chief of the US Centres for Disease Control arrested for fraud
Zimbabwe-born US citizen and virologist Dr Alfred Bere, South African branch chief at the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, was arrested by...
Airport security plastic trays a hotbed of viruses
The plastic trays used at airport security checkpoints have been found to harbour the highest levels of viruses at airports, in a scientific investigation...
Patient navigation programmes linked to continuation of HIV care
Patient navigation programmes in HIV care are positively associated with HIV care continuum outcomes such as maintenance of antiretroviral therapy (ART) and retention in...
Studies look at the benefits of aspirin for patients with CVD
A meta-analysis from 11 trials found that aspirin reduced the risk of non-fatal myocardial infarction by 22% and death by 6%, at the cost...