, the most obese country in , could reduce the number of its overweight citizens by 220,000 should it institute a 20% tax on sugar-sweetened beverages. The reports that...News Update
Sport scientist Tim Noakes is making ‘outrageous, unproven claims about disease prevention’ in advocating a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet, according to a letter to...News Update
Actuary and CEO of , Christo Raath says that regulations governing medical aid schemes are ‘half-baked and semi-designed’, which is preventing more people from...News Update
The drug perampanel (produced as ), approved since 2012 as add-on therapy for adults and children aged 12 years and older with epileptic seizures, has been the subject...News Update
Researchers at are studying an investigational drug that proposes to low brain cell deterioration in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease, reports ....HIV Research
studies in the have shown that reducing the risk of HIV is more successful if carried out in conjunction with interventions that tackle drug and alcohol issues....Public Health
Research has suggested that using both types of polio vaccine could speed up efforts to free the world of the disease, reports . The oral vaccine is leading the fight to...Public Health
Parts of are reaching a ‘tipping point’ where cardiovascular disease is no longer the leading cause of death. reports that 4m deaths each year – nearly half the...Public Health
, in partnership with the , has rolled out more than 10,000 cardboard cots to mothers and their newborns at its area development programmes in six provinces across the...Health Policy
national is to close ‘legal loopholes’ it says have enabled pharmaceutical companies to use ‘perverse incentives’ to influence which medicines are sold to...
