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SA's medicines regulator hobbled by protestor shutdown
Picketing protestors are preventing pharmaceutical companies from lodging submissions for the registration of medicines and special permits that allow critically ill patients to be treated...
FDA approves first generic version of the lifesaving EpiPen
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the first generic version of EpiPen, providing new competition that could help drive down the cost...
Contraceptive roulette at SA's state clinics
State clinics and healthcare facilities around South Africa continue to experience a shortage of injectable contraceptives, despite the Health Department claiming it had “enough”...
Parliamentary committee appalled by KZN Health 'disaster' clinic
Parliament’s portfolio committee on health says it is appalled by conditions at a clinic in Umlazi in KwaZulu-Natal which it described as a “disaster”...
Drug pricing committee denies 'ambiguity' in its formula
The advisory body that guides the Health minister on medicine price increases says there is no ambiguity in the formula it applied, contrary to...
SA's stem cell industry: Preying on the gullible, facilitated by med schemes
Not only does the stem cell industry prey on the gullibility of expectant parents, but it does so with the shameful complicity of some...
Hanging loose may boost sperm concentrations by 25%
Men who most frequently wore boxers had significantly higher sperm concentrations and total counts when compared with men who did not, according to research...
Taking ayahuasca is like having a near-death experience – study
A psychedelic drug taken as part of the South American plant brew ayahuasca produces effects that are strikingly similar to near-death experiences, a study...
Feeding standardisation boosts weight in micro preemies
A quality-improvement project to standardise feeding practices for micro preemies helped to boost weight and nearly quadrupled the frequency of lactation consultations ordered in...
Almost a fifth of medicines in Africa sub-standard or falsified
A study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found that sub-standard and falsified medicines, including medicines to treat malaria, are a...