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Dolutegravir brings faster viral suppression in late pregnancy
Among 60 women presenting to routine antenatal clinics in Kampala, Uganda and Cape Town, South Africa with undiagnosed HIV in late pregnancy, viral load...
NIH makes DeepLesion dataset of CT images publicly available
The National Institutes of Health’s Clinical Centre has made a large-scale dataset of CT images publicly available to help the scientific community improve detection...
Ebola 'flare up' infects woman's family a year later
A woman who survived Ebola in July 2014 may have infected her husband and two sons more than a year later,with the one son...
Junior doctors 'still being given the run-around' over registering
The national Health Department claims to have resolved the shambles with their online application system for community service doctors, but The Citizen reports, according...
Women more likely to survive heart attack if treated by female doctor
A large US study found higher mortality among female heart attack patients treated by male doctors than those treated by women. Male and female...
AI cannot replicate the 'gut feelings' of human doctors – MIT study
Many technology companies are working on artificial intelligence systems that can analyse medical data to help diagnose or treat health problems. Such systems raise...
SA national guidelines for the treatment of malaria — 2018 update
The SA Department of Health has released updated national guidelines for the treatment of malaria.
Since 2000, the burden of malaria morbidity and mortality has...
Easing workplace stress demands teamwork
Work stress can only be properly reduced if doctors, nurses and midwives work together, writes Barbara Hanrahan of the University of the Witwatersrand.
Hanrahan writes:
I read the...
Burnout – a forerunner to depression – starts at medical school
A University of Free State study indicates that symptoms of mental wellness issues, such as burnout – which can be a forerunner to clinical...
Breast cancer deaths dropping but lung cancer deaths rising in women
An analysis of World Health Organisation data concludes that lung cancer deaths among women are set to rise by 43%.between 2015 and 2030, while...