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260 medical students return from Cuba
A total of 260 students sent to study medicine in Cuba have returned to South Africa and will soon be helping with the health...
SA's private pharmacies are Gollums, not trusted gatekeepers
Instead of being the trusted gatekeepers they are supposed to be, South Africa's commercial pharmacies are like Gollum from Lord of the Rings -...
Ultrasound may be superior for treatment of prostate cancer
Using high energy ultrasound beams to destroy prostate cancer tumours may be as effective as surgery or radiotherapy, but with fewer side effects, a...
SAHRC debate on the right of healthcare providers to protest
Just because healthcare workers are providing an essential service does not mean they can't protest – or does it? The Times reports that the...
The numbers: HIV and TB in South Africa
What are the key numbers regarding the HIV and TB epidemics in South Africa? On this page we keep track of all the latest...
Dolutegravir in people who experienced virological failure with older integrase inhibitors
Antiretroviral regimens containing dolutegravir, a next-generation integrase inhibitor, are durable and achieve high rates of viral suppression in people who experienced virological failure with...
SA's heterosexuals exacerbate mental illness in LGBTI communities
Many South Africans still consider the lesbian gay bisexual transgender and intersex (LGBTI) community to be different, abnormal or sinister. “This leads to LGBTI...
Fivefold improvement in glioblastoma survival with polio-virus therapy
A genetically modified poliovirus therapy developed at Duke Cancer Institute shows significantly improved long-term survival for patients with recurrent glioblastoma, with a three-year survival...
Western Cape has highest doctor-per-resident ratio in SA
Minister of Health, Aaron Motsoaledi, has revealed that the Democratic Alliance (DA)-run Western Cape has the highest doctor-per-resident ratio in the country. Patricia Kopane,...
Exhausted junior doctors putting patients' safety at risk — NHS survey
Patients in the UK are being put at risk by “stark” levels of exhaustion among junior doctors, laid bare in the first major survey...