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No benefit from chemo for 70% of those with early breast cancer — TAILORx
Findings from the ground-breaking Trial Assigning Individualised Options for Treatment (Rx) (TAILORx) trial, show no benefit from chemotherapy for 70% of women with the...
Quantifying the tipping point for large social change
When organisations turn a blind eye to sexual harassment in the workplace, how many people need to take a stand before the behaviour is...
Mpumalanga and Eastern Cape face R10.9bn in medical negligence claims
Mpumalanga and Eastern Cape face medical negligence claims of more than R10bn, Parliament has been told.
The Mpumalanga Health Department faces medical negligence claims...
Understanding how partnerships help with ART adherence
As more countries recommend the use of treatment partners to help people living with HIV adhere to their antiretroviral treatment, there is a need...
New high-sensitivity troponin test reduces heart attack risk
The newer high-sensitivity troponin test discovers smaller amounts of heart-specific proteins, troponins, than the older troponin test and thus identifies more myocardial infarction patients...
Loneliness links to poor heart outcomes and doubled mortality risk
Loneliness is bad for the heart and a strong predictor of premature death, according to a study presented at EuroHeartCare 2018, the European Society...
Africa CDC reports on response to DRC's Ebola epidemic
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) deployed epidemiologists, laboratorians and various other health experts to support the government of the...
Pro-140 on track to be part of combination MDR/HIV treatment
Positive results support the continued development of PRO 140 – CytoDyn’s investigational humanised monoclonal antibody for the treatment of patients with HIV who are...
NC Health facing R48.9m medical negligence suit
The Northern Cape Health Department is facing a R48.9m medical negligence lawsuit after a child was born with severe brain damage at Manne Dipico...
Aspirin with acid reducers helps acid reflux patients slow cancer advance
Taking aspirin with acid reducers can help patients with chronic acid reflux slow the advance of cancer of the oesophagus, the tube from the...