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Type 1 diabetes glycaemic control improved by very low carb diet
Very-low-carbohydrate diets can improve blood sugar control in type 1 diabetes, with low rates of hypoglycaemia and other complications, according to an online patient...
Limpopo Health has lion’s share of province's R7.6bn in legal claims
Limpopo Health has seen the number of cases against it increase by 179 to 831 in the past two years, most for medical negligence.
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Studies question the benefits of TAF over TDF
The claimed health benefits of tenofovir alafenamide (TAF) over tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) could be something of a mirage, writes Benjamin Ryan, editor at...
Noise levels link to increased incidence of atrial fibrillation
With an increasing level of noise, the incidence of atrial fibrillation also increases dramatically. Scientists from the department of cardiology at the Mainz University...
Lancet Commission: Access to legal abortions still a problem in SA
Despite SA’s liberal abortion laws, the government has failed to turn policy into a reality, with only 270 of 8,000 health facilities offering termination,...
Partial knee replacement often better and cheaper alternative
A large University of Oxford study found that many more patients could be given a partial knee replacement instead of a total knee replacement,...
Limpopo Health accused of moving patients without a proper plan
The Ndlovu Care Group is accusing the Limpopo Health Department of moving patients without having a proper plan in place. News24 reports that it...
UK gynaecologist before medical tribunal after bungled delivery decapitates baby
An unborn baby was decapitated in his mother’s womb as a result of a bungled delivery by an UK National Health Service (NHS) consultant...
Time for a paradigm shift in the deployment of preventive interventions
Why are highly effective preventive behavioural interventions adopted slowly, if at all? Dr Katherine Pryor and Dr Kevin Volpp write in the New England...
Substance in Chinese medicinal plant may cause cardiac arrythmia
A medicinal plant frequently used in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) – Evodia rutaecarpa – contains substances that can cause cardiac arrhythmia. This is what...