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Brain stimulation reduces suicidal thinking in hard-to-treat depression
A specific kind of brain stimulation is effective in reducing suicidal thinking in a significant portion of people with hard-to-treat depression. A Centre for...
Non-aspirin NSAID use linked to shorter survival rates in mRCC
A University of California study has indicated that non-aspirin NSAID use was associated with shorter overall survival in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma...
Treating major depressive disorder improves outcomes in HIV patients
Despite the prevalence of depression in people with HIV (estimates of up to 42%), few data exist on antidepressant efficacy in this population.1 Previous...
Tobacco company's understanding of addiction revealed by internal documents
While Philip Morris’s public statements reinforce the idea that nicotine’s pharmacology principally drives smoking addiction, company scientists frame addiction as the result of interconnected...
SA should give the NHI a chance
Natasha Salant, a law graduate from the University of Cape Town, currently interning at the Rural Health Advocacy Project writes in a Bhekisisa report.
“About...
HSF analyses legal basis of Esidimeni arbitration awards
Michelle Toxopeüs, legal researcher at the Helen Suzman Foundation has released a brief analysing the legal basis for granting R1.2m in damages to each...
EEGs accurately diagnose autism in infants
A study shows that EEGs accurately predict or rule out autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in infants, even in some as young as 3 months.
"EEGs...
Early treatment to halt neurological damage
Soon after an individual’s initial infection with HIV, damage to brain volume and cortical thickness progressively worsens until anti-retroviral treatment is started, a study...
KZN Health MEC slammed over Church of Scotland Hospital comments
The Health & Other Services Personnel Trade Union of South Africa (Hospersa) has criticised the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Health Department for the dismal health standards...
Significantly higher death rates in blood type O severe trauma patients
Blood type O was significantly associated with high mortality in severe trauma patients and might have a great impact on outcomes., according to a...