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Limpopo suspends NGO services over health worker non-payment outcry
Limpopo Health has suspended the services of at least 300 NGOs after an outcry over the non-payment of home-based care workers who were in the...
About 2.5 million deaths in 2016 linked to household air pollution
Researchers in China and the United Kingdom have estimated that worldwide about 2.5m deaths in 2016 were related to the household air pollution. In a...
Rats detect TB in children better than basic microscopy test
Rats are able to detect whether a child has tuberculosis (TB) and are much more successful at doing this than a commonly used basic...
Patients happiest with doctors in less busy practices
Doctors who see fewer patients may get better online reviews than physicians who have higher-volume practices, a study of US urologists suggests, reports Reuters Health.
Researchers...
Painkillers during pregnancy could affect fertility of the unborn child
Taking painkillers during pregnancy could affect the fertility of the unborn child in later life, University of Edinburgh research suggests. These drugs may also affect...
Under-staffing blamed for rising violent attacks on UK health personnel
Growing numbers of National Health Service (NHS) personnel in England have been victims of a violent attack at work, with under-staffing and delays in patients...
Some vaginal mesh victims sucked into money-making litigation
Jerri Plummer was at home in Arkansas, watching television with her three children, when a stranger called to warn that her life was in...
War on malaria – On the brink of a breakthrough?
Malaria is a disease almost as old as humanity itself, but now science is bringing out the big guns in a bid to destroy...
Non-invasive, adhesive patch measures glucose levels through skin
Scientists in the United Kingdom have created a non-invasive, adhesive patch that promises the measurement of glucose levels through the skin without a finger-prick...
'Night owls' risk dying sooner than 'larks'
'Night owls' – people who like to stay up late and have trouble dragging themselves out of bed in the morning – have a...