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New rapid molecular test detects MDR-TB mutations
A new rapid molecular test has shown the ability to detect, with reasonable certainty, mutations associated with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), an international team of...
Treating chronic pain in HIV patients
Because ongoing pain is a significant problem that affects 39% to 85% of people living with HIV, everyone with the infection should be assessed...
Outrage over no medical treatment for shot migrant worker in Taiwan
Footage apparently showing police and paramedics failing to give medical treatment to a Vietnamese migrant worker, who had been fatally shot by a police...
Aspirin cuts colon cancer risk but may make it harder to treat
Daily aspirin use – known to reduce the risk of colon cancer – could also make the disease harder to treat if it does...
Regulation 8: An access guarantee or a blank cheque?
It is time to curb excessive costs, before it kills both the private health sector and the country’s medical schemes, writes Susan Erasmus on Fin24....
Lay interventions effective against depression and harmful drinking
Brief psychological interventions delivered by lay counsellors in primary care were effective and cost-effective for patients with depression and harmful drinking in India, according...
Study finds vaccination prevents millions of deaths and saves billions
Vaccination efforts made in the world's poorest countries since 2001 will have prevented 20m deaths and saved $350bn in health-care costs by 2020, according...
Anti-TB drug should be given to children, study says
An innovative anti-tuberculosis drug that represents a reprieve for adults whose disease does not respond to other treatments should also be made available to...
No increased mortality risk from HRT — 18-year study
Among postmenopausal women in the Women’s Health Initiative trials, use of hormone therapy (HRT) for five to seven years was not associated with risk...
Health Department: 'Innuendo? What innuendo?'
The National Department of Health has defended a She Conquers campaign billboard next to the N1 in Johannesburg after accusations that it contained sexual...