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Infection spreads despite practising perfect hand hygiene
Even if hospital workers practise theoretically perfect hand hygiene, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) can still spread among babies in a neonatal intensive care unit...
KZN faces yet another health crisis – now urology
Thousands of vulnerable patients' lives could be at risk as an embattled KwaZulu-Natal Health faces yet another critical shortage, this time of urologists.
The Times reports...
FDA panel recommends approval for gene-altering leukaemia treatment
A US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) panel has opened a new era in medicine, unanimously recommending that the agency approve the first-ever treatment...
OTC medication could benefit multiple sclerosis patients
Treatment options currently are limited for people suffering from secondary progressive multiple sclerosis. However, an Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) pilot study suggests...
Most difficult C. difficile cases becoming more common
A US study has found evidence that the most difficult C. difficile intestinal infection cases, known as multiple recurring C. difficile infections (mrCDI), are...
Electronic glove translates sign language into text for wireless display on devices
A glove fitted with wearable electronics can translate the American Sign Language (ASL) alphabet and then wirelessly transmit the text for display on electronic...
Rustenburg doctor who defrauded the Compensation Fund sentenced
The Labour Department announced a medical doctor who had defrauded the Compensation Fund (CF) of close to R400,000 had been sentenced to seven years’...
Contracting shingles doubles stroke and heart attack risk
Contracting shingles, a reactivation of the chickenpox virus, increases a person's risk of stroke and heart attack, according to a research letter.
According to the...
Mandela's physician describes the last years of a 'medical marvel'
Former President Nelson Mandela has been described by his former physician Dr Vejay Ramlakan as a 'medical marvel', in a new book titled Mandela’s Last...
Sleep problems may be an early sign of Alzheimer's
Poor sleep may be a sign that people who are otherwise healthy may be more at risk of developing Alzheimer's disease later in life...