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Low-dose aspirin reduces breast cancer risk
The use of low-dose aspirin reduced the risk of breast cancer in women who are part of the California's Teacher's Study.
This study – which...
Gilead's Genvoya gives significantly higher rate virologic suppression
Patients with HIV experienced a significantly higher rate of virologic suppression after taking Gilead’s Genvoya (elivitegravir-cobicistat-emtricitabine-tenofovir alafenamide) than the company’s Stribild (elvitegravir-cobicistat-emtricitabine-tenofovir disoproxil fumarate),...
South Africans slowly changing to generics
South Africans often prefer branded medicine over generics, but the latest research from Mediscor shows that this is slowly changing, albeit not quickly enough....
Fashion models in France have to prove they are healthy
Fashion models in France will need to provide medical certificates proving they are healthy in order to work, after a new law was introduced...
Brain drain continues despite conventions on medical poaching
Despite the existence of conventions prohibiting the poaching of medical practitioners from struggling African countries, the continent continues to lose much needed medical doctors, Health...
First Gamma Knife Icon Centre established in southern Africa
In a first for southern Africa, the Leksell Gamma Knife Icon, used in the treatment of selected brain tumours, head and neck tumours, vascular...
Private hyperbaric oxygen therapy facility now in Western Cape
A hyperbaric oxygen therapy service, the only such private facility in the Western Cape, was recently opened at the Tokai Medicross and is available...
Digestive diseases and liver treatment centre for Gauteng
A digestive diseases and liver health centre offering a comprehensive multi-disciplinary and holistic approach for the early detection, diagnosis and treatment of complex gastrointestinal,...
Ant-vax movement gains traction by targeting vulnerable groups
Anti-vaccine groups are targeting specific vulnerable communities, reports The Washington Post. In one Somali community in Minnesota, the vaccination rate for measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) among immigrant...
Tranexamic acid decreasing death risk from post-partum blood loss
Tranexamic acid has gone largely unused in maternity wards since its development in Japan in the 1960s. Now a massive international trial has shown...