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64-year-old Spanish women gives birth to twins
A 64-year-old woman has given birth to healthy twins after her second successful pregnancy at an advanced age, a doctor in northern Spain has...
Experimental STI prophylaxis in PrEP users
Use of the antibiotic doxycycline as on-demand post-exposure prophylaxis by men who have sex with men (MSM) taking part in the Ipergay HIV pre-exposure...
Attacks on paramedics increasing in KZN, WC, Gauteng and FS
Health worker unionists are struggling to understand why communities are attacking ambulance workers trying to save lives, with attacks increasing in in KwaZulu-Natal‚ the...
Prednisone reduces TB-IRIS risk in HIV patients
Patients with HIV had significantly less risk for clinical deterioration due to tuberculosis–related inflammation when given prednisone early in their treatment regimen in a...
Effectiveness of Africa's CDC will hinge on funding – experts
For the Africa Centres for Disease Control to work will require long-term political will and financial commitment by national governments, as well as strong...
Improving HIV service linkage and retention in Mozambique and South Africa
Providing immune cell testing and HIV treatment counseling immediately after a positive HIV test was the first in a series of measures that increased...
HPCSA's Letlape challenged on public health care pre-1994
The crude statement by the Health Professions Council of SA’s Dr Tebogo Letlape that medical aid schemes are a ‘crime against humanity’, should be...
New evidence-based treatment guidelines for lower back pain
The American College of Physicians (ACP) recommends in an evidence-based clinical practice guideline that physicians and patients should treat acute or subacute low back...
Secret KPMG report finds irregularities at UKZN med school
The University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine failed to implement its quota policy, blocking deserving youngsters from becoming doctors, found a...
Officials of Kenyan doctors' union jailed; Zim doctor's strike looms
A Kenyan court has jailed seven union officials over a doctors’ strike, while in Zimbabwe, government doctors are bracing for a crippling strike.
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