Hepatitis is now the number one infectious disease killer, ahead of HIV/Aids, TB or malaria, according to data in . Charles Gore, CEO of writes in that one of the...News Update
The rapid urbanisation of sub-Saharan Africa ‘could lead to an explosion’ in rates of heart disease and diabetes. reports that a study led by Dr Manjinder Sandhu,...News Update
The has stirred a hornet’s nest by insisting on contraceptives for 12 female pharmacology students who have for India on scholarships provided by the province,...News Update
– the country’s second-biggest – has been described as a ‘shopping centre’ for crooks who have stolen vehicles, petrol, taps, pipes, ceiling boards and even a...News Update
A project aiming to revolutionise medicine by unlocking the secrets of DNA is under way in centres across England, reports . The first genetic codes of people with...News Update
A test to identify those at risk of sudden cardiac death syndrome – the condition that nearly killed footballer Fabrice Muamba – could be developed after scientists...News Update
Stress at work may raise your risk of heart attack and stroke, but being unemployed might be just as unhealthy. Lead researcher Dr Sara Luckhaupt, from the , is quoted...News Update
Medicines shortages in the are putting patient safety at risk and piling ‘almost daily’ pressures on family doctors to find second-choice alternatives to...Public Health
Some leading malaria experts are advocating a radical plan to try to stamp out the disease before resistance to the newest and best treatment drugs grows too widespread....Health Policy
The move by the SA government to give ARVs to patients with a CD4 count lower than 500, up from below 350, has been almost universally welcomed, but, reports the ,...
