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Solidarity hails ruling that graduate nurse must be given a job

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The SA Health Department has been given 30 days to place a graduate nurse who has been waiting for six months for a community service post....

Frailty associated with bone mineral density loss in HIV patients

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Frailty is associated with loss of bone mineral density (BMD) in HIV-positive patients, investigators from the Service d’Immuno-hématologie clinique, Aix-Marseille Université, APHM Sainte-Marguerite, and...

Walking ability improved by brain stimulation and physical therapy in Parkinson's

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Non-invasive brain stimulation and physical therapy – alone or in combination – improve some measures of walking ability in patients with Parkinson's disease, concludes...
Cancer

SA med students failing to recognise childhood cancer's early warning signs

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Final-year SA medical students remember only six of at least 20 early warning signs of childhood cancer, found a University of the Witwatersrand study....
Coffee

Two large studies link coffee consumption with longer lifespan

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A coffee drinking habit is associated with longer lifespan, according to two major international studies.  Researchers cautioned against media hype, noting that the studies...

Best practices for hearing preservation in cochlear implantation

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Cochlear implants that have electrodes designed without wire perform better than those with wires for long-term hearing preservation, reports a first-of-its-kind study which also...
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US dentists come under scrutiny over their power to stifle competition

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The American Dental Association is a political force 'so unified, so relentless and so thoroughly woven into US communities that its clout rivals that of the...

Hospersa challenges ambulance outsourcing

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The outsourcing of North-West ambulance services when there are vacant and funded posts available, has been challenged by the Health and Other Services Personnel Trade...
SANHI

'Not even its supporters agree' on what NHI means for private health

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Even supporters of the National Health Insurance disagree on what the shift will mean, especially for private medical schemes, writes Amy Green in a...

No chronic low back pain improvement with radio-frequency denervation

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In three randomised trials, treatment of chronic low back pain with radiofrequency denervation, resulted in either no improvement or no clinically important improvement, according...