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WHO launches multi-million dollar Ebola plan
The worst ever Ebola outbreak has killed more than 700 people in West Africa and is moving faster than efforts to control it, the...
Hepatitis now the number one infectious disease
Hepatitis is now the number one infectious disease killer, ahead of HIV/Aids, TB or malaria, according to data in The Lancet. Charles Gore, CEO...
Uganda research warns of an NCD ‘explosion’ following urbanisation
The rapid urbanisation of sub-Saharan Africa ‘could lead to an explosion’ in rates of heart disease and diabetes. VOA News reports that a study...
KZN Health Department’s birth control stance under fire
The KwaZulu-Natal Health Department has stirred a hornet’s nest by insisting on contraceptives for 12 female pharmacology students who have for India on scholarships...
Cape Town’s Tygerberg Hospital is a ‘shopping centre’ for crooks
Tygerberg Hospital – the country’s second-biggest – has been described as a ‘shopping centre’ for crooks who have stolen vehicles, petrol, taps, pipes, ceiling...
New UK research project could ‘revolutionise’ medicine
A project aiming to revolutionise medicine by unlocking the secrets of DNA is under way in centres across England, reports BBC News. The first...
Scientists find cause of genetic heart fault
A test to identify those at risk of sudden cardiac death syndrome – the condition that nearly killed footballer Fabrice Muamba – could be...
Workplace stress could increase heart attack and stroke risk
Stress at work may raise your risk of heart attack and stroke, but being unemployed might be just as unhealthy. Lead researcher Dr Sara...
UK drug shortages putting patient safety at risk
Medicines shortages in the UK are putting patient safety at risk and piling ‘almost daily’ pressures on family doctors to find second-choice alternatives to...
New radical plan to fight malaria
Some leading malaria experts are advocating a radical plan to try to stamp out the disease before resistance to the newest and best treatment...