People with undetected glucose disorders run a higher risk of both myocardial infarction and periodontitis, according to a study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet...Medico-Legal
The MEC for Health in Mpumalanga has agreed to pay more than R15.7m in damages to the mother of a 6-year-old boy who is blind after the nursing staff at the Witbank...Public Health
Children who receive the chickenpox (varicella) vaccine are significantly less likely to contract shingles, according to a study led by researchers at the Kaiser...
June 19th, 2019Increasing severity of sleep-disordered breathing and sleep disruption are associated with epigenetic age acceleration, according to preliminary results of a US study....
The international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders MSF) has released findings from a follow-up survey of its...
June 19th, 2019
The Council for Health Service Accreditation of Southern Africa (COHSASA) CEO, Jacqui Stewart, has been elected to the International Academy of Quality & Safety...
June 19th, 2019Increased red meat intake, particularly processed red meat, is associated with a heightened risk of death, suggests a large, eight-year US study led by Frank Hu, at the...
A large clinical research study conducted in four African countries found no significant difference in risk of HIV infection among women using one of three highly...
June 19th, 2019For the women of Brazil's elite, Caesarean sections have long been a status symbol, reports The Washington Post. Now, the phenomenon has inspired an entire industry...
The 9th SA National Aids Conference in Durban ended on Friday of last week with the eThekwini Declaration: "A Radical Call to Action – Reinvigorating and...
