Patients with type 2 diabetes improve their ability to regulate blood sugar levels if they eat food with a reduced carbohydrate content and an increased share of protein...Gerontology
Hearing loss in middle age is associated with higher odds of cognitive decline and dementia in later years, Reuters Health reports a large study in Taiwan suggests....HIV/AIDS
Financial incentives linked to education help Eswatini to find an innovative way of preventing HIV infections and pregnancy among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW)...Nutrition
Eating mostly plant-based foods and fewer animal-based foods may be linked to better heart health and a lower risk of dying from a heart attack, stroke or other...
August 14th, 2019Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize says the authorities are ready to tackle the threat of large-scale corruption to the National Health Insurance scheme, writes...
August 14th, 2019The ubiquitous use of war metaphors when referring to cancer may do more harm than good. The Guardian reports that this is according to research into the psychological...
August 14th, 2019Massive levels of violence — the number of gunshot wound patients admitted to Groote Schuur has doubled in the eight years — coupled with abusive patients, is...
August 14th, 2019More than half of papers in published over five years in six leading psychiatry and psychology journals — including JAMA Psychiatry, the American Journal of...
August 14th, 2019
A study from the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), the KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation & Sequencing Platform (KRISP) and the Africa Health Research Institute...
A large German study finds vaccination not to be a risk factor for multiple sclerosis (MS). On the contrary, they consistently suggest that vaccination is associated...
