October 9th, 2019
An ingestible sensor that enables health workers to check that patients have taken their medication could revolutionise tuberculosis treatment, particularly in...
A cross-disciplinary study by Colorado State University researchers claims "strong links" between short-term exposure to air pollution and aggressive behaviour, in...Breaking News
The surgery exams failed by most of the country's final-year students were fairly marked, the Colleges of Medicine of SA (CMSA) says, following a check by the Colleges...
October 9th, 2019
A French quadriplegic man has walked again thanks to an artificial intelligence (AI) breakthrough. The Daily Telegraph reports that the man, who has been paralysed for...
Researchers from Intermountain Healthcare and Stanford University say 10 seconds is about how quickly it took a new system they studied that utilizes artificial...
October 9th, 2019
Results of a study of more than 700,000 one to 19-year olds being treated for HIV infection suggests a ten-fold increase in the number of adolescents aged 15 to 19...
Routine testing for bowel cancer should not be recommended for everyone aged 50-79 years because, for those at very low risk, the benefit is small and uncertain and...Weekly Roundup
Because of their market dominance, there was little incentive on the part of the Big Three medical schemes to drop prices, the health market inquiry found.
Discovery...
October 9th, 2019
Eastern Cape ambulance drivers drove in convoy through Port Elizabeth townships last week, appealing to residents not to attack the people who serve the sick and...
