June 19th, 2019
A growing band of of "master athletes" demonstrate that "we often confuse the effects of inactivity with the ageing process itself", write Stephen Harridge and...
June 19th, 2019DNA-evidence shows that gingivitis plays a substantial role in increasing Alzheimer's disease risk, found a small US study.
You don't only avoid holes in your teeth...
HIV testing serves as a critical gateway for linkage and retention to care services. This is also key to improving the health and well-being of populations infected with...Medico-Legal
Lisa Strydom's complaint to the Health Professions Council of SA over the death of her baby following what should have been a standard operation has been mired in...
June 19th, 2019A nationwide phase II clinical trial, coordinated out of Tufts Medical Centre in Boston, has found that a topical cream was extremely effective in reversing the effects...
The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) says it has found stockouts of Aids medicines, antiretrovirals, at Limpopo health facilities. Groundup reports that the organisation...
June 19th, 2019Electro-stimulation of one of the nerves connecting the brain to the body, the vagus nerve, could provide a novel treatment approach for patients with rheumatoid...
In an unusual recent case, a claim in the Pietermaritzburg High Court against a specialist obstetrician and gynaecologist was not in delict but in contract, after a...9th SA AIDS Conference
Research conducted in collaboration with the University of Cape Town’s gender, health and justice unit has confirmed the link between gender-based violence (GBV) and...Weekly Roundup
UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock has ordered a “root and branch” review of National Health Service (NHS) food after two more patient deaths were linked last week to...
