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Weight gain tied to higher breast cancer risk – French cohort study
Obesity can cause various health issues – like type 2 diabetes and an increased risk of heart disease – and even lead to a...
Maladministration, not foreigners, to blame for state of South African healthcare
Recent demonstrations against foreign nationals at public healthcare facilities have intensified arguments that taxpayer-funded institutions, already overstretched, are being unfairly used, but they also...
SA's fight against Aids gets major boost – but there’s a catch
South Africans will receive the groundbreaking lenacapavir drug, seen as the best option to help end Aids in the country, thanks to a R520m...
Childhood obesity tied to early, serious health issues – SA study
A study by the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) and Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital (IALCH) has linked childhood obesity to an escalation...
Breakthrough as subtypes found in autism – US cohort study
Scientists say they have taken a “transformative step” towards understanding the biology underlying autism after discovering four subtypes of the genetic condition – which they...
NIH restores grants to SA scientists
The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has – without explanation – lifted a hold on payments for scores of existing grants to South...
Bullying of medical interns a ‘silent epidemic’ – KwaZulu-Natal study
Workplace bullying within the medical profession is a silent epidemic, with junior doctors being the most vulnerable, KwaZulu-Natal researchers have found.
Writing in the SA...
Activists deny migrants access to hospitals and clinics
The National Department of Health has condemned the action taken by some groups to prevent foreign nationals from accessing essential healthcare services around the...
Task team probes staff crisis at Livingstone Hospital
A task team from the Eastern Cape Department of Health is to present a report shortly on the staffing haemorrhage from Gqeberha’s Livingstone Hospital and...
Supervisor still suspended as probe continues into intern’s death
The supervisor who was placed on precautionary suspension after the death of Dr Aluluto Mazwi at Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital in KwaZulu-Natal has not...