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Be careful not to overstep the line with medical advertising

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Legislation that regulates the advertising of medicines in South Africa may appear liberal, but there is a fine line not to be crossed, writes...

Pioneer in malaria war dies

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Kent Campbell, an instrumental figure for 40 years in the global battle against malaria – most notably in Africa, where he led a programme...

‘Trial by media’, murder accused paediatrician claims in court

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Five years after he was arrested, renowned paediatric surgeon Peter Beale took the stand in the Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg) to answer to the...

AI tool to help straighten teeth

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A new tool being developed by the University of Copenhagen and 3Shape will help orthodontists correctly fit braces using artificial intelligence and virtual patients,...

Acne drug not linked to higher suicide risk – meta-analysis

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Users of the acne drug isotretinoin do not experience an increased risk of suicide, according to a recent meta-analysis, but may actually have a...

AI predicts Alzheimer’s seven years before symptoms seen

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Detecting Alzheimer’s disease sooner means preparations, and perhaps even preventative measures, can be put in place, say scientists, who predict that shortly, artificial intelligence...

Tremor pushes up dementia risk threefold – Texas cohort study

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People with essential tremor (ET) have nearly a three times greater risk of developing dementia compared with the general population, suggest researchers, with a...

EPA tightens limits on carcinogenic medical steriliser

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A decision by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set more stringent limits on a chemical used to sterilise medical equipment, after a...

Anti-venom failure leads to novel toxin immunology discovery

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A team of experts spent years developing an antibody they believed would meet the standards for an effective, safe and efficacious pit viper anti-venom...

Covid virus lurks in the body for more than a year – US study

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Recent research has offered potential clues as to why some people develop long Covid, and why the virus can persist in the blood and...