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Mkhize 'reads riot act' over shoddy treatment of patients
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has read the riot act to health management that they will be held accountable for the shoddy job such as...
Dagga Bill regulating private use approved by Cabinet
Cabinet has approved the Bill regulating the private use of cannabis and setting the limit of the quantity that may be possessed by an...
Lockdown in UK increased boozing in people with alcohol use disorders
In the United Kingdom, lockdown was a risk factor for increasing alcohol consumption in people with alcohol use disorders and relapse for those who...
Pattern of longer-term symptoms for hospitalised COVID-19 patients identified
Researchers have identified a pattern of longer-term symptoms likely to be experienced by people who were hospitalised with COVID-19. They include fatigue, breathlessness, psychological...
Vaping linked to COVID-19 risk in teens and young adults — Stanford analysis
Data collected in May shows that teenagers and young adults who vape face a much higher risk of COVID-19 than their peers who do...
US ruling orders pharmas to provide missing clinical trial data
Hundreds of drug companies, medical device manufacturers, and universities owe the public a decade’s worth of missing data from clinical trials, STAT News reports.
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Hydroxychloroquine as a COVID-19 treatment not recommended by SA's DoH and private sector
The Health Department says it does not recommend the use of the controversial anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine as a COVID-19 treatment. And, says an IoL...
Cannabis can raise – or lower – depression risk among adolescents
Research at Johns Hopkins University in America found a complicated and counterintuitive relationship between cannabis use among adolescents and depression, writes Eric W Dolan...
Biomarkers may point to higher risk of COVID-19 deterioration/death
George Washington University (GW) researchers found five biomarkers associated with higher odds of clinical deterioration and death in COVID-19 patients. These findings will help...
National Public Health Institute Amendment Act gazetted
The 2020 National Public Health Institute of SA Act was gazetted on 7 August, reports Pam Saxby for Legalbrief Policy Watch. The Act (written...