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Life Healthcare boosts critical services to stroke patients using technology
As South Africa commemorates World Stroke Week (28 October – 3 November), Life Healthcare Group has turned to technology to help improve critical services...
NHI 'no longer affordable' in the current fiscal environment – Treasury
The government’s ambitious and controversial National Health Insurance plans — which it insists will be implemented come hell or high water — got barely...
Does latent TB last for life? Researchers say 'mostly not'
An analysis challenges the longstanding notion that tuberculous infection is a life-long infection that could strike at any time and cause tuberculosis (TB). Based...
Survey paints bleak picture of practitioner pessimism
As South African health professionals have become more knowledgeable about the National Health Insurance scheme they have become increasingly negative about it, reports MedicalBrief....
Men with breast cancer have higher mortality than female counterparts
Men with breast cancer are more likely to die than their female counterparts, across all stages of disease, with the disparity persisting even when...
Pioneering UK scientist awarded compensation after 13 years of litigation
Professor Ian Shanks, the scientist who invented pioneering technology to test blood sugar levels, has been awarded £2m in compensation by the UK's highest...
Frequent drinking greater risk factor for atrial fibrillation than binge drinking
Frequent drinking is greater risk factor for heart rhythm disorder than binge drinking. "Recommendations about alcohol consumption have focused on reducing the absolute amount...
Hormone therapy associated with improved cognition
Oestrogen has a significant role in overall brain health and cognitive function. That's why so many studies focused on the prevention of cognitive decline...
Five golden rules to reduce patient harm or risk
Talk to any doctor who’s faced litigation from a patient or their family, following an adverse event, and they’ll tell you how emotionally exhausting...
900 children die in HIV outbreak that has sowed panic
A small Pakistani city is the epicentre of an HIV outbreak that overwhelmingly has affected children. Many cases were traced to a single doctor,...