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One general anaesthetic unlikely to harm babies’ brains
Infants who undergo general anesthesia of <1 hour do not
experience poor neurodevelopmental outcomes compared with infants who
receive awake-regional anesthesia, according to a study recently published in
the Lancet.
This...
Allergy
New HPCSA Registrar: Ready for the challenges ahead
The past few years have seen the HPCSA
staggering under a plethora of claims relating to maladministration,
dysfunction, corruption, a lack of communication, registration hiccups and...
Cardiology
Advanced ‘3D-imaging’ assisted keyhole heart and lung surgery performed at Netcare...
More than 80 patients along the West Coast who required open
heart or lung surgery have benefited from keyhole procedures using
three-dimensional (3-D) imaging technology, following...
Critical Care
One general anaesthetic unlikely to harm babies’ brains
Infants who undergo general anesthesia of <1 hour do not
experience poor neurodevelopmental outcomes compared with infants who
receive awake-regional anesthesia, according to a study recently published in
the Lancet.
This...
Dermatology
National Health Compact: “We are working on it but need more...
Work on the much-anticipated health compact aimed at putting
in place concrete steps and undertakings to fix the country’s ailing healthcare
system is continuing but will...
Diabetes
SAMA Board withdraws Practice Cost Study results
The SAMA Board has decided to
withdraw the results of the 2017/2018 Practice Cost Study conducted last year
among GPs and specialists. According to SAMA Chair,...
Dietetics
Make health system, not health politics, a priority in tonight’s SONA
While President Cyril
Ramaphosa identifying health as a focus area for his administration is to
be welcomed, focusing on health does not mean passing an NHI...
Emergency Medicine
New HPCSA Registrar: Ready for the challenges ahead
The past few years have seen the HPCSA
staggering under a plethora of claims relating to maladministration,
dysfunction, corruption, a lack of communication, registration hiccups and...
Gastroenterology
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General Practice
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Gynaecology
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HIV
1 in 3 patients don’t reveal complementary medicine use
Research reveals that 1 in 3 complementary medicine (CM)
users do not disclose their CM use to their medical providers, posing
significant direct and indirect risks...
Hospital
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Imaging
National Health Compact: “We are working on it but need more...
Work on the much-anticipated health compact aimed at putting
in place concrete steps and undertakings to fix the country’s ailing healthcare
system is continuing but will...
Nephrology
National Health Compact: “We are working on it but need more...
Work on the much-anticipated health compact aimed at putting
in place concrete steps and undertakings to fix the country’s ailing healthcare
system is continuing but will...
Neurology
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Nurses
Predictors of kidney stone recurrence identified
A study published in the February issue of the Mayo Clinic Proceedings reports on a model which has been developed for predicting recurrence among kidney...
Oncology
HPV shame could put women off cervical cancer screening
The social stigmas and myths surrounding the human papilloma
virus (HPV) could make women anxious, including raising fears about their
partners' fidelity and putting them off...
Ophthalmology
New HPCSA Registrar: Ready for the challenges ahead
The past few years have seen the HPCSA
staggering under a plethora of claims relating to maladministration,
dysfunction, corruption, a lack of communication, registration hiccups and...
Optometry
New HPCSA Registrar: Ready for the challenges ahead
The past few years have seen the HPCSA
staggering under a plethora of claims relating to maladministration,
dysfunction, corruption, a lack of communication, registration hiccups and...
Paediatrics
SAMA Board withdraws Practice Cost Study results
The SAMA Board has decided to
withdraw the results of the 2017/2018 Practice Cost Study conducted last year
among GPs and specialists. According to SAMA Chair,...
Pain and Anaesthesia
National Health Compact: “We are working on it but need more...
Work on the much-anticipated health compact aimed at putting
in place concrete steps and undertakings to fix the country’s ailing healthcare
system is continuing but will...
Pharmacy
Online support for GPs reduces unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions
New research from King's College London, published this week in The BMJ, shows that electronically-delivered prescribing feedback and online decision support for GPs reduces unnecessary...
Psychiatry
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Surgery
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Urology
Reproductive health counselling inadequate in IBD
Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) report low rates of IBD-reproductive health counseling (RHC), delegates to the 2019 Crohn's & Colitis Congress just ended...