KZN’s Dr Zweli Mkhize new Minister of Health
State
President Cyril Ramaphosa has just announced that Dr Zweli Mkhize, former Minister of Cooperative Governance and
Traditional Affairs, succeeds Dr Aaron Motsoaledi as South Africa’s...
Prof Ken Boffard awarded Netcare’s highest honour
World-renowned South African trauma surgeon
Prof Ken Boffard whose contributions to life-saving surgical practice and
academia are acknowledged the world over, has been awarded Netcare’s highest
honour,...
Should patients call doctors by their first names?*
For some this is OK but for others, a problem…
CPD points now available on online medical CME platform
South African health professionals will now be able to earn
their CPD points by watching medical lectures online. Medtalkz, SA’s new open
access library of medical...
Transforming private practice in SA with a multidisciplinary healthcare model
In response to a worsening affordability
crisis in medical aid in South Africa, a clinician-owned company in Alberton,
Gauteng, has been transforming the way private medical...
SAHPRA warns about quinolone/fluoroquinolone antibiotics
The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority
(SAHPRA) has issued new safety information on the use of the oral, injectable
and inhalation quinolone/fluoroquinolone antibiotics following a...
Boehringer’s diabetes drug declared 2018’s Best International Product
Boehringer Ingelheim’s sodium-glucose co-transporter 2
(SGLT-2) inhibitor, JardianceÒ (empagliflozin),
has been announced winner of the 2018 Prix Galien International Award in the
category “Best Pharmaceutical Product”.
The Prix Galien...
31 October- 3 November 2019: 14th PASCAR Congress in association with...
Venue: Sandton Convention Centre
Contact: Claire 011 325 0020 claire@eoafrica.co.za
Website: www.saheart.org/congress 2019
Pretoria’s Angelique Coetzee elected new SAMA chair
Medical icon Prof Hoosen Coovadia becomes association president for the year
Benefits of breakfast in weight loss don’t add up
A new meta-analysis showing no evidence that eating breakfast reduces daily caloric intake and weight gain is no worse among those who skip the...
Why SA’s health could crumble under pressure from NCDs
Researchers are warning that NCDs are becoming an increasing burden on the South African health system
Netcare’s Richard Friedland sells R200 million worth of shares
The recent drop in Netcare’s share price following the release of weak interim results has forced CEO Richard Friedland to sell R200 million worth...
Expert teams to assist provinces in managing medical negligence claims
The National Health Department (NDoH) says it will start
deploying teams of experts to provincial Health Departments from next month to
help address and manage skyrocketing...
Surgeon age doesn’t affect cataract surgery outcomes
Findings suggest surgeons staying up-to-date with technical innovations, older surgeons retiring at appropriate stages
Barnard-implanted artificial mitral valve still functioning perfectly 50 years’ on
Italian surgeons, while operating on a 60-year-old woman, have discovered a perfectly functioning artificial mitral valve implanted by heart transplant pioneer, Prof Chris Barnard,...
Adcock reports 17% increase in trading profit
Local pharmaceutical company, Adcock Ingram Group has
reported a 17% increase in trading profit for the six-month period ended 31
December 2018 despite a strictly price-regulated...
Bacterial pneumonia far more dangerous to heart than viral pneumonia
A study of nearly 5000 patients has found that patients with bacterial pneumonia had a 60% greater risk of a heart attack, stroke, or death than patients with viral pneumonia