Physical activity in evening does not cause sleep problems
Even among sleep researchers, it is a widely held belief that sleep quality can be improved by avoiding exercise in the evening. However, as...
Comprehensive range of CPD courses announced
The DUX Academy of Healthcare (DUXAH), as part of its Professional Development Programme, has given notice once again of a comprehensive range of CPD...
Medical Device Code: reconciling healthcare and business ethics
The introduction of the Medical Device Code of Ethical
Marketing and Business Practice entailed major changes in the way medtech
companies contribute to the continuing education...
Latest SA Health Review focuses on continued human resource needs
Health System Trust launches 21st edition of South African Health Review today
HMI seminars on market concentration and supply-induced demand
The Health Market Inquiry has invited stakeholders in the private
healthcare sector to attend three seminars in February next year related to its
preliminary findings and...
SAMA welcomes DoH’s appointment of 5300 healthcare workers
The South African Medical Association (SAMA) has welcomed Health
Minister Aaron Motsoaledi’s announcement on behalf of the National Health
Council on a stimulus package of health...
Aggressive BP treatment ‘could do more harm than good’ for stroke...
Study finding presents clinical dilemma in terms of best practices
HIT-related stress linked to burnout among physicians
Stress related to use of health information technology (HIT)
is common and predictive of burnout among physicians, according to a study
published online in the Journal of...
To-thirds of people with excess belly fat at high risk of...
Nearly two-thirds of people at high risk of heart disease
and stroke have excess belly fat, according to results of the European Society
of Cardiology (ESC)...
Increasing statins dose and patient adherence could save thousands of lives
Thousands of heart attacks and deaths from cardiovascular
disease could be prevented by patients taking higher doses of statins and
taking the drugs as advised by...
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...
World Endocrinology Congress in Cape Town puts spotlight on dramatic rise...
Endocrinologist, Dr Landi Lombard The concerning rise in endocrine disorders
particularly diabetes and obesity, new developments and advances in the
treatment and management of these conditions and...
Many patients withhold information from clinicians
Reasons for nondisclosure include not wanting to be judged or lectured, being embarrassed
DOAC shows benefit for cancer patients at high-risk of VTE
The direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC), rivaroxaban can
prevent venous thromboembolism (VTE) in cancer patients at increased risk,
according to a study presented at the annual meeting...
Liraglutide linked to lower risk of cardiovascular events
Real world data from a large Nordic study shows that use of
liraglutide, a drug for type 2 diabetes, is associated with a lower risk...
A third of hospitalised adolescents with life-threatening anorexia are not thin
Health workers are being urged to closely monitor
adolescents losing weight after a study of patients with anorexia nervosa found
31% had all the cognitive features...
Unpleasant surprises with drug for blood pressure and PTSD
Overall, studies to date provide a ‘confusing, mixed picture of the clinical and physiologic effects of prazosin’ in PTSD
Release of HMI Final Report delayed to March next year
The Health Market Inquiry’s (HMI) final report and
recommendations on the private healthcare sector has been delayed to 31 March
next year. Confirming the postponement of...