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,...
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...
Surgical skills easily acquired when treated as a hobby
The best way to train surgeons is to remove the stress of
residency programmes and make surgery a hobby. Under relaxed conditions outside
a formal educational...
NSAIDs likely new culprits in C. difficile
Researchers might have found a new link to Clostridioides difficile (formerly Clostridium difficile): the use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).
Antibiotics, which disturb the gut microbiome, have always...
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,...
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...
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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...
Review finds antibiotic development increased, but insufficient
While the pipeline of new antibiotics has improved over the past six years,
momentum in the development of new infection-fighting agents remains inadequate
and could take...
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...
Sitting, watching TV linked to colorectal cancer risk before age 50
A new study in JNCI
Cancer Spectrum has identified a connection between prolonged time
spent sitting while watching TV and increased risk of colorectal cancer for
younger Americans.
Young-onset colorectal...
Rise in overdoses from opioids in loperamide-containing diarrhoea drugs
Misuse of over-the-counter drugs with the ingredient loperamide can result in cardiac failure
Quinolone and fluoroquinolone antibiotics: More warnings sounded
As lawyers in the US move forward with lawsuits against some
manufacturers of quinolone and fluoroquinolone antibiotics following
a worldwide increase in the number of patients...
HMI seminars cancelled as budget constraints delays Final Report again
The Competition Commission has issued a statement that due
to budget constraints the final report of the Health Market Inquiry (HMI) into
the private sector will...
Antibiotics disrupt gut bacteria, impact bone health
A new study about the side effects of antibiotic treatment reveals that it may dysregulate postpubertal skeletal development by interfering with gut bacteria.
Researchers from...
INDUSTRY NEWS: Locally developed e-scripting platform to enhance doctor, pharmacist prescription...
An e-scripting application which enables doctors to create a digital script and sign it with a password or PIN using their personal electronic signature,...
Negligence claims against state soar to R80.4 bn
Medical negligence claims against the state have tripled in
the past year with the total value now exceeding R80 billion according to data obtained
by Business...
Netcare starts with hospital staff retrenchment process
Netcare has confirmed that the company has issued a Section
189 notice relating to the possible retrenchment of staff members and that it
will be embarking...