Department hosting Traditional Medicine Summit
The Department of Health is hosting a Traditional Medicine Summit tomorrow and Friday which, it notes in its announcement statement, will serve as a...
Low-dose antihypertensive combinations effective for lowering BP
A review just published online in JAMA Cardiology has shown that low-dose combination (LDC) antihypertensives consisting of three or four blood pressure (BP)-lowering drugs are...
When navigating death is part of the job
Photo: Dr Nelia Drenth, social worker and grief specialistBy Chris Bateman
Nearly 500 palliative healthcare professionals paid rapt attention last month when top Pretoria social...
Proper HRT provides men (and women) with pause to ponder
Caption: Dr Trudy Smith, gynecological oncologists at the Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre in conversation wit Dr Elna Rudolph , World Association of Sexual...
World Health Day – Public Health under pressure
With South Africa’s healthcare system viewed, amongst others, as a reflection of the social issues the country is facing, on World Health Day (7...
Lifesaving solution dramatically reduces severe bleeding after childbirth
A landmark study conducted in 80 hospitals across South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria and Tanzania has found that a new solution called E-MOTIVE, could provide...
No link found between hormone therapy, lung cancer in postmenopausal women
Hormone
therapy (HT) is not associated with the risk for lung cancer development in
postmenopausal women, and lower risk was seen with higher cumulative dosage and
long-term...
Why does aspirin work so well? Scientists reveal new answers
New research has revealed important information about how aspirin works. Even though this drug has been available commercially since the late 1800s, scientists have...
Malaria cases on the rise in SA, NICD warns
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has appealed to healthcare professionals to have a high degree of suspicion of malaria when patients present...
Discovery Health launches R1.5b preventative health screening fund for members
Photo: Discovery Health CEO, Dr Ryan Noach
In a bid to encourage people to undergo preventative health screenings, Discovery Health Medical Scheme has made what...
BP cholesterol polypill does not reduce cognitive decline in elderly
A study by a Canadian research team has shown that a polypill (antihypertensives and a statin)
does not reduce cognitive decline but is associated with...
More physical activity cuts hospitalizations for common conditions
New study findings
have confirmed that higher levels of physical activity are associated with
lower risks for hospitalization for nine of the 25 most common reasons...
Private sector fills the pre-NHI space
Dr Hendri Hanekom, Group Executive for Strategy and Innovation at Intercare. Photo: CHRIS BATEMANCatering to the ‘out of pocket’ mostly uninsured healthcare market, using...
SA study shows need to screen HIV patients for diabetes and...
Photo: Prof Liesl Zuhlke, Vice President of the SAMRCTraditional cardiovascular risk factors, exposure to HIV per se and antiretroviral therapy (ART) are assumed to...
Embryos’ development is delayed in pregnancies that end in miscarriage
Embryos in pregnancies that end in miscarriage take longer to develop in the womb than those in pregnancies that result in live births, according...
Scheduled childbirth may greatly reduce preeclampsia, a leading cause of maternal...
More than half of all preeclampsia cases that occur during weeks 37-42 of pregnancy (at-term) may be prevented with timed birth, such as a...
Caring for the dying – hope as medicine
By Chris Bateman
Hope is medicine and hugely bolsters the quality of life for patients facing their own imminent demise, a scientific study by a...
AHAIC 2023: Driving a united agenda to achieve equitable health access...
When stakeholders in health, development and climate convene in Kigali, Rwanda, for the fifth edition of The Africa Health Agenda International Conference (AHAIC) 2023...