21-23 June: KwaZulu-Natal Doctors Healthcare Coalition (KZNDHC)
Venue: Elangeni Hotel, Durban
Contact: [email protected]
New staging system estimates time to kidney failure in children
Clinicians can use a combination of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), proteinuria, and type of chronic kidney disease to estimate how soon children will progress to...
Eight pharma companies to share state’s R18.3bn ARV tender
Government has awarded its R18.3bn tender for the provision
of antiretroviral (ARVs) drugs to eight pharmaceutical companies with varying
degrees of local manufacturing capacity. According to...
Overweight mother’s breast milk possible child obesity risk factor
In new research just published online in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, it has been suggested that the composition of breast milk in normal...
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
Alcohol trigger for many migraine sufferers
Many migraine sufferers avoid alcohol, saying it can trigger the severe headaches, a survey just published in the European Journal of Neurology has found.
Among...
Addressing pregnancy, childbirth inequalities in Sub-Saharan Africa
For women undergoing caesarean sections in low-and-middle income countries, the chances of dying are 100 times higher than their counterparts in higher-income countries .
These...
First dedicated haematology unit opened in Johannesburg
The first dedicated private haematology
unit in greater Johannesburg for the diagnosis and treatment of the full range
of acute and chronic blood cancers and other...
Use of Deriva® 0.1% adapalene gel in the treatment and management...
Acne vulgaris is the most common skin condition affecting late adolescents across the globe. According to the Global Burden of Disease study, it affects...
Urinary catheters not needed for joint replacement surgery
Patients
undergoing joint replacement under epidural anaesthesia, the authors of a study
report published in the October issue of the Journal of Arthroplasty have
noted, have no increased...
No other country has anything like NHI planned for SA
Only real lesson to be learned from others is that ‘health reform takes a long time’
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...
HASA asks for assistance to distribute information on coronavirus
The Hospital Association of SA, HASA, has asked its members, healthcare professionals and the media to assist in its efforts to communicate vital information...
Blood test predicts spastic cerebral palsy
Although most children (85-90%) with cerebral palsy are born
with it, diagnosis may be delayed until 2+ years of age. A diagnosis is made by
monitoring...
TMS to treat major depression performed at Netcare Milpark
A new non-invasive procedure, which uses a magnetic charge to stimulate targeted areas of the brain to treat conditions such as depression and anxiety,...
Adcock Ingram shuts down manufacturing plant after employee tested positive for...
Adcock Ingram Critical Care has confirmed that an employee at its Aeroton manufacturing facility in Johannesburg has tested positive for COVID-19 and that the...
SA begins mass roll-out of bedaquiline for MDR-TB treatment
South Africa has become the first country in the world to begin a mass roll-out of the new TB drug, bedaquiline used to treat multi-drug-resistant TB (MDR-TB)
Doctors still unsure of pneumococcal vaccine recommendations
Survey finds variance in knowledge of adult pneumococcal vaccine recommendations