Majority of premature infants still exposed to early antibiotics
Most premature infants, who are at risk for sepsis but
who may not have a culture confirmation of infection, continue to receive early
antibiotics in the first...
Medical Schemes Amendment Bill ready for public comment
The
Medical Schemes Amendment Bill, the subject of considerable debate mainly in
terms of its proposed alignment to National Health Insurance (NHI) and the
associated role, function...
Less driving tied to lower cardiovascular disease risk
More active alternatives to the car for travel are associated with a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and all-cause mortality, a British study...
SASCRO Census: relative shortage of practising oncologists countrywide
Among the more significant challenges facing the country’s oncology services at present is the “progressive decrease” in specialist radiation oncologists in the academic/state sector,...
Second opinions of outside mammograms find more cancer
Second-opinion reads of mammograms initially performed at an outside facility identify more cancers and improve the positive predictive value of biopsy, even in patients...
Daily egg consumption linked to reduced CVD risk
A study published online this week in Heart has shown that a moderate level of egg consumption is associated with a reduced risk of cardiovascular...
Cryoablation shown to be effective for cancer pain control
Laura Ferrer-Mileo, from L'Hospitalet de Llobregat in Barcelona, Spain, and colleagues conducted a systematic literature review to identify articles that evaluated the efficacy of...
Urinary stones linked to testosterone therapy
Testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) is associated with an elevated risk of urinary stones, investigators reported at the American Urological Association 2018 annual meeting which...
Leg exercise critical to brain, nervous system health
Groundbreaking research shows that neurological health depends as much on signals sent by the body's large, leg muscles to the brain as it does...
BHF Conference great opportunity to unpack latest legislation
As the National Health Insurance (NHI) and the Medical Schemes Amendment Bills become realities, it is now critical for the private sector to firm...
Uniform tariffs for healthcare providers – caution required
The next two weeks could provide interesting insights on
where South Africa’s health system is heading in government’s quest to
implement a National Health Insurance (NHI)...
Are the proposed medical schemes amendments likely to benefit members?
In the wake of reports about Health
Minister Aaron Motsoaledi’s proposals for ushering in a new set of rules for
how medical schemes operate, how are...
SSI rate can be reduced in hysterectomy
Implementation of a perioperative surgical site infection
prevention bundle may reduce the rate of surgical site infection among patients
undergoing hysterectomy, according to a study published...
International anaesthesia standards updated in global effort to improve surgical care
The World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists
(WFSA) has launched an update of the International Standards For a Safe
Practice of Anaesthesia, co-published with World Health...
International anaesthesia standards updated in global effort to improve surgical care
The World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists
(WFSA) has launched an update of the International Standards For a Safe
Practice of Anaesthesia, co-published with World Health...
Blood type determines severity of E.coli diarrhoea
A new study shows that a kind of E. coli most associated with "travellers' diarrhoea" as well as children in underdeveloped areas of the world, causes...
Testerosterone therapy safe despite prostate cancer history
Testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) for men with a history of prostate cancer (PCa) does not increase recurrence rates following radical treatment or progression rate...
Warning: Potential risk of neural tube birth defects with HIV drug,...
The Southern African HIV Clinicians Society (SAHCS) would
like to inform all HIV-treating clinicians of the following important new
information regarding dolutegravir (DTG). Preliminary data from...