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...
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,...
Senior CMS official suspended over corruption allegations
The Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) has served its General
Manager of Compliance and Investigations, Stephen Mmatli with a letter of precautionary
suspension pending the outcome...
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...
Evidence of therapeutic efficacy substantial for cannabis use
Most qualifying conditions for which patients are licensed to use cannabis medically, a report published in the February issue of Health Affairs has assured, have...
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...
Netcare Park Lane Hospital’s women’s imaging service recognised
Parklane Radiology, based at Netcare Park
Lane Hospital in Johannesburg, has been awarded a three-year term of
accreditation for its mammography imaging service following a recent...
Combination treatment, metformin and immunotherapy, may help to fight breast cancer
MYC, a gene with high cancer-initiating potential, is
overexpressed in over 40% of breast cancers. While MYC programs breast cancer
cells to build more macromolecules (anabolic...
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...
Adjusting chemotherapy dosages with artificial intelligence
Finding the right dose of medication by trial and error can
be a painful experience for patients who are already suffering because of their
disease. Artificial...
UCT partnership develops remote medication administering tool
Biomedical engineers from the University of Cape Town and the
Osmania University in India, have put their heads together to develop a tool
for clinicians to...
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...
High-dose radiation therapy improves long-term survival in patients with stage-IV cancers
The first report from a phase II, multi-centre clinical
trial indicates that stereotactic radiation can extend long-term survival for
some patients with stage-IV cancers while maintaining...
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,...
Many women get unnecessary mammograms before breast reduction surgery
Each year, thousands of younger women with no known risk of
breast cancer get mammograms before having breast reduction surgery. A study published in JAMA Surgery found
that...