Nominations called for 5th Annual Titanium Awards
All individuals, healthcare professionals and organisations in the public and private sectors “driving change by creating affordable, accessible and sustainable healthcare throughout the Southern...
Public health medico-legal claims will render NHI ‘stillborn’ – medico-legal expert
Even if there
are funds to implement National Health Insurance (NHI) as envisaged, Donald
Dinnie, well-known medico-legal practitioner, has predicted that the scheme
will be “stillborn” due...
SAPPF to hold special general meeting on 27 March
The Board of Directors of SAPPF has recently resolved to
allow membership of SAPPF to Physiotherapists, Optometrists, General
Practitioners and Allied Healthcare Professionals. In order to...
Primary care providers can improve diabetic retinopathy screening
Screening for diabetic retinopathy (DR) in primary care settings has the potential to reach most adults with diabetes, a brief report published online in JAMA...
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...
Latest SA Health Review focuses on continued human resource needs
Health System Trust launches 21st edition of South African Health Review today
Minimally invasive retinal detachment treatment found to have better outcomes
Next step is to educate surgeons worldwide about the 'art' of this elegant procedure, ‘so that the excellent outcomes achieved in this trial can be replicated worldwide’
Early life factors predictive of myopia identified
Factors include maternal education, hours spent playing computer games
Eye scans could detect early Alzheimer disease
Retinal thickness and microvasculature alterations implicated in the disease
Stem cell implantation shows promise for retinitis pigmentosa
Findings offer some indication of medium-term safety of subretinal implantation of adipose tissue
Constitutional rights need to be better reflected in final HMI report...
Panel also urged to seek commitment from inquiry subject stakeholders to participate in reforms constructively
Incident contrast sensitivity common in middle-aged adults
Factors linked to elevated risk include cadmium level in highest quintile, older age, more plaque sites
Health professional numbers in SA up by more than 50% –...
But distribution of healthcare providers remains disproportionate in terms of geographical location and population needs
Corneal infection from sleeping in contacts detailed
Six patients reported sleeping in lenses on regular basis; most had vision loss, permanent damage
Retinal thinning could provide early sign of Parkinson’s disease
Thinning of retina linked to loss of dopamine-producing brain cells
Eye examination can help detect abuse in children
Health professionals have a responsibility to consider abuse in the differential diagnosis of paediatric eye trauma
Degenerative eye diseases associated with Alzheimer’s risk
Age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma were all associated with a higher risk of developing Alzheimer's disease in a new study
Blue light from digital devices hastens blindness
Blue light exposure found to cause retinal to trigger reactions that generate poisonous chemical molecules in photoreceptor cells