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...
Studies suggest fibromyalgia misdiagnosed in most cases
Recent studies have suggested that most people who have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia by physicians may not actually have the condition.
A new Arthritis Care &...
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. It
is not yet...
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...
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...
Rise in overdoses from opioids in loperamide-containing diarrhoea drugs
Misuse of over-the-counter drugs with the ingredient loperamide can result in cardiac failure
26-28 August: Hospital Association of SA (HASA)
Venue: Cape Town ICC
Contact: Candice Christians, Candice@incoso.co.za, 083 292 3006
Website: https://www.conferencehasa.co.za/
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...
Antibiotics disrupt gut bacteria, impact bone health
A new study about the side effects of antibiotic treatment reveals that it may dysregulate postpubertal skeletal development by interfering with gut bacteria.
Researchers from...
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,...
Evidence lacking for benefit of surgery for vertebral fractures
Surgical procedures do not appear to provide significant benefit for patients with vertebral fractures (VF), a second American Society for Bone and Mineral Research...
Expert teams to assist provinces in managing medical negligence claims
The National Health Department (NDoH) says it will start
deploying teams of experts to provincial Health Departments from next month to
help address and manage skyrocketing...
Negligence claims against state soar to R80.4 bn
Medical negligence claims against the state have tripled in
the past year with the total value now exceeding R80 billion according to data obtained
by Business...
Netcare starts with hospital staff retrenchment process
Netcare has confirmed that the company has issued a Section
189 notice relating to the possible retrenchment of staff members and that it
will be embarking...