Bureaucracy, power and grants: When a pen may be as mighty as the scalpel
Go inside this unspoken ethical dilemma South African doctors face every day.
The ups and downs of community healthcare
Often medical help comes too late for people in rural areas but community health workers could change this
A life-saving shift: New reductions in doctors’ hours are still far off the mark
Research shows that any shift longer than 16 hours puts doctors and patients at risk.
SA doctors demand shorter hours, saying their 30-hour shifts put patients' lives at risk
The health department and the Health Professions Council of South Africa must act to protect the medics and patients.
Exhausted doctors endanger health
Medical interns are leading the battle to reduce the dangerously overlong working hours that compromise the safety of patients.
Help's at hand for connected moms
Simple phone services are stepping in to help women who can't seek clinical advice in person.
The jury is out on antioxidants
These "cancer-fighting" molecules may not be the good guys we have been led to believe.
