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Can the banting diet cure binge-eating disorder? Mia Malan follows one person's journey.

Most adults are at risk of contracting the painful viral infection – but until now only a few specialised medicines have been available to treat it.

A number of fallacious assumptions undermine the effectiveness of measures to prevent or terminate a pregnancy, writes Catriona Macleod.

Some of the Free State health workers charged for gathering 'illegally' after a services protest accept a plea bargain, but the rest will soldier on.

Backstreet abortion ‘doctors’ profit from stigma as patients are stripped of their dignity – and lives.

The disease is outfoxing prevention efforts, thanks in part to vaccination myths.

Free State healthcare workers say they are being punished for having dared to defy health MEC Benny Malakoane publicly.

Issuing the proclamation led to a situation that could discourage practitioners from providing essential services for fear of criminal sanction.

The effects of alcoholism on pregnancy are keenly felt beyond just the Western Cape’s winelands.

Philanthropists Bill and Melinda Gates released their annual letter on Thursday. In it, they predict what the world would look like by 2030.

After 14 years of delays, the Health Professions Council should have seen what was coming in the Wouter Basson case.

Wouter Basson's sentencing hearings are on hold until the high court rules on his interdict application on Thursday.

Wouter Basson's lawyers have called for the recusal of an HPCSA committee over suspected involvement in a petition to strike him off the medical roll.

Wouter Basson and his legal team walked out of his sentencing hearing to file an urgent interdict at the high court in Pretoria.

Rekindling the sexual fire of a once passionate marriage has sparked a deeper emotional link.

Women who lose weight after surgery – as opposed to through exercise and diet – are less likely to be employed because of negative perceptions.