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Office space – the primary health frontier of any enterprise
Without good lighting, plants and privacy, the open-plan office can become a threat to the wellbeing of the people working there.
Watch list: Four things that could change healthcare as we know it
Fact may be stranger than science fiction as artificial intelligence moves into consulting rooms.
We can stop the haemorrhaging
South Africa has the means and opportunity to keep its healthcare professionals.
SA’s HIV treatment programme has saved 1.3-million lives
A report by UNAids has revealed that SA's antiretroviral coverage has greatly increased in the last two decades, but remains short of global targets.
Private sector lags in HIV testing
Government facilities are trumping their larnier colleagues in providing HIV services.
Mammograms still the gold standard of breast screening
Breast cancer expert, Justus Apffelstaedt, explains the complexities around the issue of screening for this disease.
System is in good health, insists MEC Malakoane
Free State Health MEC Benny Malakoane has accused the M&G of sensationalist reporting, but warned that his department will run out of money this year.
Medics ‘sabotaged’ Eastern Cape health
The Eastern Cape health department claims hospital staff misled a government inspection team to create a bad impression.
Malaria has been beaten back – but children are still dying
Now the fight is on to eliminate the illness entirely – and save those still at the mercy of the mosquito.
Drug row sparked by HIV spending
A new study to be conducted in South Africa, Uganda and India has sparked a heated debate in the HIV activist and research community.
Meditation takes on medication
New research has shown that the 'practice of mindfulness meditation' can reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety.
NHI a tonic for extreme inequality
Experts say the National Health Insurance scheme could benefit rich and poor, with positive broader outcomes.
SA man tests negative for ebola
A health and safety officer working in Liberia - who is on home leave in SA - is in a stable condition, according to a health department statement.
The right to life – and death
However much we abhor the idea, the choice is personal and should be respected.
Denying the right to die may be state-sanctioned torture, legal body says
As the country’s landmark euthanasia case heads to the appeal court, lawyers argue that keeping the practice illegal could violate the Bill of Rights
#QuarantineChronicles: Departure & distrust
South Africans in Wuhan are set to come back home on Friday, but our secret journaller has a few final thoughts to share in this final instalment of our series of first-hand accounts from citizens quarantined in China.