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Workers’ warning – slouching can reduce mental performance
Learning how to sit properly and taking "microbreaks" is vital when it comes to avoiding muscular imbalances.
Pharma sets price on life with world’s most expensive drug
Rare diseases lead to development of new drugs that, like other rare commodities command high prices.
Cervical cancer’s deadly contradiction
Despite cervical cancer being the most preventable form of cancer, it is afflicting more South African women than any other kind.
Child mortality drops but still high
According to a Unicef report, South Africa has reduced its child mortality rate from 60 deaths per every 1 000 live births in 1990 to 41 in 2015.
Sometimes your locks run out
Alopecia or hair loss can devastate your self-esteem, unless you hold your head up high.
Effective treatment for the queen of brain-pains remains a headache
Migraine hits one in 10 people, resulting not only in pain but costs the world economy billions.
Council for medical schemes contravened treasury regulations – AG
The AG's report has found that the Council for Medical Schemes failed to comply with laws governing the financial management of public entities.
The man who can’t smell the roses – or his daughter
Loss of this sense affects taste and also damages a person’s sense of emotional place in the world.
Doctors’ ways with words can lead to misperceptions
Research shows that the way doctors describe medical conditions can affect whether or not a patient demands antibiotics.
Depression on the rise among SA’s chronically ill
Infectious diseases such as HIV and, increasingly, non-communicable illnesses like diabetes are resulting in more cases of chronic depression.
Independent pharmacies take on medical aid ‘bullies’
Community chemists say racial profiling and gated network are putting them out of business.
Men equally at risk of HPV infection
Boys should also be vaccinated for the Human papillomavirus, which is the leading cause of cervical cancer, according to a report.
Are vaccines a shot in the dark?
SA spends an enormous amount on preventative medicine but no one can tell where the failures are.
Depressed TB patients ‘skip meds, imperil others’
A UCT study says counselling is needed to keep tuberculosis sufferers on treatment, without which they risk developing more dangerous forms of TB.
Cuffed for no crime, kicked to the kerb
Instead of the care she sought, a vulnerable patient found further distress in a PE hospital.
Public health suffers if vaccines are not accessible
A Western Cape project is looking to make free vaccines available in private clinics, but the Eastern Cape has stopped the practice.