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Happy Maifadi and her young son Enhle benefit from ongoing peer support from mothers2mothers.

Mother mentors a boost for health

HIV-positive pregnant women get sound advice from mothers who can empathise.
Testing times: The antiretroviral gel

Trials don’t gel with all women

Researchers recognise the need to change HIV prevention technologies to suit different lifestyles.
Pernicious neglect: Frik Balanco died after he succumbed to ‘a hospital acquired bacterial infection’ that resulted in pneumonia.

‘It’s the Free State hospital that killed my husband, Frik’

Doctors say Dihlabeng hospital doesn't have the medicine and staff to help patients.
Over the past decade

Teenage mothers are not ‘terrorists’ who need to be punished

But few will to listen to researchers who refute society’s accepted notion that teenage pregnancy is damaging to the child, mother and society.
The normalisation of gender discrimination is blamed as the crucial factor that makes women and girls vulnerable to human traffickers.

Girls as young as 10 sold as sex slaves in South Africa

The normalisation of gender discrimination is blamed as the crucial factor that makes women and girls vulnerable to human traffickers.
An application by Wouter Basson for the recusal the committee of HPSCA currently conducting an inquiry into his conduct has failed.

Basson recusal application fails

The petition in question was initiated by the People's Health Movement, not the South African Medical Association or the Rural Doctors Association.
Kick that junk: Cognisant of physical challenges office workers face in sedentary behaviour

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.
Salie Joubert

Basson launches bid to force committee recusal

Citing a conflict of interests and an inability to be impartial, "Dr Death" wants the committee conducting the inquiry into his conduct to step down.
Justice came too late: Thembekile Mankayi died six days before a court awarded him compensation for falling ill with lung disease

Miners seek justice over killer dust

Workers afflicted with silicosis and/or TB launch historic class action lawsuit for compensation.
Seven out of 10 South African women say that a lack of sexual intimacy in their relationships makes them feel depressed.

Lack of sex leaves women depressed, says survey

Seven out of 10 South African women say that a lack of sexual intimacy in their relationships makes them feel depressed.
As the world continues to grow increasingly dependent on the world of IT and computers

Meet the silent but dangerous pollutant on our block: E-waste

The rise of the IT age means hazardous materials from electronic devices are being released into the environment at an increasing rate.
Too sweet: Eating excessive amounts of sugar has been associated with obesity

SA is likely to introduce sugar tax this year. Is sugar bad for your...

Some experts say sugar should be treated like drugs or alcohol. What does the science say?
An estimated 6.8 million people in South Africa are HIV positive.

Vaginal gel won’t protect women against HIV

The search for an anti-HIV microbicide continues, after a new trial has refuted the results of a previous study that found one to be effective.
Substance use and abuse are important factors in the spread of HIV; alcohol and other drugs can lower a person’s inhibitions and create risk factors for transmission.

Drug users run the risk of HIV transmissions

More harm reduction policies and programmes will help reduce dangers of practices such as sharing dirty needles and ‘flashblooding’.
Lifestyle: Tim Noakes’s book recommends that carbs should be limited to between 25g and 50g a day.

Binge-beating Banting: Why Tim’s take is hard to stomach

Can the banting diet cure binge-eating disorder? Mia Malan follows one person's journey.
Studies suggest rheumatic heart disease affects 25 in every 1000 South Africans

New vaccine set to greatly reduce prevalence of shingles

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.