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Ageing and the secrets of our genes
A rare condition has caused this man’s body to age at super speed. Why?
Is codeine Africa’s drug of choice?
Common cough, flu and pain medicines can be addictive. Codeine addiction is an increasingly well-known problem in South Africa.
Private sector lags in HIV testing
Government facilities are trumping their larnier colleagues in providing HIV services.
There’s gold at the end of the Brainbow
An ambitious project to map the human brain has vast medical potential – if it's possible.
Therapists test psychedelic chaos to cure depression and addiction
Psychiatrists have since turned to antidepressants, mood stabilisers and antipsychotics that aren’t curative.
Hell is 16 000 unanswered telephones. The low tech problem blocking abortions
Abortion services only got a national “how to” document for doctors 23 years after termination of pregnancy was legalised in South Africa. And while the new rules go a long way to remove barriers to ending a pregnancy, non-profits say crucial information such as a simple list of telephone numbers is still lacking.
#SizaMap: Find a safe, legal abortion near you with this list of designated providers
Until now, the national and provincial health departments have not been able to say where services are provided. Here's how we found them.
Foreign mom’s neglect turns fatal
Nurses and doctors are 'forced' to treat non-residents, but such care is too often perilous.
#AIDS2016: Children’s hospice becomes place of hope in the era of HIV treatment
ARVs have transformed Cotlands hospice from a place for the dying into a childcare centre where the living thrive.
How one project is finally helping reduce the risk of suicide among teens
When kids at risk of suicide can talk to trained friends & family, they're seven times less likely to die, says one of the world's largest studies.
How to pack the best lunch for your kids in five easy steps
Not up to the daily dilemma of what to pack your little ones for lunch? Beef up your children’s lunch boxes with these quick tips.
‘An African man like me depressed?’ Why representation matters in the movies
The continent’s largest film industry has been getting mental health all wrong with dangerous consequences. Now, that’s changing.
#SliceOfLife: ‘I opened her up and found her womb was rotten from the infection’
Obstetrician Eddie Mhlanga often had to attend to women who had unsafe abortions during apartheid, when abortion was illegal in South Africa.
How to get South Africans to buy into the next big thing in medicine
These ATMs can decrease the number of patients in clinics but health workers are not helping to achieve that goal.
Could this be the second major city on the verge of a ‘day zero’?
Taps in capital city of Maputo being turned off every other day as climate change exacerbates southern African drought.
Ignoring prenatal HIV care leads to a lifelong burden
Mothers blame themselves and their children can never give up their antiretrovirals.