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‘The baby fell, but I just kept running’
Refugees can flee their countries, but they can't escape the trauma of war.
The flush of hormonal success
Replacement therapy for menopause symptoms is considered safe – if the breast cancer risk is addressed.
‘In that moment, it was clear Bongani was destined for great things’
Late UCT Medical School dean Bongani Mayosi pioneered the response to a little known but common heart disease at home and across the continent.
ARVs alone won’t save HIV infected mothers
Access to ARVs is improving, but poor attitudes to patients are aggravating maternal mortality rates.
This former dictator invented a fake HIV cure, but banned female genital cutting
Having banned female genital cutting, his ousting was good for democracy, but but bad for women's bodies.
Unearthing the salt hidden in your diet
Some of your favourite comfort food could be concealing a killer.
DRC to SA: No escape from rape’s war
Abused women from war-torn countries who have fled to SA for safety often face more maltreatment here.
Meet the Khayelitsha compliers club
Communities are bringing HIV monitoring and dispensing out of the clinics and into their homes.
Bigger biceps aren’t always better
Men’s quest for the perfect body has reached the ‘bigorexia’ tipping point.
Organ trafficking: ‘They locked me in and took my kidney’
Desperate to reach Europe, migrants from Africa are travelling to Egypt to sell body parts to pay for their passage.
Beer and stinky feet could be a fatal combination – for mosquitos
Could a new manmade concoction of mundane odours stop malaria?
Prosthetics give the poor a leg up
An NGO is changing lives by giving prosthetic limbs to amputees from rural and poor areas.
Headaches, heartaches & pregnancy: Could this stem preeclampsia’s deadly tide?
This silent killer stalks expecting mothers around the world and is one of the leading causes of maternal mortality in South Africa. But still many women can’t name it — or identify its symptoms. But if knowledge is power, is it enough to stem this deadly tide? Ghana is hoping to find out.
mhealth’s power & pitfalls: An SMS a day keeps teens alive
This clinic used monthly SMSes to remind HIV-positive teens to collect their pills until one day... Take a look at the power and pitfalls of mhealth.
This country figured out how to stop teen substance abuse, so why has no...
Find out which nordic nation radically cut teenage smoking, drinking and drug use and how they did it.
PrePex will save many lives in SA – with traditional leaders’ help
The state's hopes for the nonsurgical circumcision device rest on its acceptance in initiation rituals.