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Communities are bringing HIV monitoring and dispensing out of the clinics and into their homes.

A cruel, unrelenting cycle of poverty, drinking and fetal alcohol syndrome robs families of all hope.

A quarter of public clinics ran out of HIV and TB medication last year, a survey has found.

Homeopathy may now be regulated but many remedies remain untested.

Johannes Mnguni believes his wife would still be alive if a Mpumalanga clinic had done its job.

In a binge-drinking community parents often give their children alcohol, or they get it in the womb.

Reusable sanitary towels are cheaper than regular pads and tampons but the state is failing to distribute these to schoolgirls from poor families.

Some women find it hard to leave their abusers for economic and emotional reasons and feel 'stuck' in their situation.

A private-public partnership is gaining ground in the fight against the disease in the city's slums.

HIV-positive pregnant women get sound advice from mothers who can empathise.

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

Some experts say sugar should be treated like drugs or alcohol. What does the science say?

Can the banting diet cure binge-eating disorder? Mia Malan follows one person's journey.

The effects of alcoholism on pregnancy are keenly felt beyond just the Western Cape’s winelands.

Rekindling the sexual fire of a once passionate marriage has sparked a deeper emotional link.

Migraine sufferers may not realise that drug overuse can be a large part of the problem.