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Surgical weight loss a disadvantage in the job market – study
Women who lose weight after surgery – as opposed to through exercise and diet – are less likely to be employed because of negative perceptions.
Health project helps sex workers – but rogue cops a problem
The Aids council’s programme is a "big step in the right direction", but abuse by police still needs to be tackled, says an HIV specialist.
After drastic drop SA life expectancy rises
While South African life expectancy dropped between 1990 and 2013, the are signs of hope again.
Public versus prison healthcare: What are the facts?
Deputy Minister of Correctional Services Thabang Makwetla claims that prisoners in SA have access to better healthcare. Africa Check investigates.
Controlling codeine: Less painkiller in your pills
Pharmaceutical experts differ over how to limit dependency on a common painkiller.
High court ordered to hear Down’s case
A court has ruled that a mother, representing her child, can now apply to claim damages for alleged negligent prenatal misdiagnosis of her child.
Activists fear a pharmaceutical plot is at play
The department of trade and industry has yet to finalise patent reforms, raising questions that cheaper medication could be blocked intentionally.
World Aids Day: Less than half of infected people know
Although 65% of South Africans reportedly have been tested for HIV at least once, annual testing figures are much lower.
Analysis: Tempers flare at Dr Death hearing
A move to ban Wouter Basson from medicine has been met with a tongue-lashing from his lawyer.
E-cigarettes the enemy of the health system – Motsoaledi
If the health minister has his way, vaping will soon be regulated like regular smoking because, he says, Big Tobacco is complicit in its rise.
Aids could be over by 2030 – or it could get worse than it...
The epidemic could end in 15 years if “fast-track targets” are accelerated in the next six years – if not, infection rates could continue to rise.
Vaccine lowers child pneumonia and meningitis by 70%
South Africa was the first African country to introduce the expensive but effective pneumococcal vaccine, Prevenar, into its immunisation programme.
HIV infection highest among men who have sex with men
Durban’s 48.2% HIV rate among MSM is more than SA’s highest infection rate – 37.4% among pregnant women in Kwazulu-Natal.
Cost of negligence claims impacting medical specialist recruitment
Medical malpractice litigation is preventing young doctors from entering high-risk fields of medicine.
Rise in number of Ebola orphans
Restrictions hit the movement of a million or more Sierra Leone citizens living in five districts worst affected by the disease.
When lightening strikes it brings pale ailments
People who use creams to lighten their skin risk causing lasting damage to their bodies and nervous systems.