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There is growing evidence which suggests interactions on social media sites like Facebook romanticise suicide for teenagers part of emo subcultures.

Bhekisisa director Mia Malan speaks on The Science Inside show about ARV shortages on Voice of Wits radio station.

For added excitement and endurance in your sex life, maybe skip the sex drugs.

Research shows women are more likely to have high blood pressure and experts blame the added stress of unequal gender roles.

Miners with silicosis and TB are entitled to a small payout, but don't claim because they are kept in the dark about their rights.

If the new Dr Harry Surtie Hospital has all the latest tech, why are patients complaining?

Practitioners in the private heatlthcare industry have welcomed the Competition Commission panel members who will lead the inquiry into the sector.

New research has shown that the 'practice of mindfulness meditation' can reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety.

Poor management at Bara hospital left doctors with no choice but to operate on a patient using only the light from cellphones and iPads, says Sama.

Bhekisisa looks back at, and follows up on, some of the most popular and impactful stories of 2013.

These "cancer-fighting" molecules may not be the good guys we have been led to believe.

Doctors from the Soweto hospital have approached the Mail & Guardian in a last-resort effort to get the equipment, supplies and services they need.

The report about Ikhaya Loxolo, a home for the mentally disabled in the Eastern Cape, has sparked a dramatic response from government officials.

Doctors and traditional leaders have begun negotiating to allow doctors to assist with circumcisions to reduce initiation-related deaths and injuries.

NGOs use maternal deaths to illustrate the dire state of Mpumalanga hospitals.

Patient Jasper Hoon is critical about the low maximum sanction the council can administer on doctors who provide insufficient care.