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An 8% above-inflation hike could mean South Africans would smoke 22-million fewer cigarette packs over a four-year period.

#Budget2019: How this could have netted the country 17.1-billion — &...

Kirsten van der Zee and Savera Kalideen -
The 2013 Control of Marketing of Alcohol Beverages Bill of 2013 has not been made public for no apparent reason

Is this the Bill the alcohol industry doesn’t want you to...

Michelle du Toit -
|Millennials could become the most obese generation ever by the time they reach 40 if trends continue

Obesity: Is eating slap tjips as bad as smoking?

Adri Kotze -
High-priced technology puts a price tag on life.

This disposable piece of technology might save your life – if...

Ina Skosana -
The United Nations will bring together 192 countries for the fourth high-level meeting on tuberculosis in 2018.

United Nations’ first high-level meeting on TB could usher in a...

Yogan Pillay -
Your blood sugar could have more to do with your moods than you think.

Why life with this common condition can be an emotional rollercoaster

Nelisiwe Msomi -
Drinking four glasses of wine a day can increase your chances of getting breast cancer by about 50%.

Six ways alcohol can help – and hurt – you this...

Bhekisisa Team -
Drinking four glasses of wine a day can increase your chances of getting breast cancer by about 50%.

Cancer and heart disease: Can alcohol help you or hurt you?

Charles Parry -
The new tax could help government reach its target to slash high obesity rates

#Budget2017: A sugar tax can yield a R4bn sweetener for good...

Pontsho Pilane -
Countries like Norway

Is the anti-sugar tax lobby taking a page from Big Tobacco’s...

Ina Skosana -
Junior doctors lives stand still as they wait to be paid after the human resource staff failed to capture their details to the payroll system on time.

Doctors must be taught how to be better counsellors on lifestyle...

Zelra Malan -
It is too much insulin – a hormone the body produces in response to eating carbohydrates – that packs on the kilograms and makes us fat.

Obese SA has to get a move on

theethicalagency and -
Dual epidemic: Medical resources could be overwhelmed.

Longer lives put strain on NHI plans

Ina Skosana -
National health director general Precious Matsoso raised fears this week that the burden created by non-communicable diseases may pose a threat to the future National Health Insurance system.

Lifestyle diseases threaten NHI

Ina Skosana -
A pack-a-day smoking habit during pregnancy will reduce a baby's birth weight by an average of 230g

‘I saw the world through the blurry lens of an oxygen...

Mia Malan -
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