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Africa Health Congress: SA's new NHI - path to UHC or empty promise?

Source: Össur.

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Renowned comedian Barry Hilton champions Intercare's Mental Health Pledge Campaign

Renowned comedian Barry Hilton champions Intercare's Mental Health Pledge CampaignIntercare

AI is slowly making its way into advanced pharmacology, but will need investor patience.

Forget chat bots, AI is helping out in drug discovery and development

By Lindsey Schutters 22 hours

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Court finds Netcare failed to protect employee against an abusive surgeon

By Tania Broughton 1 day

Competition Commission grants exemption to NHN

Competition Commission grants exemption to NHN

16 Oct 2014

Woolworths donates R3m for World Food Day

Woolworths donates R3m for World Food Day

15 Oct 2014

Twitter Talk rounds off National Nutrition Week

Twitter Talk rounds off National Nutrition Week

14 Oct 2014

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DNA's security system described by researchers

Bill Hathaway 14 Oct 2014

Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande has confirmed that Medunsa will become part of the new Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University. Image: GCIS

Medunsa will move to Sefako University next year

14 Oct 2014

Hunger Games: How the brain 'browns' fat to aid weight loss

Hunger Games: How the brain 'browns' fat to aid weight loss

Karen N. Peart 13 Oct 2014

Private healthcare stakeholders to make submissions

Private healthcare stakeholders to make submissions

Neil Kirby 13 Oct 2014

Imperial buys Fine Pharmaceuticals

Imperial buys Fine Pharmaceuticals

13 Oct 2014

Liberian Ambassador Lois Brutus says there is a growing awareness of Ebola throughout the world but West Africa needs a lot more help to contain the disease. Image:

Ebola: West Africa needs more help

More Matshediso 13 Oct 2014

Prof. Louw Roos of the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria

South Africa part of research unlocking genetic triggers for schizophrenia

10 Oct 2014

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More bone marrow donors needed in SA

10 Oct 2014

Top SA public hospital launches pioneering innovation programme

Top SA public hospital launches pioneering innovation programme

UCT Graduate School of Business 10 Oct 2014

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Yale researchers describe how lungs stand guard against the flu

9 Oct 2014

Trade and Industry Director-General Lionel October says the impact of the Dube TradePort on KwaZulu-Natal's ecoomy is likely to be profound. Image: DTI

Dube TradePort is now an industrial development zone

8 Oct 2014

Robotic system performs radical prostatectomy

Robotic system performs radical prostatectomy

7 Oct 2014

Managing Alzheimer's holistically

Managing Alzheimer's holistically

7 Oct 2014

Partnership to commercialise wind-up foetal heart rate monitor

Partnership to commercialise wind-up foetal heart rate monitor

6 Oct 2014

Opportunities for interventional cardiac devices in emerging countries

Opportunities for interventional cardiac devices in emerging countries

3 Oct 2014

Professor Stephen Colagiuri, WISH Forum Chair for Diabetes

Professor Stephen Colagiuri to chair WISH Diabetes Forum

3 Oct 2014

MMC for Health and Social Development, Nonceba Molwele says that natural predators such as barn owls will be used to help curb the spread of rats and mice in townships in Johannesburg. Image:

Owls may help to manage rat infestation in Jo'burg

1 Oct 2014

Oxbridge Academy responds to false claims about its accreditation

Oxbridge Academy responds to false claims about its accreditation

1 Oct 2014

Made in Movember launches

Made in Movember launches

30 Sep 2014

Charles Mburugu

Guidelines for successful medical writing

Charles Mburugu 30 Sep 2014

Visit Africa Mercy Ship at V&A Waterfront in October

Visit Africa Mercy Ship at V&A Waterfront in October

30 Sep 2014

GE's Tim Schweikert says that the company is looking at expanding its operations in South Africa by venturing into new sectors that include rural healthcare and energy. Image:

General Electric seeks new sectors in SA

Nick Hedley 30 Sep 2014

Healthy environments produce healthy mind sets

Healthy environments produce healthy mind sets

29 Sep 2014

Serendipity and Prof David Salant's odyssey to find a human autoantigen

Serendipity and Prof David Salant's odyssey to find a human autoantigen

26 Sep 2014

The Ebola virus which is devasting parts of West Africa as more and more people die from the disease. Image:

State asks private companies to donate to an Ebola fund

26 Sep 2014

Identifying risk factors in cervical cancer

Identifying risk factors in cervical cancer

25 Sep 2014

Health campaign communicates to women in fitting rooms

Health campaign communicates to women in fitting rooms

25 Sep 2014

Africa news

Discussing the future of Africa at the GIL Conference 2014

Discussing the future of Africa at the GIL Conference 2014

Cari Van Wyk 21 Aug 2014

Educational website, Ebola Facts, proves popular

Educational website, Ebola Facts, proves popular

10 Aug 2014

Science of brain signals opens new era for advertising

Science of brain signals opens new era for advertising

4 Aug 2014

Mobile phone app helps diabetics in Senegal

Mobile phone app helps diabetics in Senegal

5 Jul 2014

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Woolworths donates R3m for World Food Day

Woolworths donates R3m for World Food Day

15 Oct 2014

Twitter Talk rounds off National Nutrition Week

Twitter Talk rounds off National Nutrition Week

14 Oct 2014

Image courtesy of FreeDigitalPhotos.net

DNA's security system described by researchers

Bill Hathaway 14 Oct 2014

Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande has confirmed that Medunsa will become part of the new Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University. Image: GCIS

Medunsa will move to Sefako University next year

14 Oct 2014

Hunger Games: How the brain 'browns' fat to aid weight loss

Hunger Games: How the brain 'browns' fat to aid weight loss

Karen N. Peart 13 Oct 2014

Private healthcare stakeholders to make submissions

Private healthcare stakeholders to make submissions

Neil Kirby 13 Oct 2014

Imperial buys Fine Pharmaceuticals

Imperial buys Fine Pharmaceuticals

13 Oct 2014

Liberian Ambassador Lois Brutus says there is a growing awareness of Ebola throughout the world but West Africa needs a lot more help to contain the disease. Image:

Ebola: West Africa needs more help

More Matshediso 13 Oct 2014

Prof. Louw Roos of the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria

South Africa part of research unlocking genetic triggers for schizophrenia

10 Oct 2014

Image courtesy of hin255 at FreeDigitalPhotos.net

More bone marrow donors needed in SA

10 Oct 2014

Top SA public hospital launches pioneering innovation programme

Top SA public hospital launches pioneering innovation programme

UCT Graduate School of Business 10 Oct 2014

Image courtesy of FreeDigitalPhotos.net

Yale researchers describe how lungs stand guard against the flu

9 Oct 2014

Trade and Industry Director-General Lionel October says the impact of the Dube TradePort on KwaZulu-Natal's ecoomy is likely to be profound. Image: DTI

Dube TradePort is now an industrial development zone

8 Oct 2014

Robotic system performs radical prostatectomy

Robotic system performs radical prostatectomy

7 Oct 2014

Managing Alzheimer's holistically

Managing Alzheimer's holistically

7 Oct 2014

Partnership to commercialise wind-up foetal heart rate monitor

Partnership to commercialise wind-up foetal heart rate monitor

6 Oct 2014

Opportunities for interventional cardiac devices in emerging countries

Opportunities for interventional cardiac devices in emerging countries

3 Oct 2014

Professor Stephen Colagiuri, WISH Forum Chair for Diabetes

Professor Stephen Colagiuri to chair WISH Diabetes Forum

3 Oct 2014

MMC for Health and Social Development, Nonceba Molwele says that natural predators such as barn owls will be used to help curb the spread of rats and mice in townships in Johannesburg. Image:

Owls may help to manage rat infestation in Jo'burg

1 Oct 2014

Oxbridge Academy responds to false claims about its accreditation

Oxbridge Academy responds to false claims about its accreditation

1 Oct 2014

Made in Movember launches

Made in Movember launches

30 Sep 2014

Charles Mburugu

Guidelines for successful medical writing

Charles Mburugu 30 Sep 2014

Visit Africa Mercy Ship at V&A Waterfront in October

Visit Africa Mercy Ship at V&A Waterfront in October

30 Sep 2014

GE's Tim Schweikert says that the company is looking at expanding its operations in South Africa by venturing into new sectors that include rural healthcare and energy. Image:

General Electric seeks new sectors in SA

Nick Hedley 30 Sep 2014

Healthy environments produce healthy mind sets

Healthy environments produce healthy mind sets

29 Sep 2014

Serendipity and Prof David Salant's odyssey to find a human autoantigen

Serendipity and Prof David Salant's odyssey to find a human autoantigen

26 Sep 2014

The Ebola virus which is devasting parts of West Africa as more and more people die from the disease. Image:

State asks private companies to donate to an Ebola fund

26 Sep 2014

Identifying risk factors in cervical cancer

Identifying risk factors in cervical cancer

25 Sep 2014

Health campaign communicates to women in fitting rooms

Health campaign communicates to women in fitting rooms

25 Sep 2014

Minister in the Presidency, Jeff Radebe says government is working hard to ensure that the remains of all those killed when a church in Lagos collased will be repatriated to South Africa as soon as possible. Image: GCIS

State will assist families identify remains of Lagos deaths

25 Sep 2014

Reversing the effects of pulmonary fibrosis with a microRNA mimic

Reversing the effects of pulmonary fibrosis with a microRNA mimic

Jim Shelton 23 Sep 2014

Study for genetic eye conditions seeks candidates

Study for genetic eye conditions seeks candidates

Estelle Ellis 23 Sep 2014

Oestrogen helps calm stressed cells, Yale researchers find

Oestrogen helps calm stressed cells, Yale researchers find

Bill Hathaway 23 Sep 2014

Paardevlei Specialist Medical Centre to open in October

Paardevlei Specialist Medical Centre to open in October

23 Sep 2014

Latest COHSASA accreditations

Latest COHSASA accreditations

COHSASA 23 Sep 2014

Minister in the Presidency and Chairman of the Inter-Ministerial Task Team working to repatriate injured South Africans from Nigeria after a church collapsed has asked the media to respect the privacy of survivors and their families. Image: GCIS

Nigerian church survivors return to Swartkops

23 Sep 2014

Vitafoods Africa conference to address ACA, CPA issues

Vitafoods Africa conference to address ACA, CPA issues

22 Sep 2014

Dementia Speaking Book to launch on World Alzheimer's Day

Dementia Speaking Book to launch on World Alzheimer's Day

19 Sep 2014

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South Africans worry about frown lines

19 Sep 2014

Maite Nkoana-Mashabane says an experience search and rescue team has been sent to Lagos to assist with identifying or rescuing South Africans killed or injured when a building collapsed in Lagos, Nigeria. Image: GCIS

SA search and rescue team sent to Lagos

18 Sep 2014