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

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Technology - enabling a life of mobility, without limitations

Technology - enabling a life of mobility, without limitations

15 Jul 2024

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KnowBe4 report exposes cybersecurity crisis in healthcare

8 Jul 2024

3 steps towards 'glass boxing' your company with a Biz Press Office

3 steps towards 'glass boxing' your company with a Biz Press Office

Bizcommunity.com 23 Jul 2019

5 Advantages of edge computing in the healthcare sector

5 Advantages of edge computing in the healthcare sector

Manan Ghadawala 3 Jul 2019

Dr Dan Wu, postdoctoral fellow in the RCSI Department of Chemistry and first author on the paper

Fluorescence imaging could transform cancer surgery

2 Jul 2019

Bernhard Githundi, a patient at Hornlee Clinic in Knysna gets his medication delivered from the Chronic Dispensary Unit.

WCGH's innovative solution to chronic medicine dispensing

1 Jul 2019

Richard Friedland, CEO of the Netcare Group

FFA/Netcare join forces to boost health innovation

27 Jun 2019

Photo: Newstalk

Decolonising healthcare

6 Jun 2019

Drone to deliver life-saving blood

Drone to deliver life-saving blood

3 Jun 2019

L'Oréal teams up with Alibaba for AI-based app targeting acne sufferers

L'Oréal teams up with Alibaba for AI-based app targeting acne sufferers

22 May 2019

Source: Getty/Gallo

AI better at detecting lung cancer than humans

21 May 2019

Getting South Africans to buy into the next big thing in medicine

Getting South Africans to buy into the next big thing in medicine

Nelisiwe Msomi 17 May 2019

Nick Loxton, president of the UCT Surgical Society (left,) with (from second left) Sipho Ndereya, Matthew Potter and Liam Devenish, who are heading up the project.

Future doctors look for innovative solutions for healthcare challenges

2 May 2019

Gavi/2018/KAREL PRINSLOO

Vaccine drone delivery service takes off in Ghana

29 Apr 2019

Scientists 3D print heart made of human tissue

Scientists 3D print heart made of human tissue

16 Apr 2019

Festival of Learning: highlighting 'Education for Social Change'

Festival of Learning: highlighting 'Education for Social Change'

SACAP 8 Apr 2019

Introducing the e-patient

Introducing the e-patient

4 Apr 2019

itti ratanakiranaworn/Shutterstock

From medicine to nanotechnology: how gold quietly shapes our world

Werner van Zyl 3 Apr 2019

Biometrics are the future of healthcare

Biometrics are the future of healthcare

2 Apr 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Ask Dr Google. The pros and cons of online diagnosis

1 Apr 2019

Doctor's orders: Start saving now

Doctor's orders: Start saving now

29 Mar 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo Images

Regulating telemedicine in South Africa

19 Mar 2019

Will innovative trends help to further boost SA's vitamins industry?

Will innovative trends help to further boost SA's vitamins industry?

Insight Survey 18 Feb 2019

New device administers medication remotely

New device administers medication remotely

1 Feb 2019

Is medicine cure? Treatment? Healing? Understanding? Or a bit of all those things. Kenishiroti/Shutterstock

What is medicine? Why it's so important to answer this question

1 Feb 2019

3D printing gives orthopaedic surgeons a whole new perspective

3D printing gives orthopaedic surgeons a whole new perspective

29 Jan 2019

OurCrowd partners 7thirty in launching global cannabis-tech VC fund

OurCrowd partners 7thirty in launching global cannabis-tech VC fund

23 Jan 2019

Around 18% of previously treated TB cases are drug resistant. Shutterstock

How we used computers to figure out drugs that can beat drug-resistant TB

Ruben Cloete 16 Jan 2019

Child ready to receive measles vaccine, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. Christine Stabell Benn, Author provided

Vaccines have health effects beyond protecting against target diseases

Christine Stabell Benn 15 Jan 2019

A portable DNA sequencer in action. UGA CAES/Extension/Flickr

DNA sequencing can help fight epidemics - but there are privacy risks

Liam Shaw & Nicola C Sugden 14 Jan 2019

Dr Dirk Koekemoer

Portable technology takes primary healthcare to the people

9 Jan 2019

Mobility Unlimited Challenge finalists announced

Mobility Unlimited Challenge finalists announced

9 Jan 2019

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Bernhard Githundi, a patient at Hornlee Clinic in Knysna gets his medication delivered from the Chronic Dispensary Unit.

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L'Oréal teams up with Alibaba for AI-based app targeting acne sufferers

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AI better at detecting lung cancer than humans

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Getting South Africans to buy into the next big thing in medicine

Getting South Africans to buy into the next big thing in medicine

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Scientists 3D print heart made of human tissue

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Festival of Learning: highlighting 'Education for Social Change'

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Introducing the e-patient

4 Apr 2019

itti ratanakiranaworn/Shutterstock

From medicine to nanotechnology: how gold quietly shapes our world

Werner van Zyl 3 Apr 2019

Biometrics are the future of healthcare

Biometrics are the future of healthcare

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Doctor's orders: Start saving now

Doctor's orders: Start saving now

29 Mar 2019

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Will innovative trends help to further boost SA's vitamins industry?

Will innovative trends help to further boost SA's vitamins industry?

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New device administers medication remotely

New device administers medication remotely

1 Feb 2019

Is medicine cure? Treatment? Healing? Understanding? Or a bit of all those things. Kenishiroti/Shutterstock

What is medicine? Why it's so important to answer this question

1 Feb 2019

3D printing gives orthopaedic surgeons a whole new perspective

3D printing gives orthopaedic surgeons a whole new perspective

29 Jan 2019

OurCrowd partners 7thirty in launching global cannabis-tech VC fund

OurCrowd partners 7thirty in launching global cannabis-tech VC fund

23 Jan 2019

Around 18% of previously treated TB cases are drug resistant. Shutterstock

How we used computers to figure out drugs that can beat drug-resistant TB

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Child ready to receive measles vaccine, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. Christine Stabell Benn, Author provided

Vaccines have health effects beyond protecting against target diseases

Christine Stabell Benn 15 Jan 2019

A portable DNA sequencer in action. UGA CAES/Extension/Flickr

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Portable technology takes primary healthcare to the people

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Mobility Unlimited Challenge finalists announced

Mobility Unlimited Challenge finalists announced

9 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: Data is democratising healthcare

#BizTrends2019: Data is democratising healthcare

7 Jan 2019

Deon Kotze, head of technical marketing at Discovery Health

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Can patents help regulate future experimentation with designer babies?

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Chatbot adoption will shake up the healthcare value chain

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Spinal implant breakthroughs are helping people with paraplegia walk again

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