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South African healthcare earns global recognition

Source: Supplied. Bada Pharasi, chief executive officer of the Innovative Pharmaceutical Association of South Africa (Ipasa).

Research and innovation key to safeguarding SA’s health resiliency

27 Jun 2024

How environmental toxins and pollution affect our health, by Medshield

How environmental toxins and pollution affect our health, by Medshield

25 Jun 2024

Hypertension affects all South Africans, not just whites

Hypertension affects all South Africans, not just whites

19 Sep 2013

A microbe's trick for staying young

A microbe's trick for staying young

12 Sep 2013

Disruption of gut bacteria may help explain AIDS symptoms

Bill Hathaway 11 Sep 2013

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The business of nutrigenomics

10 Sep 2013

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More women are dying of strokes for lack of testing

Laura Donnelly 10 Sep 2013

Study launched to find the origins of acoustic neuromas

Study launched to find the origins of acoustic neuromas

Michael Greenwood 10 Sep 2013

Stay healthy during pregnancy to keep lead levels low

Stay healthy during pregnancy to keep lead levels low

9 Sep 2013

Image by Digizyme, Inc., XVIVO, Inc. and Yorgo Modis

Research in the news: A viral trick, revealed

Bill Hathaway 9 Sep 2013

Professionals treating eating disorders are not immune to weight bias

Professionals treating eating disorders are not immune to weight bias

Megan Orciari 6 Sep 2013

The brown stain shows the presence of the protein NY-ESO-1 in this human meningioma sample. Nuclei are stained in purple. Gilson Baia

Johns Hopkins researchers find promising therapeutic target for hard-to-treat brain tumor

3 Sep 2013

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CoQ10 may improve survival in heart failure cases - study

28 Aug 2013

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Lung disease and melanoma: a common molecular mechanism?

26 Aug 2013

Pfizer Mental Health Journalism Fellowship Awards 2013/14

Pfizer Mental Health Journalism Fellowship Awards 2013/14

15 Aug 2013

International trial for treatment of relapsed neuroblastoma launches

International trial for treatment of relapsed neuroblastoma launches

14 Aug 2013

Experimental drugs for breast cancer could treat lung cancer too

Experimental drugs for breast cancer could treat lung cancer too

13 Aug 2013

Drug preserves beta cells in new cases of type 1 diabetes

Helen Dodson 6 Aug 2013

The dengue mosquito, or Aedes aegypti, is the main type of mosquito that transmits dengue fever.

New findings could influence the development of therapies to treat dengue disease

6 Aug 2013

Nearly all men survive testicular cancer

Nearly all men survive testicular cancer

1 Aug 2013

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Surprising mechanism discovered in polycystic kidney disease

Helen Dodson 31 Jul 2013

L - R: Professor Patrick Arbuthnot, Kristie Bloom and Dr Abdullah Ely

New gene therapy holds promise for treatment of HBV

26 Jul 2013

Scientists find sex hormones and breast cancer link in women under 50

Scientists find sex hormones and breast cancer link in women under 50

26 Jul 2013

Why Africans with HIV are more susceptible to TB

Why Africans with HIV are more susceptible to TB

Helen Dodson 23 Jul 2013

A Yale physician has begun using the 3D printers at Yale's Center for Engineering and Innovation Design to make 3D organs — precise replicas of actual patients' organs. Here, a knee with tumor. (Image by Yale CEID)

Dr Mark Michalski is ready to print a 3-D brain (maybe yours)

18 Jul 2013

New research to revolutionise understanding of lung cancer

New research to revolutionise understanding of lung cancer

18 Jul 2013

inacea, left, fish oil, centre, and glucosamine pills are shown in San Francisco. Eating a lot of oily fish or taking potent fish oil supplements may increase a man's risk of developing prostate cancer, new research suggests.

Too much fish oil might boost prostate cancer risk, study says

Steven Reinberg 17 Jul 2013

Balveen Kaur, PhD.

New drug targets brain-tumour cells

17 Jul 2013

Ohio State cancer expert separates facts of sun safety from fiction

16 Jul 2013

Yale researchers uncover typhoid's lethal secret

Yale researchers uncover typhoid's lethal secret

Bill Hathaway 16 Jul 2013

The Myriad decision: A mixed bag for the biotech industry

Joanne van Harmelen 15 Jul 2013

High governance risk at JSE-listed telecommunications, technology, health industries

12 Jul 2013

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Hypertension affects all South Africans, not just whites

Hypertension affects all South Africans, not just whites

19 Sep 2013

A microbe's trick for staying young

A microbe's trick for staying young

12 Sep 2013

Disruption of gut bacteria may help explain AIDS symptoms

Bill Hathaway 11 Sep 2013

Image courtesy of

The business of nutrigenomics

10 Sep 2013

Image courtesy of

More women are dying of strokes for lack of testing

Laura Donnelly 10 Sep 2013

Study launched to find the origins of acoustic neuromas

Study launched to find the origins of acoustic neuromas

Michael Greenwood 10 Sep 2013

Stay healthy during pregnancy to keep lead levels low

Stay healthy during pregnancy to keep lead levels low

9 Sep 2013

Image by Digizyme, Inc., XVIVO, Inc. and Yorgo Modis

Research in the news: A viral trick, revealed

Bill Hathaway 9 Sep 2013

Professionals treating eating disorders are not immune to weight bias

Professionals treating eating disorders are not immune to weight bias

Megan Orciari 6 Sep 2013

The brown stain shows the presence of the protein NY-ESO-1 in this human meningioma sample. Nuclei are stained in purple. Gilson Baia

Johns Hopkins researchers find promising therapeutic target for hard-to-treat brain tumor

3 Sep 2013

Image courtesy of

CoQ10 may improve survival in heart failure cases - study

28 Aug 2013

Image courtesy of Praisaeng /

Lung disease and melanoma: a common molecular mechanism?

26 Aug 2013

Pfizer Mental Health Journalism Fellowship Awards 2013/14

Pfizer Mental Health Journalism Fellowship Awards 2013/14

15 Aug 2013

International trial for treatment of relapsed neuroblastoma launches

International trial for treatment of relapsed neuroblastoma launches

14 Aug 2013

Experimental drugs for breast cancer could treat lung cancer too

Experimental drugs for breast cancer could treat lung cancer too

13 Aug 2013

Drug preserves beta cells in new cases of type 1 diabetes

Helen Dodson 6 Aug 2013

The dengue mosquito, or Aedes aegypti, is the main type of mosquito that transmits dengue fever.

New findings could influence the development of therapies to treat dengue disease

6 Aug 2013

Nearly all men survive testicular cancer

Nearly all men survive testicular cancer

1 Aug 2013

Image courtesy of dream designs /

Surprising mechanism discovered in polycystic kidney disease

Helen Dodson 31 Jul 2013

L - R: Professor Patrick Arbuthnot, Kristie Bloom and Dr Abdullah Ely

New gene therapy holds promise for treatment of HBV

26 Jul 2013

Scientists find sex hormones and breast cancer link in women under 50

Scientists find sex hormones and breast cancer link in women under 50

26 Jul 2013

Why Africans with HIV are more susceptible to TB

Why Africans with HIV are more susceptible to TB

Helen Dodson 23 Jul 2013

A Yale physician has begun using the 3D printers at Yale's Center for Engineering and Innovation Design to make 3D organs — precise replicas of actual patients' organs. Here, a knee with tumor. (Image by Yale CEID)

Dr Mark Michalski is ready to print a 3-D brain (maybe yours)

18 Jul 2013

New research to revolutionise understanding of lung cancer

New research to revolutionise understanding of lung cancer

18 Jul 2013

inacea, left, fish oil, centre, and glucosamine pills are shown in San Francisco. Eating a lot of oily fish or taking potent fish oil supplements may increase a man's risk of developing prostate cancer, new research suggests.

Too much fish oil might boost prostate cancer risk, study says

Steven Reinberg 17 Jul 2013

Balveen Kaur, PhD.

New drug targets brain-tumour cells

17 Jul 2013

Ohio State cancer expert separates facts of sun safety from fiction

16 Jul 2013

Yale researchers uncover typhoid's lethal secret

Yale researchers uncover typhoid's lethal secret

Bill Hathaway 16 Jul 2013

The Myriad decision: A mixed bag for the biotech industry

Joanne van Harmelen 15 Jul 2013

High governance risk at JSE-listed telecommunications, technology, health industries

12 Jul 2013

Metabolic molecule drives growth of aggressive brain cancer

5 Jul 2013

Development of hands and feet may help unlock evolution's toolkit

Bill Hathaway 3 Jul 2013

Nicotinic alpha7 receptors (indicated by red arrowheads) are next to a synapse between two brain cells in the prefrontal cortex. Stimulation of the nicotinic alpha7 receptors allows the cells to communicate and thus generate higher cognition. (Image from Dr. C. Paspalas, Yale University)

Yale team finds nicotinic receptor essential for cognition - and mental health

2 Jul 2013

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Brain-penetrating particle attacks deadly tumors

1 Jul 2013

Gene discoveries may aid fight against wheat disease

1 Jul 2013

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Fast-acting virus targets melanoma in mice

Bill Hathaway 14 Jun 2013

Indoor tanning drives increase in skin cancer - study, Part 2

Indoor tanning drives increase in skin cancer - study, Part 2

14 Jun 2013

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Yale researchers unravel genetics of dyslexia and language impairment

Karen N. Peart 13 Jun 2013

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Indoor tanning drives increase in skin cancer - study, Part 1

12 Jun 2013

Rooibos supports liver function - study

10 Jun 2013