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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

Dr Justus Apffelstaedt

Genetic profiling improves breast cancer prognosis and treatment

Justus Apffelstaedt 18 Oct 2018

Listeriosis risk lingers in rural, informal trade

Listeriosis risk lingers in rural, informal trade

17 Oct 2018

Elizabeth Oduwele

Getting to the bottom of vaccine hesitancy

Michelle Rotchford-Galloway 17 Oct 2018

Increasing cholesterol medication adherence with financial incentives may be cost-effective

Increasing cholesterol medication adherence with financial incentives may be cost-effective

16 Oct 2018

The best Biz summer holiday (content) package ever!

The best Biz summer holiday (content) package ever!

Bizcommunity.com 15 Oct 2018

Associate Professor Liesl Zühlke. Photo: UCT

Award to fund paediatric heart disease research in Africa

15 Oct 2018

Source: ; ; Graphics by Insight Survey

Are probiotics boosting SA's digestive health industry growth?

Insight Survey 15 Oct 2018

Professor Marla Trindade

UWC research identifies 130 new skin viruses

12 Oct 2018

James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo, 2018 Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine. Niklas Elmehed. Copyright: Nobel Media AB 2018

James Allison and Tasuku Honjo: deserving winners of this year's Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine

Sheena Cruickshank 9 Oct 2018

Pioneering HIV+ transplant opens up a pool of new donors

Pioneering HIV+ transplant opens up a pool of new donors

5 Oct 2018

Inaugural SA Health Excellence Awards call for nominations

Inaugural SA Health Excellence Awards call for nominations

3 Oct 2018

Genes explain why alcohol withdrawal is so hard on some

Genes explain why alcohol withdrawal is so hard on some

Bill Hathaway 27 Sep 2018

Courtesy: Cleveland Clinic

Micorocoil localisation in treating early-stage lung cancer

20 Sep 2018

Dr Amir Zarrabi

Micro-TESE surgery results in SA's first successful pregnancy

18 Sep 2018

Anti-ageing drugs are coming - an expert explains

Richard Faragher 12 Sep 2018

Professor Annalise Zemlin. Photo: Damien Schumann

Getting the balance right in detecting diabetes

Jorisna Bonthuys 10 Sep 2018

Dr Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, founding director of the University’s Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health

Conflict and its toll on child health

7 Sep 2018

Cleveland Clinic

Drug shows promise for progressive MS

4 Sep 2018

Yurchanka Siarhei/Shutterstock

Putting Nigerian neuroscience research under the microscope

Mahmoud Bukar Maina 4 Sep 2018

CSIR female researchers breaking ground in healthcare

CSIR female researchers breaking ground in healthcare

30 Aug 2018

Radical transformation needed to achieve UHC

Radical transformation needed to achieve UHC

27 Aug 2018

SU researchers take part in natural killer cells TB study

SU researchers take part in natural killer cells TB study

24 Aug 2018

Daniel Irungu/EPA

Nanomedicine could revolutionise the way we treat TB. Here's how

Sarah D'Souza and Admire Dube 20 Aug 2018

Common skin cancer can signal increased risk of other cancers

Common skin cancer can signal increased risk of other cancers

15 Aug 2018

Cyclatron. Photo: Rosatom

SA, Russia deal to grow nuclear medicine

30 Jul 2018

NCDs are the biggest killer in poorer countries

NCDs are the biggest killer in poorer countries

27 Jul 2018

Rising rice protein market benefits the pharmaceutical industry

Rising rice protein market benefits the pharmaceutical industry

20 Jul 2018

andreonegin/shutterstock.com

New treatment in the works for disfiguring skin disease, vitiligo

John Harris 19 Jul 2018

Dr Nima Sharifi

Prostate treatment byproduct could accelerate cancer cell growth

17 Jul 2018

Genetic variation in progesterone receptor tied to prematurity risk

Genetic variation in progesterone receptor tied to prematurity risk

Erin Digitale 16 Jul 2018

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Elizabeth Oduwele

Getting to the bottom of vaccine hesitancy

Michelle Rotchford-Galloway 17 Oct 2018

Increasing cholesterol medication adherence with financial incentives may be cost-effective

Increasing cholesterol medication adherence with financial incentives may be cost-effective

16 Oct 2018

The best Biz summer holiday (content) package ever!

The best Biz summer holiday (content) package ever!

Bizcommunity.com 15 Oct 2018

Associate Professor Liesl Zühlke. Photo: UCT

Award to fund paediatric heart disease research in Africa

15 Oct 2018

Source: ; ; Graphics by Insight Survey

Are probiotics boosting SA's digestive health industry growth?

Insight Survey 15 Oct 2018

Professor Marla Trindade

UWC research identifies 130 new skin viruses

12 Oct 2018

James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo, 2018 Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine. Niklas Elmehed. Copyright: Nobel Media AB 2018

James Allison and Tasuku Honjo: deserving winners of this year's Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine

Sheena Cruickshank 9 Oct 2018

Pioneering HIV+ transplant opens up a pool of new donors

Pioneering HIV+ transplant opens up a pool of new donors

5 Oct 2018

Inaugural SA Health Excellence Awards call for nominations

Inaugural SA Health Excellence Awards call for nominations

3 Oct 2018

Genes explain why alcohol withdrawal is so hard on some

Genes explain why alcohol withdrawal is so hard on some

Bill Hathaway 27 Sep 2018

Courtesy: Cleveland Clinic

Micorocoil localisation in treating early-stage lung cancer

20 Sep 2018

Dr Amir Zarrabi

Micro-TESE surgery results in SA's first successful pregnancy

18 Sep 2018

Anti-ageing drugs are coming - an expert explains

Richard Faragher 12 Sep 2018

Professor Annalise Zemlin. Photo: Damien Schumann

Getting the balance right in detecting diabetes

Jorisna Bonthuys 10 Sep 2018

Dr Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, founding director of the University’s Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health

Conflict and its toll on child health

7 Sep 2018

Cleveland Clinic

Drug shows promise for progressive MS

4 Sep 2018

Yurchanka Siarhei/Shutterstock

Putting Nigerian neuroscience research under the microscope

Mahmoud Bukar Maina 4 Sep 2018

CSIR female researchers breaking ground in healthcare

CSIR female researchers breaking ground in healthcare

30 Aug 2018

Radical transformation needed to achieve UHC

Radical transformation needed to achieve UHC

27 Aug 2018

SU researchers take part in natural killer cells TB study

SU researchers take part in natural killer cells TB study

24 Aug 2018

Daniel Irungu/EPA

Nanomedicine could revolutionise the way we treat TB. Here's how

Sarah D'Souza and Admire Dube 20 Aug 2018

Common skin cancer can signal increased risk of other cancers

Common skin cancer can signal increased risk of other cancers

15 Aug 2018

Cyclatron. Photo: Rosatom

SA, Russia deal to grow nuclear medicine

30 Jul 2018

NCDs are the biggest killer in poorer countries

NCDs are the biggest killer in poorer countries

27 Jul 2018

Rising rice protein market benefits the pharmaceutical industry

Rising rice protein market benefits the pharmaceutical industry

20 Jul 2018

andreonegin/shutterstock.com

New treatment in the works for disfiguring skin disease, vitiligo

John Harris 19 Jul 2018

Dr Nima Sharifi

Prostate treatment byproduct could accelerate cancer cell growth

17 Jul 2018

Genetic variation in progesterone receptor tied to prematurity risk

Genetic variation in progesterone receptor tied to prematurity risk

Erin Digitale 16 Jul 2018

UCT develops two-hour TB meningitis diagnostic test

UCT develops two-hour TB meningitis diagnostic test

12 Jul 2018

RTI International/Ruth McDowall

Corruption in the Nigerian health sector has many faces. How to fix it

11 Jul 2018

Safe Passage Study links drinking and smoking with stillbirths and Sids

Safe Passage Study links drinking and smoking with stillbirths and Sids

Nicci Botha 10 Jul 2018

Professor Keertan Dheda, UCT director of the lung infection and immunity unit. Photo: UCT

New UCT unit to tackle origins of antimicrobial resistance

4 Jul 2018

New partnership to boost drug discovery for malaria, TB and more in Africa

New partnership to boost drug discovery for malaria, TB and more in Africa

29 Jun 2018

Viral suppression helps lower risk for many types of cancer, study finds

Viral suppression helps lower risk for many types of cancer, study finds

Elisabeth Reitman 25 Jun 2018

The real secret to a healthy lifestyle? Purpose

The real secret to a healthy lifestyle? Purpose

Nomadic Digital 21 Jun 2018

Health systems rarely consider that patients switch between hospitals or primary healthcare centres and indigenous medicine for their health issues. Direct Relief/Tobin Greensweig

Why indigenous medicine could play a role in rebuilding health systems

Jean-Benoit Falisse and Serena Masino 20 Jun 2018

Clinical trials can bring important benefits to African countries. Good Mood/Shutterstock

Africa hosts very few clinical trials. Why this is bad for innovation

Swapan Kumar Patra 5 Jun 2018

Consider this advice before travelling abroad for health care

Consider this advice before travelling abroad for health care

Valorie A. Crooks 4 Jun 2018

New vaccine might be game-changer in Ebola fight

New vaccine might be game-changer in Ebola fight

Salem Solomon 25 May 2018

Meet the speakers thus far: 19th annual BHF Conference 17-20 June 2018

Meet the speakers thus far: 19th annual BHF Conference 17-20 June 2018

Board of Healthcare Funders 22 May 2018