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Copper could cure Murray & Roberts cold after De Beers diamond cough

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Data breach alert: Over 100,000 fake accounts linked to SA grant-fraud claim

#OrchidsandOnions: Spar reminds us why we're special with Christmas ad

Brendan Seery

News24 journalists take top honours in 2024 Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards

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Liberty introduces innovative new cancer cover

Coping with breast cancer surgery

Coping with breast cancer surgery

4 Oct 2024

Public-private collaboration: Could this breakthrough model lead the future of national health?

Public-private collaboration: Could this breakthrough model lead the future of national health?

10 Sep 2024

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More bone marrow donors needed in SA

10 Oct 2014

Identifying risk factors in cervical cancer

Identifying risk factors in cervical cancer

25 Sep 2014

Fighting prostate cancer with a tomato-rich diet

Fighting prostate cancer with a tomato-rich diet

28 Aug 2014

Pink Drive's Noelene Kotschan says that cancer is a killer but so is ignorance and people need to be educated about the dangers of cancer and treat it early. Image: Pink Drive

Free breast cancer screening at Pretoria Station

8 Aug 2014

New oncology pharmacy at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital

25 Jul 2014

Yale study finds some aggressive tumors silence genes that fight cancer

Yale study finds some aggressive tumors silence genes that fight cancer

Vicky Agnew 22 Jul 2014

R200,000 donation in aid of breast cancer

R200,000 donation in aid of breast cancer

11 Jul 2014

Cancer benefits for oncology programme members

Cancer benefits for oncology programme members

8 Jul 2014

Royal Philips launches EmboGuide

Royal Philips launches EmboGuide

4 Jul 2014

Sugar-coated cells are deadly for cancer patients

Sugar-coated cells are deadly for cancer patients

Melissa Osgood 2 Jul 2014

Leukaemia gene provides clue to treating triple negative breast cancer

Leukaemia gene provides clue to treating triple negative breast cancer

1 Jul 2014

Vital diagnostic equipment remains unrepaired at Gauteng hospitals and yet the budget for new equipment are not spent. Image:

Doctors blame province for equipment shortages

20 Jun 2014

Scientists discover new route to boost pancreatic cancer treatment

Scientists discover new route to boost pancreatic cancer treatment

4 Jun 2014

Scientists find new way to combat drug resistance in skin cancer

Scientists find new way to combat drug resistance in skin cancer

26 May 2014

Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, M.D.

Human Fat: A Trojan Horse to Fight Brain Cancer?

8 May 2014

Call for men to be tested for breast cancer

Call for men to be tested for breast cancer

1 Apr 2014

Cancer costs need to be contained

Cancer costs need to be contained

25 Mar 2014

Cancer rates are climbing in South Africa with Liberty paying our an increasing number of claims related to the disease. Image: Imagerymajestic

Cancer claims are on the rise, says Liberty

Phakamisa Ndzamela 24 Mar 2014

HPV vaccine campaign launched in Bloem

HPV vaccine campaign launched in Bloem

More Matshediso 13 Mar 2014

HPV vaccination campaign to be rolled out in schools

HPV vaccination campaign to be rolled out in schools

12 Mar 2014

Mario Oriani-Ambrosini received a standing ovation in Parliament after his plea for medical marijuana. Image: YouTube

Oriani-Ambrosini's plea for medical marijuana

21 Feb 2014

Move to healthy lifestyle this February

7 Feb 2014

Support World Cancer Day today

Support World Cancer Day today

4 Feb 2014

Regular skin check-ups essential in African climate

Regular skin check-ups essential in African climate

24 Jan 2014

CANSA Shavathon starts in February

20 Jan 2014

Tobacco warning saves millions of lives

Tobacco warning saves millions of lives

13 Jan 2014

Ethnic differences in breast cancer rates linked to lifestyle

Ethnic differences in breast cancer rates linked to lifestyle

13 Jan 2014

Wits medical students excel in specialist examinations

Wits medical students excel in specialist examinations

9 Jan 2014

Yale team uses cells to expand nature's repertoire

Yale team uses cells to expand nature's repertoire

Bill Hathaway 17 Dec 2013

Prevent proteins folding and you may stop cancer growing

Prevent proteins folding and you may stop cancer growing

3 Dec 2013

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Image courtesy of hin255 at FreeDigitalPhotos.net

More bone marrow donors needed in SA

10 Oct 2014

Identifying risk factors in cervical cancer

Identifying risk factors in cervical cancer

25 Sep 2014

Fighting prostate cancer with a tomato-rich diet

Fighting prostate cancer with a tomato-rich diet

28 Aug 2014

Pink Drive's Noelene Kotschan says that cancer is a killer but so is ignorance and people need to be educated about the dangers of cancer and treat it early. Image: Pink Drive

Free breast cancer screening at Pretoria Station

8 Aug 2014

New oncology pharmacy at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital

25 Jul 2014

Yale study finds some aggressive tumors silence genes that fight cancer

Yale study finds some aggressive tumors silence genes that fight cancer

Vicky Agnew 22 Jul 2014

R200,000 donation in aid of breast cancer

R200,000 donation in aid of breast cancer

11 Jul 2014

Cancer benefits for oncology programme members

Cancer benefits for oncology programme members

8 Jul 2014

Royal Philips launches EmboGuide

Royal Philips launches EmboGuide

4 Jul 2014

Sugar-coated cells are deadly for cancer patients

Sugar-coated cells are deadly for cancer patients

Melissa Osgood 2 Jul 2014

Leukaemia gene provides clue to treating triple negative breast cancer

Leukaemia gene provides clue to treating triple negative breast cancer

1 Jul 2014

Vital diagnostic equipment remains unrepaired at Gauteng hospitals and yet the budget for new equipment are not spent. Image:

Doctors blame province for equipment shortages

20 Jun 2014

Scientists discover new route to boost pancreatic cancer treatment

Scientists discover new route to boost pancreatic cancer treatment

4 Jun 2014

Scientists find new way to combat drug resistance in skin cancer

Scientists find new way to combat drug resistance in skin cancer

26 May 2014

Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, M.D.

Human Fat: A Trojan Horse to Fight Brain Cancer?

8 May 2014

Call for men to be tested for breast cancer

Call for men to be tested for breast cancer

1 Apr 2014

Cancer costs need to be contained

Cancer costs need to be contained

25 Mar 2014

Cancer rates are climbing in South Africa with Liberty paying our an increasing number of claims related to the disease. Image: Imagerymajestic

Cancer claims are on the rise, says Liberty

Phakamisa Ndzamela 24 Mar 2014

HPV vaccine campaign launched in Bloem

HPV vaccine campaign launched in Bloem

More Matshediso 13 Mar 2014

HPV vaccination campaign to be rolled out in schools

HPV vaccination campaign to be rolled out in schools

12 Mar 2014

Mario Oriani-Ambrosini received a standing ovation in Parliament after his plea for medical marijuana. Image: YouTube

Oriani-Ambrosini's plea for medical marijuana

21 Feb 2014

Move to healthy lifestyle this February

7 Feb 2014

Support World Cancer Day today

Support World Cancer Day today

4 Feb 2014

Regular skin check-ups essential in African climate

Regular skin check-ups essential in African climate

24 Jan 2014

CANSA Shavathon starts in February

20 Jan 2014

Tobacco warning saves millions of lives

Tobacco warning saves millions of lives

13 Jan 2014

Ethnic differences in breast cancer rates linked to lifestyle

Ethnic differences in breast cancer rates linked to lifestyle

13 Jan 2014

Wits medical students excel in specialist examinations

Wits medical students excel in specialist examinations

9 Jan 2014

Yale team uses cells to expand nature's repertoire

Yale team uses cells to expand nature's repertoire

Bill Hathaway 17 Dec 2013

Prevent proteins folding and you may stop cancer growing

Prevent proteins folding and you may stop cancer growing

3 Dec 2013

Neil Kirby wants cancer drugs to be donated to patients. Image: Werksmans

Call for free cancer drugs for all

20 Nov 2013

Redirecting our immune cells to help fight children's cancer

Redirecting our immune cells to help fight children's cancer

8 Nov 2013

IVF conception not linked to increased childhood cancer risk

IVF conception not linked to increased childhood cancer risk

7 Nov 2013

Liane Philpotts, MD, says 3-D mammography is a "win-win-win" that will continue to improve breast screening.

Breast screening: The new high-tech, simpler approach

6 Nov 2013

Pollution causes 8-year-old's lung cancer

Pollution causes 8-year-old's lung cancer

5 Nov 2013

'Too cool to smoke' campaign launches in November

'Too cool to smoke' campaign launches in November

4 Nov 2013

Outdoor air pollution a leading cause of cancer: WHO

21 Oct 2013

Successfully treating leukaemia

15 Oct 2013

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'Jekyll-and-Hyde' protein offers a new route to cancer drugs

1 Oct 2013

European Commission has granted marketing authorisation for afatinib monotherapy

27 Sep 2013