HIV/AIDS: Drop in global spending concerns activists, UNAIDS

According to a report in Plus News, international funding for HIV fell by 10% in 2010 from the previous year, the Kaiser Family Foundation and UNAIDS reports. this has led to concerns on the part of activists who fear that a continued reduction will undermine progress in global HIV prevention and treatment efforts. Read more >>

It's party time at Bizcommunity! #happybiz10

On 20 August 2001, Andre Rademan and Ken van Ginkel sent out the very first Bizcommunity.com newsletter. Now, almost 10 years to the day, we're mixing up potions and - even baking - in preparations for our "high calorie, "light-fuse-and-stand-back" 10th birthday celebrations! [twitterfall] Read more >>

Heart disease... Get tested!

One in three men and one in four women in South Africa will fall victim to heart disease - and the figure's rising. Make sure you're not ONE of them. Read more >>

Leading cardiac treatment at Life Vincent Pallotti

One of South Africa's leading facilities of its kind, the Life Vincent Pallotti Cardiac Unit is committed to providing superior treatment for the full spectrum of cardiac conditions. Read more >>

LSC does its bit for world hunger

Lesley Simpson Communications (LSC) will be a part of the highly anticipated "Bidvest World Chefs Tour against Hunger", taking place between 21 and 30 August 2011. The event will see 250 chefs from 44 countries, visiting South Africa to raise funds and awareness for the plight of the hungry. Read more >>

Skilled healthcare workers needed to provide first class hospital housekeeping

South Africa's rapidly-changing healthcare industry is creating a level of uncertainty that makes strong leadership and a strong skills base more critical than ever before. High cost structures, technological advances, aggressive healthcare reforms and increasing regulatory and reporting demands are putting increased pressures on already-constrained healthcare staff. Read more >>

First International Generic Medicines conference in Africa

Cape Town is set to become the first city in Africa to host the 14th Annual International Generic Pharmaceutical Alliance (IGPA) Conference, a premier event for the global generic medicines industry. Read more >>

The NHI unpacked

[John Cranke] The complicated and controversial NHI Green Paper, unpacked. Read more >>

Clues found to how key organs form

Groundbreaking research reveals clues to the formation of hearts, intestines and other key organs. Read more >>

Better diagnostics could reduce risky surgery for asymptomatic carotid stenosis

[Kathy Wallis] New research from Neurologist Dr. David Spence of The University of Western Ontario has shown that using 3-D ultrasound to identify ulcers in the carotid arteries is an effective way to pinpoint the small number of high-risk patients with asymptomatic carotid stenosis (ACS) who would benefit from surgery to prevent stroke. Read more >>

So she's too friendly to your pals? Your sex life may suffer

Be it wife or girlfriend, when a man's partner becomes too buddy-buddy with his pals, his sex life may suffer. Read more >>

Weigh-Less is approved by the DOH as an "endorsement entity"

Weigh-Less, one of Southern Africa's leaders in health and weight management, announced last week that after 36 years of prudence, conservatism and leadership in the area of self management training in sustainable sensible dietary lifestyles, the company has been approved by the Department of Health (DOH) as an 'endorsement entity'. Read more >>

Immunogene therapy combined with standard treatment is safe for patients with brain tumors

A clinical trial has shown that a form of gene therapy is safe for treating a deadly form of brain cancer, even when combined with radiation therapy. Read more >>

Landmark ovarian cancer discovery as scientists unveil high risk gene

Cancer Research UK-funded scientists have discovered that women who carry a faulty copy of a gene called RAD51D have almost a one in 11 chance of developing ovarian cancer, the most significant ovarian cancer gene discovery for more than a decade, reveals a study in Nature Genetics1. Read more >>

New cancer imaging technique uses vitamin C to detect more aggressive tumours

Cancer Research UK scientists have developed a new imaging technique that uses vitamin C to detect cancers likely to be more aggressive or resistant to treatment, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society today. Read more >>

Prenatal pet exposure, delivery mode, race are key factors in early allergy risk

Prenatal pet exposure, a mother's delivery mode and race are influential factors in a child's risk of developing allergies by age 2, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study. Read more >>

Are you safe from attacks in a South African state hospital?

Apparently not. According to a report in Times Live, security is so lax at some public hospitals that staff who should be ensuring staff such as doctors and nurses, and patients, and their possessions are safe, might be found being used as porters. Moreover, no one knows who holds the master keys. Read more >>

DA accuses ANC of muzzling debate on NHI

According to a report in IOL, instead of encouraging a constructive discussion around the National Health Insurance (NHI) Green Paper, the chair (an ANC appointee) of the Health Portfolio Committee closed the debate, the Democratic Alliance said on Wednesday. Read more >>

Provinces spend just R83,8 billion

South African provinces spent a paltry 22,9% or R83,8 billion of their combined total budgets of R365,5 billion in the first quarter of this year according to a report published by Business Live. Read more >>

NHI will benefit healthcare in SA

Dr E V Rapiti, who has his practice in Mitchells Plain, near Cape Town, says the NHI will benefit patients seeking treatment at public hospitals, including these at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, reoprts Times Live. Read more >>

'Illegal cigarette' awareness campaign may get more people smoking

[Felix Kessel] Perhaps not to the same degree as yesteryear and even if the message is somewhat more sinister, cigarettes have once again made it back onto the billboards and interrupted our daily journeys once again. Instead of the old lifestyle positioning, the message is all ominous: "Buying Illegal Cigarettes Funds Organised Crime!" Read more >>

Instagram Flash-Mob

SINGAPORE: The rise of skin cancer cases means that people need to be extra careful with their skin during the summer months, particularly that group of sun-worshippers who enjoy nothing more than lying in the hot midday sun, topping up their tans. Read more >>