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Bonitas Medical Fund announced that it has extended its free virtual medical consultations to all South Africans. This facility includes medical advice about Covid-19, other medical problems, the writing of prescription, where necessary and free delivery of chronic medication.

Doctor Liana Roodt found her calling in changing the lives of breast cancer patients. After witnessing the saddening, stretched out and complicated hoops cancer patients in the public health sector had to jump through for treatment, Dr Roodt felt that something needed to be done to help these patients. This is when she founded the NGO Project Flamingo as a means to alleviate the waiting time and trauma of seeking cancer treatment in the public health sector. She aims to not only reduce the surgical waiting time for patients but also offer them psychological support during the treatment process....

HelloFCB+’s new campaign for the Cancer Association of South Africa (Cansa) encourages men to get a prostate blood test at one of Cansa’s Care Centres. ‘Don’t Fear The Finger’, an integrated advertising campaign inspired by the classic horror movie genre, launched during men’s health month in November with a TVC that removes the fear and encourages men to go for a test. The spot follows a man tentatively going for his first prostate exam only to find out that his fears are completely unfounded. Social videos and online banners also use suspense and fingers to point men to the campaign microsite where they can book an appointment at their nearest Cansa Care Centre....

Singularity University empowers the global community with the mindset, skill set and network to create an abundant future. For the first time in South Africa, leading-edge speakers from SingularityU will join South African leaders, change makers,entrepreneurs and innovators for an unforgettable experience on 23-24 August 2017 in Johannesburg. The summit will include three sessions on biotechnology and medical advances. Raymond McCauley will be speaking on how to hack the code of life using digital biology, while Dr Divya Chander, a neuroscientist, will be speaking about groundbreaking medical technologies, such as wearable neural devices and brain monitors. The medical fireside session will be in conversation with Dr. Ryan Noach, deputy CEO at Discovery Health....

Our #NotAskingForAnything campaign is more than just a social media hashtag. It’s a heartfelt invitation for anyone – from regular, good-hearted people, all the way to big businesses and corporations – to join us in doing whatever we can for real people in need. We’re on the ground, offering medical care, safe learning spaces and even corrective surgery for kids with clefts, but we could do so much more together. We don’t want anything for ourselves. But we do want to make a real difference in the lives of others. Join us. We have a real chance to change the world for the better....

A podcast by Dr Delva Shamley of the Centre for Clinical Research at UCT on upper limb rehabilitation post breast cancer.

The launch of health and lifestyle channel, The Good Life Network (GLN), on DStv channel 199 at a Switch On event in Melrose Arch, Johannesburg.

Resolve Capacity has won the Corporate Innovation Award at the 2015 MyWorld of Tomorrow SA Innovation Awards for its Clinic-in-a-Box, a turnkey infrastructural concept for the rapid deployment and commissioning of a clinic. These prefabricated structures can be erected within less than a day, and contain all the components required to deliver a total solution, packed and ready for delivery in 20 to 40 ft containers.

Founder and CEO of Quercus Investment Partners, Diego Biasi, handed over a massive cheque for the first of three tranches - comprising R10m - to Red Cross on Tuesday, 15 September.

Lifebuoy has reaffirmed its commitment to championing health and hygiene in South Africa at a recent media event held at the Soweto Theatre in Johannesburg.

Many a VIP showed up for the PinkDrive, Pink Tie Dinner at Emperors Palace on Saturday evening, 18 October 2014.

In a new study appearing in the 9 October 2014 issue of the journal Cell, Yale researchers Brant Webster, Patrick Lusk, and colleagues describe a key quality control mechanism that protects new cells from inheriting defective NPCs.

The POLO International Horse Trials kicked off on Friday 3 October with the dressage phase at the Kyalami Equestrian Park, whilst the POLO Pink Pony brunch in aid of Breast Cancer Awareness month was hosted alongside.

X-ray computed tomography (CT), also called X-ray microscopy, is a non-destructive technique for visualising interior features within solid objects and for obtaining digital information on their 3-D geometries and properties. The first nanoCT scanner in Africa will be officially launched on 15 September 2014 at Stellenbosch University's Central Analytical Facilities.

Dr Ben Roberts talks about how augmented reality might be used to support learning in dentistry.