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Bad food choices: clearer labels aim to help South Africans pick healthier options

Retail

Bad food choices: clearer labels aim to help South Africans pick healthier options

Safura Abdool Karim, Makoma Bopape, Rina Swart and Tamryn Frank 16 Nov 2023

Healthcare

Does AI hold the master key to unlocking accurate diagnosis and treatment?

Bada Pharasi 12 Sep 2023

Hormone havoc: Navigating the symptoms of hormone imbalance

Healthcare

Hormone havoc: Navigating the symptoms of hormone imbalance

Issued by Intercare 3 Jul 2023

Telly Awards winners announced!

Marketing & Media

Telly Awards winners announced!

27 May 2022

Healthcare

FIRST: Johns Hopkins receives grant for psilocybin research

26 Jan 2022

Source: Supplied. Dr Vuyane Mhlomi.

Healthcare

#BizTrends2022: Hospital teams to deliver remote, at-home, vital-sign monitoring

Dr Vuyane Mhlomi 7 Jan 2022

Healthcare

Covid-19 targets kidneys, study finds...

Katja Hamilton 20 Dec 2021

Source: Supplied

Healthcare

Aviro Health launches Pocket Clinic

3 Dec 2021

Source: ©Shannon Fagan

Healthcare

Hospital-at-Home: the new heartbeat of healthcare

Dr Vuyane Mhlomi 8 Nov 2021

Source: ©tashatuvango

Healthcare

TB: an orphan disease?

Danette Breitenbach 1 Oct 2021

The research was conducted at the Zambia University Teaching Hospital morgue. Salim Dawood/AFP via Getty Images

Healthcare

Latest data from Lusaka morgue analysis shows spike in Covid-19 deaths

Christopher J Gill 12 Jul 2021

Covax is failing to halt the Covid-19 pandemic: here's why, and how to fix it

Healthcare

Covax is failing to halt the Covid-19 pandemic: here's why, and how to fix it

Monica de Bolle 9 Jun 2021

What is shaping culture? The early days of Covid (pt 2)

Marketing & Media

What is shaping culture? The early days of Covid (pt 2)

Brett Rogers 16 Nov 2020

A man undergoes testing for Covid-19 at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital isolation centre, Nigeria. Audu Marte/AFP via Getty Images

Healthcare

African countries need cheaper Covid-19 tests: here's how to get them

Timothy Amukele & Mustafa Barbhuiya 16 Jul 2020

The need for data during a pandemic

ICT

The need for data during a pandemic

7 Apr 2020

Surviving the Covid-19 outbreak: there's hope for humanity

ESG & Sustainability

Surviving the Covid-19 outbreak: there's hope for humanity

Evan-Lee Courie 19 Mar 2020

Image source: Clay Banks via .

Marketing & Media

What can marketers learn about data from Covid-19?

Matthew Arnold 18 Mar 2020

Coronavirus outbreak mapper.

Healthcare

Coronavirus outbreak: a new mapping tool that lets you scroll through timeline

Edward Parker 12 Feb 2020

In some countries, as much as half of the generated electricity is lost in transmission. yelantsevv/Shutterstock.com

Energy & Mining

We calculated emissions due to electricity loss on the power grid - globally, it's a lot

Sarah Marie Jordaan & Kavita Surana 9 Jan 2020

Women and girls in Gayo village, Ehtiopia collect water from a rain water pool which is purified with tablets before use. Shutterstock

Healthcare

Fresh drive to close gaps on health issues facing women and girls

Alex Ezeh 12 Nov 2019

Grant to fund child-friendly TB treatments

Healthcare

Grant to fund child-friendly TB treatments

22 Oct 2019

Foremost health quality and safety conference for Cape Town

Healthcare

Foremost health quality and safety conference for Cape Town

Issued by COHSASA 17 Oct 2019

A six-month-old who is infected with measles in Madagascar, March 2019. AP Photo/Laetitia Bezain

Healthcare

Road to measles elimination is predictable, but can be rocky

Matthew Ferrari & Amy Winter 13 May 2019

Jose Fernando Arevalo

Healthcare

Cancer drug offers more affordable treatment for diabetic retinopathy

12 Dec 2018

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

Healthcare

Conflict and its toll on child health

7 Sep 2018

Researchers release a balloon carrying instruments to measure ozone levels above Antarctica. ,

ESG & Sustainability

The ozone hole is both an environmental success story and an enduring global threat

Shane Keating and Darryn Waugh 30 Jul 2018

Superpower investment in Africa

Marketing & Media

Superpower investment in Africa

18 Jul 2018

Using platinum-based chemo to improve survival rates in pancreatic cancer

Healthcare

Using platinum-based chemo to improve survival rates in pancreatic cancer

1 Jun 2018

Very few laboratories in Uganda are accredited. Arne Hoel / World Bank

Healthcare

Private lab tests in Uganda are costly. But price doesn't equal quality

Timothy Amukele 17 May 2018

Kickballs, chicken and 3-D models help Johns Hopkins surgeons prepare for complex foetal surgeries

Healthcare

Kickballs, chicken and 3-D models help Johns Hopkins surgeons prepare for complex foetal surgeries

18 Apr 2018

An ethical dilemma for doctors: When is it OK to prescribe opioids?

Healthcare

An ethical dilemma for doctors: When is it OK to prescribe opioids?

Travis N Rieder 9 Apr 2018

Improving practices and reducing the risk of SSIs in African hospitals

Healthcare

Improving practices and reducing the risk of SSIs in African hospitals

7 Mar 2018

The real reason why cities in sub-Saharan Africa aren't issuing municipal bonds

Construction & Engineering

The real reason why cities in sub-Saharan Africa aren't issuing municipal bonds

Jeremy Gorelick 16 Feb 2018

Cell biopsy studied under a microscope – the current way of detecting cancer. Tonhom1009/Shutterstock

Healthcare

New test can detect eight types of cancer in a drop of blood

Tatjana Crnogorac-Jurcevic 30 Jan 2018

Tshemba Foundation ushering in a new era of medical volunteering serving rural communities

Healthcare

Tshemba Foundation ushering in a new era of medical volunteering serving rural communities

29 Aug 2017

Smartphones are revolutionising medicine

Healthcare

Smartphones are revolutionising medicine

20 Feb 2017

- The Ethiopia-Djibouti train line in Addis Ababa. AFP PHOTO | ZACHARIAS ABUBEKER

Logistics & Transport

New African railways ride on Chinese loans

Salem Solomon 27 Jan 2017

Free online Wits courses launch in August

Education

Free online Wits courses launch in August

27 Jun 2016

Johns Hopkins performs first HIV+ liver transplant

Healthcare

Johns Hopkins performs first HIV+ liver transplant

Nicci Botha 31 Mar 2016

Egbert Schillings, CEO of WISH

Healthcare

Filling the gaps in patient safety

15 Mar 2016

Desensitisation gives new hope for non-compatible donor kidney transplants

Healthcare

Desensitisation gives new hope for non-compatible donor kidney transplants

14 Mar 2016

Cell-to-cell communication: More is better - up to a point

Healthcare

Cell-to-cell communication: More is better - up to a point

William Weir 19 Jan 2016

JPS Africa launches as independent NPO

Healthcare

JPS Africa launches as independent NPO

9 Dec 2015

Blood, saliva prototype finds most oral cancers

Healthcare

Blood, saliva prototype finds most oral cancers

25 Jun 2015

Few commercial weight-loss programs show reliable evidence of effectiveness, Johns Hopkins reports

Healthcare

Few commercial weight-loss programs show reliable evidence of effectiveness, Johns Hopkins reports

7 Apr 2015

Dr Chris Beyrer new president of International AIDS Society

Healthcare

Dr Chris Beyrer new president of International AIDS Society

25 Jul 2014

New MRI analysis predicts stroke patient reaction to clot-busting treatment

Healthcare

New MRI analysis predicts stroke patient reaction to clot-busting treatment

21 May 2014

Human Fat: A Trojan Horse to Fight Brain Cancer?

Healthcare

Human Fat: A Trojan Horse to Fight Brain Cancer?

8 May 2014

Education

Confronting the Janus-faced approach to sustainability in business education

Ahmed Shaikh and Mark Hay 15 Apr 2014

Johns Hopkins researchers erase human brain tumor cells in mice

Healthcare

Johns Hopkins researchers erase human brain tumor cells in mice

1 Oct 2013