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Big companies, like Nestlé, are funding health research in South Africa - why this is wrong

Retail

Big companies, like Nestlé, are funding health research in South Africa - why this is wrong

Susan Goldstein, Mark Tomlinson, Rachel Wynberg and Tanya Doherty 5 Mar 2024

Healthcare

Merck Foundation honours outstanding African researchers at 2023 MARS Awards

3 Jan 2024

Bursaries and boreholes – helping in the healthcare space

Healthcare

Bursaries and boreholes – helping in the healthcare space

Issued by Bonitas 14 Dec 2023

Source: Supplied. Founder of Made To Thrive, Steve Stavs.

Healthcare

#BizTrends2024: Revolutionising mental performance with human-centric algorithms

Steve Stavs 8 Jan 2024

Iron sharpens iron: Women empowering each other for better health

Healthcare

Iron sharpens iron: Women empowering each other for better health

Issued by Ogilvy South Africa 6 Oct 2023

Healthcare

#Budget2023: SA's mental health needs better funding

23 Feb 2023

Source: Supplied. Health and wellness expert, Vanessa Ascencao.

Healthcare

ADHD medication alone has no impact on learning, study

23 Jan 2023

Source: Supplied. Avsharn Bachoo is the group technology director for Afrocentric group.

Healthcare

#BizTrends2023: Meeting your surgeon in the metaverse; can 2023 drive the metamorphosis of healthcare technology?

Avsharn Bachoo 9 Jan 2023

Avon pledges $1m in grants to NGOs working to end gender-based violence

ESG & Sustainability

Avon pledges $1m in grants to NGOs working to end gender-based violence

25 Nov 2022

Healthcare

FIRST: Johns Hopkins receives grant for psilocybin research

26 Jan 2022

Doctors' mental health hard hit in face of financial stress

Healthcare

Doctors' mental health hard hit in face of financial stress

Coenie Smith 22 Nov 2021

Image source: © Luca Bertolli–

Education

Medical training scholarships open for application

4 Nov 2021

Climate change is harming children's mental health - and this is just the start

ESG & Sustainability

Climate change is harming children's mental health - and this is just the start

Francis Vergunst and Helen Louise Berry 30 Sep 2021

Barbie debuts dolls in likeness of Covid-19 frontline workers

Retail

Barbie debuts dolls in likeness of Covid-19 frontline workers

5 Aug 2021

20% of new mothers in peri-urban areas suffer from suicidal thoughts

Healthcare

20% of new mothers in peri-urban areas suffer from suicidal thoughts

30 Apr 2021

Mathari Hospital is the only psychiatric hospital in Kenya. Simon Maina/AFP via Getty Images

Healthcare

Why Africa needs to invest in mental health

Benedict Weobong & Justice Nonvignon 13 Oct 2020

The skylight of the Weskoppies Chapel in Pretoria.
Alain Proust/Hidden Pretoria

Construction & Engineering

Between care and neglect: Pretoria's grand architectural legacy

Johan Swart 9 Mar 2020

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Healthcare

New study sheds light on genetics of schizophrenia in South Africa

3 Feb 2020

Genetic studies need to be more diverse.

Healthcare

Most genetic studies use only white participants - this will lead to greater health inequality

Karoline Kuchenbaecker Evangelos Vassos & Roseann Peterson 16 Oct 2019

Healthcare

We did the sums on South Africa's mental health spend. They're not pretty

Sumaiyah Docrat & Crick Lund 9 Oct 2019

Nick Loxton, president of the UCT Surgical Society (left,) with (from second left) Sipho Ndereya, Matthew Potter and Liam Devenish, who are heading up the project.

Healthcare

Future doctors look for innovative solutions for healthcare challenges

2 May 2019

How to get a 400% return - and it's not a pyramid scheme

HR & Management

How to get a 400% return - and it's not a pyramid scheme

Sid Peimer 14 Mar 2019

Risk of suicide - as well as depression - found in the genome

Healthcare

Risk of suicide - as well as depression - found in the genome

24 Jan 2019

Professor Bonga Chiliza

Healthcare

SA needs stronger leadership and increased budgets in mental healthcare

11 Jan 2019

How many students want to go to varsity and other schooling insights...

Education

How many students want to go to varsity and other schooling insights...

21 Nov 2018

There are concerns that Africa may be excluded from advances in genetic brain research. Shutterstock

Healthcare

Mental health genetics: African solutions for African challenges

Benyam Worku Dubale, Celia van der Merwe & Nathani 6 Nov 2018

Genes explain why alcohol withdrawal is so hard on some

Healthcare

Genes explain why alcohol withdrawal is so hard on some

Bill Hathaway 27 Sep 2018

Early warning sign of psychosis detected

Healthcare

Early warning sign of psychosis detected

Bill Hathaway 25 Sep 2018

Professor Ian Couper

Healthcare

African mid-level health workers need better training

13 Sep 2018

Professor Soraya Seedat. Photo: Damien Schumann

Healthcare

#WomensMonth: Probing the secrets of mind, body and soul

Jeanne van der Merwe 3 Aug 2018

Qedani Mahlangu. Photo: Andronica Nedzamba

Healthcare

Mahlangu, Hlongwa elected to top Gauteng ANC body

Laura Lopez Gonzalez 25 Jul 2018

Sama takes issue with Competition Commission findings

Healthcare

Sama takes issue with Competition Commission findings

9 Jul 2018

Egyptian e-health startup ElBalto launches mobile consultation service

Healthcare

Egyptian e-health startup ElBalto launches mobile consultation service

Tom Jackson 27 Jun 2018

Groote Schuur Hospital

Healthcare

UCT and Groote Schuur break ground on neuroscience centre

12 Jun 2018

Dr Stefanie Malan-Muller

Healthcare

More than a gut feeling - the link between PTSD and microbes

30 Oct 2017

'Cyberchondria' costs the UK health service £56m a year

Healthcare

'Cyberchondria' costs the UK health service £56m a year

11 Sep 2017

The concept of schizophrenia is coming to an end - here's why

Healthcare

The concept of schizophrenia is coming to an end - here's why

Simon McCarthy-Jones 28 Aug 2017

Lessons not learnt: Public mental health still in a dismal state

Healthcare

Lessons not learnt: Public mental health still in a dismal state

Nicci Botha 28 Jun 2017

Gender diversity in management - no cookie-cutter solution

HR & Management

Gender diversity in management - no cookie-cutter solution

Issued by UCT Graduate School of Business 9 Jun 2017

SA's first adult ADHD guidelines

Healthcare

SA's first adult ADHD guidelines

17 May 2017

SASOP calls for action on the state of mental health

Healthcare

SASOP calls for action on the state of mental health

9 Feb 2017

Genetic testing in the age of personalised medicine

Healthcare

Genetic testing in the age of personalised medicine

8 Feb 2017

Genetic testing and personalised medicine

Healthcare

Genetic testing and personalised medicine

10 Jan 2017

Social contracts and treating mental illness

Healthcare

Social contracts and treating mental illness

28 Nov 2016

#GlobalMentalHealth: Stress impacts corporate bottom line

Healthcare

#GlobalMentalHealth: Stress impacts corporate bottom line

10 Oct 2016

New painkiller could replace morphine: study

Healthcare

New painkiller could replace morphine: study

3 Oct 2016

ADHD: often misdiagnosed and incorrectly treated

Healthcare

ADHD: often misdiagnosed and incorrectly treated

30 Sep 2016