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Tackling women’s health holistically

Healthcare

Tackling women’s health holistically

Issued by Bonitas 7 Jun 2024

Source: GEHealthCare.

Healthcare

GE HealthCare and Daktari Africa collaborate to enhance cardiovascular care in Kenya

3 Jun 2024

Source: Supplied. The Ministry of Health of Ghana signing an MoU with AstraZeneca. Franklin Asiedu Bekoe, director public health, Ghana Health Service; Winfred Ofosu, Ghana Health Service; Deepak Arora, country president, African Cluster, AstraZeneca, and Ruud Dobber, executive vice president, BioPharmaceuticals Business Unit, AstraZeneca.

Healthcare

Growth of AstraZeneca’s flagship health equity programme

3 Jun 2024

Healthcare

SA's consumers get as-you-go private healthcare app to fit their busy lifestyles

17 Apr 2024

Healthcare

Can the UN impose sanctions on SA? You bet it can… and One Health may be the tipping point

Katja Hamilton 15 Mar 2024

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

Healthcare

#BizTrends2024: Revolutionising mental performance with human-centric algorithms

Steve Stavs 8 Jan 2024

Restonic Ezintsha Sleep Clinic to pioneer South African sleep research and treat sleep disorders

Healthcare

Restonic Ezintsha Sleep Clinic to pioneer South African sleep research and treat sleep disorders

Issued by Restonic 2 Oct 2023

Healthcare

From fatal allergies to heart attacks and cholera - the devastating health effects of global warming in Africa

Lenore Manderson 7 Sep 2023

All about cholesterol

Healthcare

All about cholesterol

Issued by Bonitas 13 Jun 2023

Source: Supplied. Jessica Spira, managing director at Virgin Active.

Healthcare

Looking to "age in place" when you're older? Early lifestyle interventions may be the key

Jessica Spira 5 Apr 2023

Source: Suipplied.

Healthcare

GE HealthCare teams up with Axim Life Isotopes South Africa

28 Mar 2023

Changing conversations about overweight and obesity

Healthcare

Changing conversations about overweight and obesity

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 28 Mar 2023

Adequate sleep is a prerequisite for overall better health

Healthcare

Adequate sleep is a prerequisite for overall better health

Issued by Stone 24 Mar 2023

Get back into the swing of things

Healthcare

Get back into the swing of things

Issued by Intercare 16 Jan 2023

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

The 8 health hazards of watching TV

3 Jan 2023

Healthcare

The Covid storm may be over, but its impact on the global healthcare sector will be felt for years to come

Katja Hamilton 16 Nov 2022

Source: Supplied.

Finance

Discovery features fourth on the 2022 Fortune Change the World list

10 Oct 2022

How to make healthy eating choices easier

Healthcare

How to make healthy eating choices easier

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 5 Oct 2022

What is the impact of an unhealthy heart?

Healthcare

What is the impact of an unhealthy heart?

Issued by Intercare 1 Sep 2022

Healthcare

Cardiovascular disease is on the rise in South Africa

24 Aug 2022

Measure your blood pressure accurately, control it, live longer!

Healthcare

Measure your blood pressure accurately, control it, live longer!

Issued by Stone 10 Aug 2022

Source: Supplied. Dr Peter Hsu, a nephrologist who practises at Netcare Milpark Hospital, was awarded his PhD following his completion of the largest known study on cardiovascular risk in chronic renal patients to date in South Africa.

Healthcare

Local study advances global understanding of CVD risk in renal patients

27 Jul 2022

Source: Supplied. Dr Nivisha Parag, head of School for Healthcare Management at Regent Business School.

Healthcare

Innovation needed to resolve SA's health challenges

Dr Nivisha Parag 19 Jul 2022

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

Influenza cases on the rise in South Africa

9 Jun 2022

Retail

5 reasons South Africa isn't ready for health claims on food labels

Melvi Todd 11 Nov 2021

Food & mood - how nutrition affects mental health

Healthcare

Food & mood - how nutrition affects mental health

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 4 Nov 2021

Retail

How big companies are targeting middle-income countries to boost ultra-processed food sales

Edwin Kwong, Joanna Williams, Phillip Baker, Rob Moodie and Thiago M Santos 22 Oct 2021

Why every South African needs to eat more vegetables and fruit every day

Healthcare

Why every South African needs to eat more vegetables and fruit every day

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 7 Oct 2021

Source: ©Ionut Dan Popescu

Healthcare

The reality of cardiovascular risk

5 Oct 2021

Periodontitis - the silent killer!

Healthcare

Periodontitis - the silent killer!

Issued by Intercare 1 Oct 2021

Source: ©visivasnc

Healthcare

Statistics show vaccine benefit

1 Sep 2021

Source: , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

ESG & Sustainability

Blunting the impact of poor social conditions in South Africa will have big health benefits

Ebrahim Samodien 23 Jun 2021

Recovering from Covid-19? Here's what you need to know about nutrition

Healthcare

Recovering from Covid-19? Here's what you need to know about nutrition

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 22 Jun 2021

North-West University honours its outstanding researchers

Education

North-West University honours its outstanding researchers

Issued by North-West University (NWU) 10 Dec 2020

Nurses are the backbone of the health system. Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images

Healthcare

Diabetes prevention and care needs more nurses with extra training and support

Sundeep Ruder 16 Nov 2020

The myths, the legends - now backed by science

Lifestyle

The myths, the legends - now backed by science

Issued by Adco CBD 5 Nov 2020

Good nutrition for good immunity

Healthcare

Good nutrition for good immunity

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 8 Oct 2020

Recycling isn't enough - the world's plastic pollution crisis is only getting worse

ESG & Sustainability

Recycling isn't enough - the world's plastic pollution crisis is only getting worse

Stephanie B. Borrelle 18 Sep 2020

Construction starts on Foster + Partners-designed Cairo hospital

Construction & Engineering

Construction starts on Foster + Partners-designed Cairo hospital

15 Sep 2020

Cardiovascular risk factors are high in Sierra Leone. Steven Rubin

Healthcare

Why Sierra Leone needs to focus on cardiovascular health

Maria Odland & Justine Ina Davies 10 Sep 2020

Africa is way behind the curve in managing heart disease: here's a new approach

Healthcare

Africa is way behind the curve in managing heart disease: here's a new approach

Martin Heine 13 Feb 2020

Affordable healthcare in 2020

Healthcare

Affordable healthcare in 2020

Issued by Bonitas 30 Jan 2020

Millions of young children get malaria. These two got it in 2010.
AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam

Healthcare

There's a way for modern medicine to cure diseases even when the treatments aren't profitable

James Leahy 28 Oct 2019

Slum residents were said to do less exercise because of cheap motorcycle taxis. Boris Golovnev/Shutterstock

Healthcare

Bad habits drive health risks among Kenya's urban poor

Frederick Wekesah 13 Sep 2019

Bonitas annual results 2018 - Good vital signs

Healthcare

Bonitas annual results 2018 - Good vital signs

Issued by Bonitas 16 Jul 2019