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Source: @LightUpScience/Twitter. Richard Slayman is seen here with the surgical team at Massachusetts General Hospital who performed his transplant, led by Tatsuo Kawai, MD, PhD and Nahel Elias, MD.

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Man survives pig kidney transplant

8 Apr 2024

Source: iStock.

Healthcare

Urgent call to action: Combatting chronic kidney disease crisis in Africa

18 Mar 2024

Cohsasa accredits the Bank Hospital in Ghana

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Cohsasa accredits the Bank Hospital in Ghana

Issued by COHSASA 12 Mar 2024

Source: Supplied. Life Healthcare.

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Life Healthcare expands renal care services in Southern Africa

26 Feb 2024

Bursaries and boreholes – helping in the healthcare space

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Bursaries and boreholes – helping in the healthcare space

Issued by Bonitas 14 Dec 2023

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Life Healthcare Group posts strong financials, plans Alliance Medical Group sale

20 Nov 2023

Eating well to support kidney health

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Eating well to support kidney health

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 31 Aug 2023

Healthcare

Stellenbosch medical students use tech to turn the tide on organ donor shortage

12 Jul 2023

Healthcare

ChatGPT has many uses. Experts explore what this means for healthcare and medical research

Keymanthri Moodley and Stuart Rennie 9 May 2023

Symptoms of chronic kidney disease

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Symptoms of chronic kidney disease

Issued by Intercare 27 Mar 2023

Hot 102.7FM celebrates Hot Cares Christmas by changing lives

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Hot 102.7FM celebrates Hot Cares Christmas by changing lives

Issued by HOT 102.7FM 15 Dec 2022

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Healthcare

National Renal Care opens specialised children's dialysis unit in Sandton

6 Dec 2022

Bonitas 2022 contributions continued for 2023!

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Bonitas 2022 contributions continued for 2023!

Issued by Bonitas 4 Oct 2022

Source: Supplied. BestMed chief executive, Leo Dlamini

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Preventative care a core focus for 2023 healthcare

4 Oct 2022

Healthcare

Well-known medical scheme under liquidation

13 Sep 2022

Healthy eating for your kidneys

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Healthy eating for your kidneys

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 1 Sep 2022

Algoa FM's Wayne Hart returns to the airwaves

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Algoa FM's Wayne Hart returns to the airwaves

Issued by Algoa FM 29 Jul 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

Top Women Awards: A key empowerment opportunity for women in business

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Top Women Awards: A key empowerment opportunity for women in business

Issued by Topco Media 5 May 2022

Healthcare

Covid-19 targets kidneys, study finds...

Katja Hamilton 20 Dec 2021

Finance

African Development Bank outlines new health infrastructure strategy

25 Nov 2021

Source: Getty/Gallo

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Water, power cuts and neglect are taking their toll on South Africa's top hospitals

Daynia Ballot 8 Jul 2021

Covid-19: why critically ill patients in Africa are taking a bigger hit

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Covid-19: why critically ill patients in Africa are taking a bigger hit

Bruce M Biccard 25 May 2021

The Lancet has published the results of an analysis of how critically ill Covid-19 patients did at 64 hospitals in Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, and South Africa. Illustration: Lisa Nelson

Healthcare

Africa has a higher death rate among critically ill Covid-19 patients than anywhere else

Elsabé Brits 21 May 2021

Effective management of water in dialysis augments better outcomes

Healthcare

Effective management of water in dialysis augments better outcomes

Issued by GO Content Lab 3 Mar 2021

Some of the researchers in the study are based at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Healthcare

High death rate in African Covid-19 intensive care units

James Stent 20 Nov 2020

St Augustine's Hospital

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Findings from St Augustine's Covid-19 outbreak

21 May 2020

Emergency doctors and nurse performing CPR and inserting an IV drip on a patient. GettyImages

Healthcare

Tough choices about who gets ICU access: the ethical principles guiding South Africa

Keymanthri Moodley 8 Apr 2020

People queue in makeshift camps following past threats of xenophobic attacks in South Africa. Today, rescinded health department memos requesting foreigners pay in full for healthcare have sparked a national debate. (Fredrik Lemeryd)

Healthcare

Are foreigners really entitled to free healthcare in South Africa?

Sasha Stevenson 13 Mar 2019

Healthcare

Anti-rejection drugs increase skin cancer risk in multiple kidney transplant patients

6 Mar 2019

Putting the lid on medical aid fraud

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Putting the lid on medical aid fraud

Paul Midlane 14 Nov 2018

When disaster strikes

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When disaster strikes

Karen Feldscher 8 Aug 2018

Cape hospitals invest in water supplies

Construction & Engineering

Cape hospitals invest in water supplies

Tamar Kahn 2 Feb 2018

Six eating habits for healthy kidneys

Healthcare

Six eating habits for healthy kidneys

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 5 Sep 2017

Diabetes management under review at 19th annual CDE forum

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Diabetes management under review at 19th annual CDE forum

3 Aug 2017

ESG & Sustainability

Bringing water to Kenya's drought-stricken wildlife

7 Mar 2017

New hospital at the heart of future medical precinct

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New hospital at the heart of future medical precinct

24 Nov 2016

Urgent need to restructure SA's organ transplant process

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Urgent need to restructure SA's organ transplant process

Danette Breitenbach 16 Nov 2016

M&C Saatchi Abel helps #GiveChildhoodBack to Africa's youngest patients

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M&C Saatchi Abel helps #GiveChildhoodBack to Africa's youngest patients

Issued by M&C Saatchi Abel 19 Apr 2016

Creative Circle Awards: January/February 2016 winners

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Creative Circle Awards: January/February 2016 winners

22 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

Facing the challenges of chronic kidney disease

Healthcare

Facing the challenges of chronic kidney disease

10 Mar 2016

Kidney Awareness Week - are you aware of symptoms?

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Kidney Awareness Week - are you aware of symptoms?

3 Sep 2015

The Creative Counsel wins Sanlam/Business Partners Entrepreneur of the Year

Entrepreneurship

The Creative Counsel wins Sanlam/Business Partners Entrepreneur of the Year

3 Sep 2015

Avoid those quick-fix detox diets that fix nothing

Healthcare

Avoid those quick-fix detox diets that fix nothing

Sue Scharf 28 May 2015

New 'green' Centurion hospital paves the way forward

Healthcare

New 'green' Centurion hospital paves the way forward

20 Mar 2015

Muscle mass and chronic kidney disease

Healthcare

Muscle mass and chronic kidney disease

Jim Shelton 10 Nov 2014

Serendipity and Prof David Salant's odyssey to find a human autoantigen

Healthcare

Serendipity and Prof David Salant's odyssey to find a human autoantigen

26 Sep 2014