Clicks set to launch mobile healthcare

[Tamar Kahn] JSE-listed health and beauty products retailer Clicks has teamed up with healthcare purchaser Health Connects to launch cellphone healthcare vouchers that can be redeemed at its pharmacies, the company announced yesterday, 11 June 2012. Read more >>

Tribunal to decide on healthcare merger

The Competition Tribunal will hear closing arguments on Monday 18 June 2012 and decide whether to approve the potential merger between Life Healthcare Group‚ a wholly owned subsidiary of Life Healthcare Group Holdings‚ and Joint Medical Holdings‚ with conditions or prohibit the deal outright. Read more >>

Rabies outbreak under control in Gauteng

The outbreak of rabies in Gauteng is fully under control despite an incident where three people were bitten by a puppy with suspicious behavioural symptoms of the disease. Read more >>

New medical scheme for casuals

[Sure Kamhunga] A company established less than two years ago to provide pay-as-you-go medical insurance says it has found a niche market among seasonal and contract workers. Read more >>

Internal cellular sensors make Salmonella dangerous, Yale researchers find

[Bill Hathaway] Salmonella becomes dangerously virulent only when molecular sensors within the organism sense changes in the environment, a team of researchers from the Yale School of Medicine and the Yale Microbial Diversity Institute report in the 14 June 2012 issue of the journal Nature. Read more >>

HIV/Aids facts hard to come by

The latest available figures provided by Statistics SA on the causes of death in the country rate HIV/Aids as the seventh most important. It accounted for 3.1% of all deaths in 2009. Read more >>

An emotional view of the smart brain

Dig around in the field of human resource management and training, and sooner or later you'll come across the term emotional intelligence, or "EQ", as it is commonly called. Read more >>

Researchers determine pathway for origin of most common form of brain, spinal cord tumor

Johns Hopkins researchers say they have discovered one of the most important cellular mechanisms driving the growth and progression of meningioma, the most common form of brain and spinal cord tumor. A report on the discovery, published in the journal Molecular Cancer Research, could lead the way to the discovery of better drugs to attack these crippling tumors, the scientists say. Read more >>

Mutations in JAK3 gene identified in subtype of lymphoma provide potential drug target

PHILADELPHIA, USA: A substantial proportion of NK/T-cell lymphomas harbor Janus Kinase 3 gene mutations. Patients with these lymphomas might benefit from treatment with a Janus Kinase inhibitor according to a study published in Cancer Discovery, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. Read more >>

Natural exposure to gamma rays in background radiation linked to childhood leukaemia

A small but statistically significant link between risk of childhood leukaemia and the gamma rays we are all exposed to from our natural environment has been detected in an Oxford University-led study. Read more >>

Major orthopaedic surgeon training centre secures sponsor

Global medical technology business, Smith & Nephew has announced that it will sponsor the KwaZulu-Natal Orthopaedic Training Centre based at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital in Durban. Read more >>

Task team to address KZN rabies outbreak

The KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government says it is moving swiftly to boost the province's capacity to deal with the outbreak of rabies and has set up a task team to develop an intervention strategy. Read more >>

How likely is my breast cancer to recur and spread?

[Sarah Lord and Nehmat Houssami] SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Over 13,500 women are diagnosed with breast cancer in Australia each year. After completing initial treatment, the immediate question for many, if not most, is - what are the chances my cancer will return? Read more >>