Bizcommunity.com revamps recruitment business

Since its launch in 2001, Bizcommunity has always seen the benefit for our readers of having industry jobs available on the site, as well as the benefit to companies looking for applicants and recruiters and recruitment agencies having a targeted audience pool to search for good quality applicants and CVs. Read more >>

Research links modern behaviour to ancient San

[Sarah Wild] Modern human behaviour as we know it emerged in SA and has a direct link to San culture, according to new research published yesterday, 30 July 2012. Read more >>

College students who use AmEDs more likely to take sexual-risks

According to Health24, a new University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions (RIA) study has found a link between the consumption of caffeinated energy drinks mixed with alcohol, and casual - often risky - sex among college-age adults. Read more >>

Yale study solves another molecular mystery of Alzheimer's

Amyloid beta peptides have long been implicated in the development of Alzheimer's disease, but exactly how these tiny proteins wreak havoc in aging brains is not fully understood. Read more >>

Patients at Lowveld Hospital, Nelspruit get Kauai food

In what is described as a South African first, the patients of the Lowveld Private Hospital in Nelspruit will not have to beg visitors to bring them good food, as they will be receiving healthy fresh food from the new onsite Kauai store, designed to serve both visitors and inmates. Read more >>

British food no longer "that bad"

LONDON - Feeding 10 500 athletes and millions of fans during the Olympics may be a mammoth task but London 2012 is hoping to seize the opportunity to also improve the reputation of British cuisine. Read more >>

Natural boost in a bowl to aid longevity

Science is proving more and more that blueberries deserve their reputation as a "superfruit". Interest in the little berries has been increasing since the first suggestion that they protect brain function and cognition some 10 years ago. Read more >>

Controversial Down's syndrome test gets Swiss go-ahead

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND: Switzerland has given the green light for prenatal testing for Down's syndrome, Swiss media reported Sunday, 29 July 2012. Read more >>

Counterfeit Grand-Pa powders in circulation

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Consumer Healthcare and the Medicines Control Council have announced that consumers need to be aware that counterfeit headache powders, sold as Grand-Pa Powders 38-count, bearing batch numbers 309339 and 314020, may be circulating in the South African market. Read more >>

'No evidence' that Agent Orange Maize puts SA consumers at risk - DAFF

Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) spokesperson Selby Bokaba confirmed in a statement published on Allafrica.com that "an application for commodity clearance of genetically modified (GM) maize [...] from DowAgroSciences - was approved in May 2012." Read more >>

Sukuma to supply clean, safe water to KZN's Injasuthi community

South Africa may lack a nationwide infrastructure of utilities, but water is really essential for life, yet many of the country's citizens are still without ready access to a supply of clean and safe water, says the Business Excellence website. Read more >>

'High tea' probed for cocaine

The Medicines Control Council is investigating an energy tea said to contain high levels of cocaine, Beeld newspaper reported early last week. Read more >>

Regulating salt content 'will increase price of bread'

[Tamar Kahn] One of SA's biggest bread makers, Pioneer Foods, has warned that the government's proposals for regulating the salt content of food, if accepted in their present form, will drive up the cost of its loaves. Read more >>

Lessons learned from five years of mothering

[Judith Middleton] Read a certain kind of magazine article, book or blog post and you will be tantalised by a vision of the perfect life. In this life, perfectly groomed women run their own multimillion rand businesses from home, regularly serve fresh veg that they've organically grown and cooked themselves to parties of 12 around beautifully set tables, make exquisite crafts with their well-behaved, snot-free children and volunteer at least one morning a week at the local homeless shelter. Read more >>

Americans are hungry for healthy foods

[Mintel Oxygen Reports] CHICAGO, US: Healthy eating has come to the forefront of many minds over the past several years with help from the First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move program and TV shows like The Biggest Loser, not to mention the extensive media coverage regarding the country's growing obesity problem. Indeed, this increased interest in healthy eating is highlighted by new research from Mintel which reveals that just over two-thirds (67%) of Americans choose healthier foods to stay well. Read more >>

Over R600m to improve HIV, Aids outcomes in NW

The North West Department of Health has dispersed an over R600m conditional grant to improve HIV and Aids, Sexually Transmitted Infections and Tuberculosis outcomes. Read more >>

Motlanthe calls on US Congress to maintain funding on Aids

Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe on Tuesday concluded his participation at the 19th International Aids Conference here in Washington satisfied and hopeful that part of his mission - making a case for a continued partnership framework on HIV and Aids with the United States - has been achieved. Read more >>