Medical journal offers app for subscribers with iPad

BMJ (British Medical Journal) is reportedly the first general medical journal to offer a Web application to its subscribers. It produced its first app with PressRun, a tablet and mobile publishing solution that uses HTML5 and XML-based workflows to deliver an interactive experience across multiple devices. The HTML5-based app was produced with Quark's cloud-based digital publishing solution. Read more >>

Philips concludes third consecutive pan-African road show

Royal Philips Electronics has arrived in Cape Town, the final destination of the Cairo to Cape Town road show 2012. Following the kick-off in Cairo three months ago, Philips has travelled 12 000km across Africa, visiting seventeen cities in eleven countries. The main focus of this year's road show was to increase awareness on how healthcare and lighting solutions can contribute to improving the quality of people's lives in Africa. Read more >>

This vital test could predict stroke death

In a study published in the journal BMJ Open, researchers have devised a simple drawing test that can predict an older man's long-term risk of dying after a stroke. We know that older age and impaired intellectual capacity (cognitive function) before a stroke are linked to higher risks of death and disability afterward. Read more >>

New Cancer Research UK trial will shed light on risks and benefits of sun exposure

Cancer Research UK has launched a trial investigating the health benefits and risks of spending time in the sun. It is hoped the trial will help solve years of controversy surrounding vitamin D, the 'sunshine vitamin', and how much sun is too much. Read more >>

Philips, Tygerberg Hospital in life-saving pilot project for mothers, babies

Royal Philips Electronics, in conjunction with Tygerberg Academic Hospital, has initiated a clinical trial to create a blueprint of Emergency management obstetric care units (EmOC-units) in different levels of hospitals in South Africa and the African region. Read more >>

Ascendis adds fourth acquisition in a year

Ascendis has acquired Chempure, its fourth acquisition in 12 months with a combined deals value of R500m. The transaction will further consolidate the group's position in South Africa's healthcare products market and is in line with its vertical integration strategy to acquire key players in the central parts of the health products value chain. Read more >>

Closing the home & work hygiene loop

Companies place a tremendous emphasis on good hygiene practices at work in order to help reduce the risk of spreading infection among colleagues. That's well and good, says Rika van Rooyen, sales director at Bidvest Steiner, but employees need to acknowledge that the hygiene practices they follow at home have an impact on the workplace too. Read more >>

Fewer circumcisions could cost the US billions

WASHINGTON, US: As debate rages over the ethics of infant circumcision, a study published on Monday said falling rates of the once-routine procedure in the United States could cost billions of dollars in health costs. Read more >>

Nike, sponsors stand by Armstrong after he loses titles

NEW YORK, US: sporting goods giant Nike was one of several sponsors sticking by Lance Armstrong after the US Anti-Doping Agency stripped the cycling legend of his record seven Tour de France titles. Read more >>

Gauteng accelerates spending to meet service delivery obligations

The Gauteng Provincial Government departments have spent R18bn in the first quarter of 2012, the provincial treasury said in its Revenue, Expenditure and Cash Flow Report. "This expenditure amounts to approximately 26% of the 2012/2013 provincial budget of R69.3bn," it said on Monday, adding that R6bn had been spent in the month of June alone. Read more >>