HIV/AIDS: Spanish researchers report encouraging results in search for therapeutic HIV vaccine

MADRID, SPAIN: According to a report in BDLive, Spanish researchers claim that they have developed a therapeutic vaccine that can temporarily brake the growth of HIV in infected patients. Read more >>

Top 10 New Year's resolutions for employers

[Johan Botes] Here are some resolutions for 2013 for you that you, as an employer, may well find useful. Get them right now - and avoid any unpleasant surprises during the year. Read more >>

Why dental cover by SA's medical aid schemes are insufficient

The South African Dental Association (SADA) has said in a statement that the actual cover for dentistry by South Africa's Medical Aid Schemes in many instances does not even reimburse the costs of the actual material in dental treatments let alone pay for the professional time of dentists. Read more >>

National Health Insurance scheme needed but systems not clear

A quarterly survey of nearly 1000 medical professionals conducted by PPS showed that 60% of respondents said they agreed with the principles behind government's National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme. However, only 15% said they believe that the current solution being proposed is the correct solution to fix the country's ailing healthcare system. Read more >>

How the common fruit fly is helping scientists to study alcohol-related disorders

Scientists have shown how the common fruit fly Drosophila, which possess similar electrophysiological and pharmacological properties as humans, could now be used to screen and develop new therapies for alcohol-related behavioural disorders and some genetic diseases. Read more >>

Do recession babies grow up to be troubled teens?

According to a report on Yahoo!, kids born during the economic recessions of the 1980s had a higher chance of substance abuse and arrest as teenagers. This is according to what a new study has found, leading researchers to wonder if babies born in recent years could face a similar fate. Read more >>

Cipla won't litigate with Smith via the media

[Tamar Kahn] SA's third biggest generic drug manufacturer Cipla Medpro on Friday (11 January) issued a brief statement saying that it would not litigate via the media despite the "provocative and misleading allegations" made by its former chief executive Jerome Smith. Smith resigned last October‚ on the eve of a disciplinary inquiry against him. Read more >>

Cipla sued by former CEO Jerome Smith

[Tamar Kahn] A multi-million-rand pay dispute triggered the suspension and resignation last year of Cipla Medpro's chief executive, Jerome Smith‚ according to papers he filed in the Labour Court. Read more >>

New Year Revolutions: Taking the fight to self-control

[Chamendran Naidoo] It's a new year, my dear readers. A new year means a new diet, along with the other resolutions that find their way into our resolves with as much certainty as taxes and State of the Nation addresses. Just like the aforementioned annual customs (and in some cases because of them), the promises of the New Year rarely find themselves being followed through. Read more >>

Medical association sends doctors to Limpopo hospital

The SA Medical Association (Sama) said on Tuesday (8 January) it will deploy doctors to the George Masebe Hospital in Limpopo where four babies died of treatable diseases amid on-going staff shortages. Read more >>

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Botched procedure allegedly cripples man

[Lindile Sifile] A Soweto man who has been reduced to crutches after an allegedly botched lumbar puncture at Chris Hani-Baragwanath Hospital three months ago has now turned to the Health Professionals Council of SA for help. Read more >>

Mercury hazards face developing countries

NAIROBI, KENYA: Communities in developing countries are facing increased health and environmental risks linked to mercury exposure, the United Nations Environment Programme said on Thursday (10 January). Read more >>

Binge drinking serious problem for US women: study

WASHINGTON, USA: Binge drinking is an under-recognised problem for US women and nearly 14m engage in it about three times a month, downing about six drinks each time, says a study released on Tuesday (8 January). Read more >>

A mammal lung, in 3D

A research team led by the University of Iowa has created the most detailed, three-dimensional rendering of a mammal lung. Read more >>

Cooking up clean air in Africa

Where there's smoke, there's disease? They're little more than a pile of burning sticks with a stew pot atop them, but these open fires or basic cook stoves have been linked to the premature deaths of 4 million people annually, many of them young children, writes Cheryl Dybas, of the National Science Foundation. Read more >>

Over 1,400 people die in accidents during festive season

Transport Minister Ben Martins has announced that 1,465 people lost their lives on the country's roads during the festive season. The main causes of the road fatalities during the period between 1 December 2012 and 8 January 2013 were drunken driving, excessive speeding, dangerous overtaking, not using seatbelts and unroadworthy vehicles. There were 1,221 fatal accidents recorded during the period. In the 2011/2012 festive season period, 1,475 people died on the country's roads. Read more >>