Avoiding tick bite fever

Tick bite fever is still considered a risk in the Free State, Northern Cape, Eastern Cape and Kruger National Park and travellers should take precautions against contracting the disease. The more common occurrence is that of spotted fever rickettsiosis, otherwise known as tick bite fever, but there have been two cases of Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) reported recently in Bloemfontein. Read more >>

Guard against heat exhaustion during high temperatures

"Given the current heat wave experienced in many parts of the country, it is important to exercise due caution when outdoors," says Dr Nontobeko Sonjica, an emergency medical practitioner at Netcare St Anne's Hospital. Read more >>

[2013 trends] A virtuous cycle - appscriptions, augmented, apocalypses and other apt trends

[Gisele Wertheim Aymes] The world is more interdependent and interconnected than ever before. Technology is ensuring the free flow of ideas, information and energy; creative co-operation and influence; and is bringing change across the globe that is happening at an unprecedented and accelerated rate. Read more >>

[2013 trends] Media and advertising regulation in 2013

[Gail Schimmel] So here we are in 2013 - the Mayan trend predictions for 2012 having spectacularly failed to materialise, leaving some of us with hangovers and debt that we had secretly hoped would be wiped clean in a Mayan-flavoured apocalypse. Now is the time for us to look into our crystal balls, and see if we can get our predictions for media and advertising regulation a bit more spot-on than the poor Mayans did. Read more >>

Midmar Mile offers opportunity for cancer awareness sponsors

The annual endurance swim, the aQuelle Midmar Mile, will offer PinkDrive and its newly launched male campaign MBTM (More Balls Than Most) a platform to raise funds for cancer awareness projects. Read more >>

Metabolic Surgery Workshop features Professor Francesco Rubino

The third Metabolic Surgery Workshop, being held in Johannesburg 1-2 February 2013, features Professor Francesco Rubino, associate professor of surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, US, as the keynote speaker. Read more >>

Brimstone will keep investing in healthcare

[Phakamisa Ndzamela] Investment company Brimstone said talk of a pricing commission to regulate the charges of private healthcare would not dissuade it from investing in the sector. Read more >>

Drug companies disappointed by low price rise

[Tamar Kahn] Pharmaceutical companies will be allowed to hike their private sector prices by a maximum of 5.8% this year‚ the Department of Health announced on Tuesday (22 January) - a move that is likely to disappoint the local manufacturing industry. Read more >>

Self-medication improves health, cuts medical costs

With over 100 000 non-prescription or over-the-counter (OTC) medicines and self-care knowledge readily available, cash-strapped South Africans needn't compromise their health simply because they cannot afford a doctor consultation or prescription medicine. Read more >>

[2013 trends] Tracking and training

[Chamendran Naidoo] As we gaily simulate horse-riding while singing in Korean, the eyes of judgment fall upon us for clinging to the relics of yesteryear. Don't allow yourself to get caught doing last years' exercises or wearing scrubs that are "Soooo 2012", oh my readers. This year, you're going to be ahead of the curve and I'm going to help you do just that. Presenting the health trends of 2013... Read more >>

HASA commends appointment of hospital CEOs

The Hospital Association of South Africa (HASA) has welcomed the Department of Health's appointment of 102 new CEOs to the country's public hospitals as part of government's strategy to improve the quality of healthcare delivery. Read more >>

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AHP's work reaches millions of South Africans

[Issued by AHP - Africa Health Placements] Together with the Department of Health and the Health Professions Council of South Africa, AHP has since 2005 sourced, recruited and placed more than 2 500 foreign-qualified and local healthcare professionals at rural and underserved healthcare facilities in southern Africa. Read more >>  visit press office >>

'Pink' tyre fund raises R258,000

Apollo Tyres South Africa and Dunlop Zones countrywide 'pinked up' their stores during October 2012, as part of the Breast Cancer awareness project. Dunlop handed over a cheque for R258,000 late last year to the Breast Health Foundation. Read more >>

Mozambique floods leave thousands destitute

CHIAQUELANE, MOZAMBIQUE: Tens of thousands of Mozambicans are stranded without food and water after floods swept through the south of the country last week, sparking a large-scale humanitarian crisis. Read more >>

Does anyone use health apps?

WASHINGTON, USA: US consumers are being offered a cornucopia of smartphone apps to track or manage health but only a small number of people are using them, according to a survey released recently. Read more >>

Fat people more likely to die in a car accident

PARIS, FRANCE: Obese people face a much higher risk - of up to 80% - of dying in a car accident compared with people of normal weight, researchers reported on Monday (21 January). Read more >>

The business of corporate social responsibility

Ever since the dawn of the industrial age, debate has raged over whether or not companies carry a responsibility solely to make profit, or whether they have a responsibility to the society from which they generate a profit. As a company in the gaming industry, Tsogo Sun is mandated by our bid commitments to give back to society and the communities in which we operate, but I believe there is much to be said for 'doing good while doing good business', writes Noëleen Bruton*. Read more >>