An effective, economic approach to South Africa's HIV epidemic

[Michael Greenwood] A portfolio of interventions used together could dramatically reduce HIV incidence in South Africa, home to the largest epidemic in the world, a new study by Yale researchers has found. The study appears in this month's issue of the Journal of General Internal Medicine. Read more >>

Russian toddler contracts HIV from transfusion

SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA: Doctors in Russia accidentally infected a 16-month-old girl with HIV while giving her a blood transfusion, prosecutors said Monday, 15 April 2013, launching a check into the case. Read more >>

South African entrepreneur named Yale World Fellow

[Issued by AHP - Africa Health Placements] Saul Kornik, Co-founder and CEO of Africa Health Placements, a company focused on delivering healthcare to disenfranchised communities, has been named a 2013 Yale World Fellow, as announced by Yale University President, Richard C. Levin. Read more >>  visit press office >>

H7N9 vaccine may take months: US agency

SHANGHAI, CHINA: Developing a vaccine for the H7N9 strain of bird flu that has killed 10 people in eastern China could take "many months", US public health experts have said. Read more >>

Arrhythmia drug may increase cancer risk: study

WASHINGTON, USA: A common treatment for irregular heartbeats may have a serious side effect: a new study out Tuesday showed it could increase the risk for certain cancers, especially among men. Read more >>

Further potential insight into the complex neuropathology of Down's syndrome

Researchers at the University of Bristol have revealed new insight into the function of a key protein attributed to impaired learning and memory in Down's syndrome. The findings, published online in Nature Cell Biology, offer further molecular insight into how the reduced level of this key protein termed 'sorting nexin-27' [SNX27] may contribute to learning and memory problems associated with Down's syndrome. Read more >>

Supermarkets named, shamed over meat

Popular supermarkets including Pick n Pay, Shoprite, Fruit and Veg City, Woolworths and Spar have been identified as stocking incorrectly labelled meat products, City Press reported on Sunday. Read more >>

Slap chips with dagga mayonnaise

THE HAGUE, THE NETHERLANDS: A chain of Dutch chip shops is offering cannabis mayonnaise on their fries, but the resulting snack will not give you the munchies or make you high. Read more >>

DPP medicines still sold in Australia

[Tamar Kahn] The Australian medicines regulator has been forced to let generic drug giant Aspen Pharmacare continue selling painkillers containing the controversial ingredient dextropropoxyphene (DPP)‚ a development that local rival Adcock Ingram says could strengthen its bid to get its once highly lucrative versions back on the market in SA. Read more >>

Report: TB remains the country's biggest killer

Tuberculosis is still the nation's number one cause of death, accounting for 12% of the deaths that occurred in 2010. Read more >>

TB in Free State a concern

Thousands of people are suffering from tuberculosis in Free State and the authorities are concerned because TB is a manageable disease in South Africa. Read more >>

North West ready to roll out fixed dose ARVs

The North West health Department says about 315 provincial health facilities are ready to roll out the new Fixed Dose Combination (FDC) pill to HIV positive patients. Read more >>