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Weekly top stories
 Monitoring heart rate patterns can help identify risk and treat people who are dependent on alcohol by predicting their craving levels, researchers at the University of Sydney have shown. Read more >> |
 PRETORIA: The Speech, Language and Hearing Professional Board of the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) has warned the public against purchasing hearing aids or amplifiers directly from retail pharmacies and other non-registered persons. Read more >> |
DNAfit, a South African invention that detects the type of exercise best suited to athletes and fitness fanatics, will be launched on the global market by UK-based Lasarow Healthcare Technologies. Read more >> |
[Helmo Preuss] Two conferences held in Cape Town this week highlighted the fact that about 90% of all trade between countries is shipped by sea. Read more >> |
 The PR Toolbox is helping to create awareness for a road expedition in aid of the Nelson Mandela Children's Hospital in Johannesburg by assisting local couple, Stan and Sally Hannath, in their adventurous road trip, cape2cape4kids, from the northernmost tip of Europe to the southernmost tip of South Africa. Read more >> |
BEIJING, CHINA: International experts probing China's deadly H7N9 bird flu virus said Wednesday, 24 April 2013, it was "one of the most lethal influenza viruses" seen so far and concluded that the likely source of infection was poultry. Read more >> |
 PARIS, FRANCE: Gene analysis of malaria parasites has pinpointed western Cambodia as the hotspot of strains that are dangerously resistant to artemisinin, the frontline drug against the disease, scientists said on Sunday, 28 April 2013. Read more >> |
 Described as the first online mapping tool for tracking insecticide-resistant malaria, IR Mapper was launched in Kenya on 25 April 2013. The interactive website identifies locations in more than 50 malaria-endemic countries where mosquitoes have developed resistance to the insecticides used in bed nets and indoor residual sprays. Read more >> |
[Professor Jacques Snyman] Managed care, typically referred to as a collection of techniques aimed at influencing the clinical behaviour of healthcare providers and patients, often by integrating the payment and delivery of healthcare, is key to the survival of medical schemes, particularly under the auspices of the National Health Insurance (NHI). Read more >> |
OHIO, USA: A new study led by researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC - James) suggests that an unusual experimental drug can reduce breast-cancer aggressiveness, reverse resistance to the drug fulvestrant and perhaps improve the effectiveness of other breast-cancer drugs. Read more >> |
 Researchers at the Yale School of Medicine have figured out how to measure an infant's risk of developing autism by looking for abnormalities in his/her placenta at birth, allowing for earlier diagnosis and treatment for the developmental disorder. The findings are reported in the 25 April 2013 online issue of Biological Psychiatry. Read more >> |
PARIS, FRANCE: Got milk? Too much, say French dairy farmers caught in a pricing squabble with supermarkets while missing out on the Chinese thirst for imported powdered milk. Read more >> |
 Brewery giant SABMiller on Tuesday, 23 April 2013, said Alan Clark will succeed Graham Mackay as chief executive earlier than expected after Mackay was diagnosed with a brain tumour. Read more >> |
[Rowan Forster and Kirsten Dinnes] The decision of the Indian Supreme Court to deny Novartis' application for patent protection for an improved version of its Glivec drug - the culmination of a seven-year battle - has certainly made world headlines and put the spotlight on generic drugs and the practice of evergreening, which could have a significant impact on the local pharmaceutical industry. Read more >> |
 [Zeenat Moorad] Despite constrained consumer spending and relatively low selling price inflation‚ Clicks has strengthened its competitive position and gained market share in all of its core health and beauty markets‚ chief executive David Kneale said on Thursday (25 April). Read more >> |
 Women and Men Against Child Abuse (WMACA) is appealing to the SA Nursing Council (SANC) to recognise forensic nurses and register them. Read more >> |
 [Bhekisisa Mncube] Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has urged society to support him in his bid to stop the advertising of alcoholic beverages. He announced that draft legislation to provide a total ban is to be presented to Parliament this month. Read more >> |
 NEW YORK, USA: Consumer goods company Procter & Gamble reported on Wednesday (24 April) that its quarterly earnings topped market forecasts as its net income rose to US$2.56bn in the third quarter of the year. Read more >> |
More International...
- Durban to host the International AIDS Congress 2016 - more info
Vital Health Foods requires a production pharmacist to oversee production in compliance with pharmaceutical, food and other appropriate legislation as well as quality standards with targeted costs, working capital and service levels. Read more >>Maternal, child and women's health/PMTCT clinical advisor. Stellenbosch University invites applications for the aforementioned position to commence duties 1 July 2013 or as soon as possible thereafter. Read more >>
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Vital Health Foods requires a production pharmacist to oversee production in compliance with pharmaceutical, food and other appropriate legislation as well as quality standards with targeted costs, working capital and service levels. Read more >>Maternal, child and women's health/PMTCT clinical advisor. Stellenbosch University invites applications for the aforementioned position to commence duties 1 July 2013 or as soon as possible thereafter. Read more >>Gauteng jobsWestern Cape jobs
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