| 14 May 2013 |
| Medical | South Africa |
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Weekly top stories
According to a recent report by the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA), South Africa has the world's fourth highest asthma death rate among five to 35 year olds. Of the estimated 3.9 million South Africans with asthma, 1.5% die of this condition annually. Read more >> |
 | The Gogo Trust, which officially registered in January 2010, is now in its fourth year of operations. The trust continues on its mission to spread warmth and happiness by commissioning senior women ('gogos') in townships to knit woolly beanies for corporates and charities in South Africa. Read more >> |
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 | Since 2004, the Women's Hope Education and Training (WHEAT) Trust has mobilised '1000 Women to Unite against Domestic Violence' in Cape Town in response to South Africa's escalating violence and abuse against women. Read more >> |
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 | The finalists in the fifth Discovery Health Journalism Awards will discover who has won in the various categories on 29 May 2013 at the awards ceremony. Read more >> |
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 | ROME, ITALY: Beetles, caterpillars and wasps could supplement diets around the world as an environmentally friendly food source if only Western consumers could get over their "disgust", the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said on Monday, 13 May 2013. Read more >> |
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International Nurses' Day, celebrated on 12 May, acknowledges nurses and their significant contribution to our communities. The third annual Florence Nightingale Awards for Excellence in Nursing is a Bio-Oil initiative that aims to elevate the tireless, often unrecognised work being done by South Africa's nurses. Read more >> |
 | In March, The Times reported that corrupt doctors, pharmacists, physiotherapists, radiologists and pathologists were ripping off medical schemes to the extent of about R22bn a year. The sector disputes the figure, saying correct estimates point to half that amount. Read more >> |
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 | The Board of Trustees of the Government Employees Medical Scheme (GEMS) announced the appointment of Dr Gunvant ('Guni') Goolab as principal officer today, 10 May 2013. He will join the Scheme on 1 August. Read more >> |
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 | Omron Healthcare has entered into distribution agreements with HiTech Therapy and Patient Focus Africa in a move to expand its operations and deliver increased consumer value in South Africa. Read more >> |
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Advances in genetic research are providing pregnant women with new ways of ensuring they have the nutritional balance they need for the development of their unborn child. "By knowing their own unique DNA profile, women who are pregnant or who are planning to fall pregnant are able to find out if they need to adjust their nutrient intake to improve their own health and the development of the foetus," says Helen de Beer, a dietician with DNAlysis Biotechnology, a South African-based molecular biotechnology company. Read more >> |
 | Over 20 million people in Europe suffer from osteoarthritis which can lead to extensive damage to the knee and hip cartilage. Stem cells offer a promising way forward but a key challenge has been to design a 'smart material' that is biologically effective for cartilage tissue regeneration. Now researchers have identified a blend of naturally occurring fibres such as cellulose and silk that makes progress towards affordable and effective cell-based therapy for cartilage repair a step closer. Read more >> |
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 | Only by becoming an organ donor can customers shop at The Exchange, a fashion boutique opened by Native at Cavendish Square in Cape Town on Friday 10 May 2013. Described as the world's first cashless fashion boutique, it is stocked with clothing and accessories from more than 25 of South Africa's top designers. Read more >> |
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 | Morné Steenkamp has been appointed country manager of Allergan South Africa, a subsidiary of US-based Allergan Inc., a global multi-speciality health care company with portfolios in eye care, neurosciences, medical dermatology, medical aesthetics and breast prostheses. Read more >> |
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GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has announced a new commitment to the GAVI Alliance to supply its cervical cancer vaccine as part of a new long term programme to help protect girls against cervical cancer in the world's poorest countries. To start the program and over the next two years, GSK will supply doses of Cervarix (Human Papillomavirus vaccine [Types 16, 18] (Recombinant, adjuvanted, adsorbed)) to four new GAVI demonstration projects at US$4.60 per dose. Read more >> |
 | SHANGHAI CHINA: Sales of fast food KFC in China slumped an estimated 36% in April, according to parent Yum! Brands, as consumers shunned chicken due to the H7N9 bird flu outbreak in humans. Read more >> |
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