| 28 May 2013 |
| Medical South Africa |
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Weekly top stories
 | The International Women's Media Foundation, based in Washington DC, is continuing its partnership with South African media outlets to improve coverage of HIV/AIDS pandemic. Read more >> |
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 | [Helen Dodson] There has long been concern that people with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) should not participate in any kind of strenuous sports activity for fear that their devices could fail. But a new Yale study finds that many athletes with ICDs can engage in vigorous and competitive sports without physical injury or failure to stop cardiac arrhythmia, despite ICD shocks that may occur to the heart during athletic activities. Read more >> |
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 | [Sindy Peters] 5 for Change recently held its second annual black tie fundraising event in Cape Town, introducing five social enterprises to many of the city's young professionals. Read more >> |
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 | The long-awaited inquiry into the private health care industry will finally begin in the second half of the year, following the publication of the terms of reference by the competition commission. Read more >> |
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 | A study of around 1,000 UK mothers and their children, published in The Lancet, has revealed that iodine deficiency in pregnancy may have an adverse effect on children's mental development. The research raises concerns that the iodine status of pregnant women is a public-health issue that needs to be addressed. Read more >> |
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 | A Japanese cancer specialist on Wednesday, 22 May 2013, said she has started the world's first clinical trial of a powerful, non-surgical, short-term radiation therapy for breast cancer. Read more >> |
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 | How our bodies break down the common drugs ibuprofen, diclofenac and warfarin is the subject of a new study from the University of Bristol, published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. The research should ultimately help predict how new drugs will be metabolized in the body, potentially helping avoid adverse drug reactions in future. Read more >> |
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 | Seed giant Monsanto should be stopped from "forcing" genetically modified products on South African consumers, say protesters, while the company defends its products as "thoroughly reviewed" and safe. Read more >> |
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 | WASHINGTON, USA: Cockroaches will eat anything. Except sugar, that is. Some of the common pests have evolved to learn how to detect and avoid a certain kind of glucose often used in bait traps, according to research published in the US journal Science on Thursday, 23 May 2013. Read more >> |
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 | SA's graduate professionals felt more confident of the country's prospects in the first quarter of this year‚ according to the latest PPS Graduate Professionals Confidence Index released on Thursday (23 May). Read more >> |
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 | As part of a feature on 'alternative' prosthetic limbs, the June 2103 cover of Popular Mechanics features Latvian-born fashionista and singer-songwriter Viktoria Modesta Moskalova showing off her outrageously blinged prosthetic leg, which she describes as "a fashion item and art project." Read more >> |
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 | PARIS, FRANCE: Scientists said on Tuesday, 21 May 2013, they had managed to kill lab-grown tuberculosis (TB) bacteria with good old Vitamin C, an "unexpected" discovery they hope will lead to better, cheaper drugs. Read more >> |
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 | MAIDUGURI NIGERIA: Balama Mali Gubio lost phone contact with his relatives 10 days ago, like many residents in this region of Nigeria caught between a military offensive and Islamist extremist attacks. Read more >> |
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 | BERLIN, GERMANY: Computer software company SAP said on Tuesday (21 May) it wants to employ hundreds of people with autism as software testers and programmers over the next seven years. Read more >> |
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More International
 | [Bhekisisa Mncube] Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini has urged all South Africans to come together to support National Child Protection Week by wearing a green ribbon, and to report cases of child abuse, neglect and exploitation to social workers and police officers. Read more >> |
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 | [Bhekisisa Mncube] Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has launched an integrated health school policy in partnership with the Departments of Basic Education and Social Development to deal head-on with health problems confronting school-going youth. Read more >> |
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