| 11 Jun 2013 |
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Weekly top stories
 Researchers reveal malaria's deadly grip Scratching the surface: why skin allergies make us itch New acquisition for Ascendis Health Rooibos supports liver function - study Bringing down healthcare costs with generics
Ascendis Health has acquired Nimue Skin Technology and Scientific Sports Nutrition (SSN) for R120 million, bringing its total investments to R700 million over the past year. It plans to acquire more companies and list on the JSE by late 2013. The company already employs over 350 people nationally and has an annual revenue of more than R1 billion. Read more >> | Healthcart.co.za, described as South Africa's first independent online store offering a full range of non-prescription pharmacy products, has gone live. Read more >> |
Every year National Epilepsy Week is celebrated to raise awareness about epilepsy. Even though it is the most common neurological condition in the world, it is still very much misunderstood. This year, National Epilepsy Week will be celebrated from 17 - 23 June and include a "Cupcake Challenge". Read more >>[Dr Anban Pillay] The National Association of Generic Manufacturers (NAPM) maintains that its members could play a bigger role in reducing the costs of medicines in hospitals. This is in response to the call to the Competition Commission to include the pharmaceutical sector in its investigation into the costs of private healthcare, by two of the larger hospital groups, Netcare and Mediclinic. Read more >>
[Issued by COHSASA] The Council for Health Service Accreditation (COHSASA) has issued its latest accreditation awards to healthcare facilities in Africa, including the King Faisal Hospital in Kigali, Rwanda. Read more >> visit press office >>
Discovery of how parasite sticks to blood vessels could lead to new means to combat malaria. Read more >>A recent study at the Oxidative Stress Research Centre, Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), has proven the ability of rooibos to improve liver function and protect the liver against oxidative damage. Read more >>[Helen Dodson] A Yale-led team of researchers has identified the protein that controls inflammation and the urge to itch in people who suffer from contact dermatitis due to exposure to poison ivy and other allergens. The study appears in the Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. Read more >> Moderate coffee drinking prevents Type 2 diabetes, cancerA new report has revealed that studies have linked moderate coffee drinking, three or four cups a day, with a reduction in the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, basal cell carcinoma (the most common skin cancer), prostate cancer, oral cancer and breast cancer recurrence. Source: The Times via I-Net Bridge | Many a child has been admonished for not eating their food with the words "...there are children starving in Ethiopia..." usually to little or no avail. Read more >> |
Doctors use 3D printer, particles to save baby's lifeDoctors saved the life of a baby boy by using plastic particles and a 3D laser printer to create an airway splint in the latest example of advancement from the field of regenerative medicine. Doctors in Michigan implanted the artificial airway splints in a child who had never been able to breathe properly. Source: The Times via I-Net Bridge | WASHINGTON, USA: GlaxoSmithKline's controversial diabetes drug Avandia, restricted in the US and banned in Europe over concerns it raises heart attack risk, is getting a second look this week by US medical experts. Read more >> |
 | ROME, ITALY: The UN's food agency on Tuesday (4 June) said obesity and poor nutrition weigh heavily on the global economy and told governments that investing in food health would bring big economic as well as social returns. Read more >> |
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