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Weekly top stories
 | Dr Rebecca Hodes presents research on HIV treatment for teenagers to international audience in Malaysia. Read more >> |
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 | Cape Town paramedics are being robbed at gunpoint by criminals who attack them while they work to try and save lives. Read more >> |
First aid could be the single most important thing you ever learn Read more >>
Tuesday, 2 July 2013, saw the opening of the first National Forensic Services Conference, hosted by the South African Police Service (SAPS) Forensic Services and organised by Litha Communications at the CSIR Conference Centre in Pretoria. Read more >>
Described by Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi as a 'tsunami', non-communicable diseases (NCDs) pose a growing threat to the health and welfare of South Africans. Read more >>
 | A 60-year-old man spent 156 days on a hospital ventilator at a cost to the Discovery Health of more than R3.5m and a 70-year-old patient's use of assisted-breathing machines cost the scheme R3.2m for 118 days of treatment. Read more >> |
 | COLUMBUS, US: A study led by researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Centre - Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC - James) has identified an abnormal metabolic pathway that drives cancer-cell growth in a particular glioblastoma subtype. The finding might lead to new therapies for a subset of patients with glioblastoma, the most common and lethal form of brain cancer. Read more >> |
[Bill Hathaway] Thousands of sequences that control genes are active in the developing human limb and may have driven the evolution of the human hand and foot, a comparative genomics study led by Yale School of Medicine researchers has found. Read more >>
 | A specific brain disruption is present both in individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia and those with bipolar disorder, adding to evidence that many mental illnesses have biological similarities. Read more >> |
WASHINGTON, US: Patients searching for health-related information on the Internet may find their privacy threatened, said a research letter published in a major US medical journal on Monday. Read more >>
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