| 23 Jul 2013 |
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Weekly top stories
 | Sanlam is offering what it calls "normal" health insurance cover to HIV-positive people. The cover will not be cancelled when HIV-positive people become sick or develop full-blown Aids. Read more >> |
 | [Patience Bambalele] One in three men in South Africa suffer from heart-related conditions, financial management institution Liberty revealed this week. Read more >> |
 | [Andile Makholwa] While government stalls in closing gaps in medical aid benefits, consumers are under pressure from having to take out additional cover. Read more >> |
 | [Mpho Sibanyoni] Sizwe Medical Fund curator Khaya Gobinca has downplayed findings against his conduct by labelling them as "insignificant" after the Council for Medical Schemes found him guilty of negligent behaviour. Read more >> |
 | In a world first, a new Cancer Research UK study will unlock lung cancer's secrets, tracking in real time how lung tumours develop and evolve as patients receive treatment. Read more >> |
 | In a year's time, the 3-D printers at Yale's Center for Engineering Innovation and Design (CEID) have churned out countless parts, prototypes, and curiosity-driven experiments in plastic - rotorheads and racecar uprights, cardiac pump pieces and thermostats, snowmen, keychains, and fantastical geometric shapes. Read more >> |
 | Nano drug crosses blood-brain tumour barrier, targets brain tumour cells and blood vessels. Read more >> |
 | Following reports this morning that Dettol disinfectant liquids are being recalled, Dettol SA has issued a statement saying that the affected product is not manufactured by the company. Read more >> |
 | [Linda Ensor] Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has initiated a far-reaching and fundamental review of SA's tax system which will be undertaken by a team of tax experts led by Judge Dennis Davis. Read more >> |
 | The Drug Watch initiative has led to 7,774 arrests during continued operations in the Gauteng province, the South African Police Service (SAPS) has announced. Read more >> |
 | [Helen Dodson] Yale researchers have identified a common genetic variant that makes people infected with HIV much more susceptible to tuberculosis (TB). The study is published in the online Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Read more >> |
 | [Karen N. Peart] The widespread rejection of estrogen therapy after the 2002 Women's Health Initiative (WHI) study has most likely led to almost 50,000 unnecessary deaths over the last 10 years among women aged 50 to 69 who have had a hysterectomy, Yale School of Medicine researchers reveal in a study published in the July 18 issue of the American Journal of Public Health. Read more >> |
 | WASHINGTON, USA: Television sets injure one child every 30 minutes in America, and the rate of emergency room visits is increasing with the popularity of flat-screen TVs, a study said Monday (22 July). Read more >> |
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