17 Sep 2013 |
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Weekly top stories
Netcare Oncology will be one of the sponsors of a two-day paediatric brain tumour workshop due to be held in November at the University of Cape Town Medical School. The theme of the workshop, organised by the Red Cross Children's Hospital and Groote Schuur Hospital, is "Paediatric Brain Tumours in Low-income Settings". Read more >>
| The third annual 'I am the voice of lymphoma' event was successfully held in Sandton, Johannesburg on 12 September 2013. It was hosted by Roche, in partnership with CHOC, Faces of Hope Foundation, The Sunflower Fund, KZN Lymphoma Support Group, Lymphoma Coalition and Campaigning for Cancer. Read more >> |
| Sycom Property Fund has agreed to sell the Discovery Building in Sandown‚ Sandton‚ to The Truzen 113 Trust for R413.9m‚ it said on Thursday (12 September). Read more >> |
| Researchers have discovered a microbe that stays forever young by rejuvenating every time it reproduces. The findings, published in Current Biology, provide fundamental insights into the mechanisms of aging. Read more >> |
[Bill Hathaway] A study of chimpanzees in Africa has shown that a healthy balance of gut bacteria is disrupted in individuals with SIV - the simian version of HIV - a condition that may contribute to the devastating immune system dysfunction that is the hallmark of AIDs, a new Yale-led study shows. Read more >>
Robotic surgery has come to South Africa after the first revolutionary multi-million-rand system, which undertakes highly complex surgical procedures safer and more cost effectively, arrived in South Africa recently. Read more >>
Most parents would agree that they only want the best for their children, including making sure that they receive access to quality healthcare. As the year progresses, many medical scheme members start feeling the pinch of depleted medical savings and exhausted day-to-day benefits, which ultimately impacts on providing their children with the level of care that they would like. Read more >>
The South African Society for Dermatological Surgery yesterday, 16 September 2013, announced the formation of the Skin Cancer Foundation of South Africa (SCFSA). Read more >>
The health department has made it impossible for the alcohol industry to make input on a proposed ban on alcohol advertising, the industry claims. Read more >>
More Government news
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