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| [Karen N. Peart] Researchers at Yale School of Medicine and their colleagues have uncovered a new pathway to help treat perinatal brain injuries. This research could also lead to treatments for traumatic brain injuries and neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. read more>>
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| Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a silent killer that is still prevalent in developing countries. A new study by the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR), which uses Sandoz-donated, life-saving penicillin, aims to address RHD among children in Zambia, with the ultimate goal of eliminating this disease. read more>> | | |
 | Philips has installed a high-tech medical training simulation lab on the UJ's premises during a stopover in Johannesburg on its fifth consecutive pan-African Cairo to Cape Town roadshow. read more>> | | |
| Professor David Salant, Professor of Medicine and Chief of Nephrology at Boston University Medical Center, will present the annual AJ Orenstein Memorial Lecture on 15 September 2014 at 6pm at the Adler Museum of Medicine, Wits Medical School, Parktown. read more>> | | |
 | Neil Kirby There is rising concern as to the safeguarding of healthcare information, following the hacking of medical data of 4.5 million healthcare patients in the US, made possible by the Heartbleed bug. read more>> | | |
 | Bill Hathaway The promise of embryonic stem cell research has been thwarted by an inability to answer a simple question: How do you know a good stem cell from a bad one? read more>> | | |
| As a specialised mental healthcare provider of numerous private psychiatric facilities in South Africa, Akeso Specialised Psychiatric Clinics has launched a psychiatric intervention response unit to come to the rescue of South Africans caught in the grip of a potentially life-threatening psychological emergency, who need immediate help and containment. read more>> | |
|  | In almost every sector, big data has been shown to offer unlimited opportunities - healthcare, manufacturing, retail and of course, banking... read more>> | |  | With an ageing lecturing workforce at higher education institutions, President Jacob Zuma says there is a need to make academia more exciting for South Africa's youth. read more>> | | | More Government news | |
| Alexkor RMC currently seeks to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced occupational medical practitioner (OMP). Applications close: 17 September 2014 Read more >>
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