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| [Karen N. Peart] Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have uncovered a molecular process in the brain known to control eating that transforms white fat into brown fat. read more>>
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 | Neil Kirby The Competition Commission has commenced with its market inquiry into the private healthcare sector in South Africa. The next step in the administrative timetable is for parties, referred to as stakeholders, to make written submissions to the panel before 31 October 2014. read more>> | | |
 | Influenza viruses mutate annually, making it difficult to produce vaccines that induce antibodies capable of recognizing the changing proteins on the surface of the flu virus and conferring long-term immunity. read more>> | |  | Bill Hathaway In a new study appearing in the 9 October 2014 issue of the journal Cell, Yale researchers Brant Webster, Patrick Lusk, and colleagues describe a key quality control mechanism that protects new cells from inheriting defective NPCs. [video] read more>> | |  | The University of Cape Town's 102-year-old School of Medicine, the oldest in the country, has been named the best institution of its kind in Africa in the world university rankings compiled by The Times of London's higher education supplement. read more>> | |  | Friday, 10 October is World Mental Health Day and its theme for 2014 is 'Living with schizophrenia', which focuses on living a healthy life with schizophrenia. International and local researchers at the University of Pretoria are involved in identifying genes that may affect brain development and function in schizophrenia. read more>> | | |
 | The Association for Dietetics in South Africa (ADSA) is hosting a Twitter Talk on Wednesday 15 October 2014 to round off National Nutrition Week and focus on World Food Day. It emphasises the two extremes that are a daily occurrence in South Africa - obesity vs hunger. read more>> | | |
 | As Bone Marrow Stem Cell Donation and Leukaemia Awareness Months draw to a close on 15 October 2014, the Sunflower Fund, a non-profit organisation based in Cape Town, says there is a serious need for more bone marrow stem cell transplant donors in South Africa. read more>> | | |
 | Global Holdings Botswana, part of Imperial, has purchased a controlling interest in Fine Pharmaceuticals, a Botswana based pharmaceutical wholesaler. read more>> | | |
 | Issued by UCT Graduate School of Business In a first for Africa, Groote Schuur Hospital is launching an innovation programme to catalyse a new approach to improving public healthcare... read more>> | | |  | LOS ANGELES, USA: A newly-wed US woman with terminal cancer has announced plans online to end her life on 1 November to die with dignity and without debilitating pain. read more>> | |  | WASHINGTON, USA: Really high speed Internet connections are likely open up new kinds of communication such as "telepresence" and improve services such as remote health care, a survey of experts has shown. read more>> | | | More International | |
|  | The Medical University of South Africa or Medunsa will, from next year, become part of the newly instituted Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University (SMU). read more>> | |  | More Matshediso The Liberian Ambassador to South Africa, Lois Brutus, says various non-governmental organisations and governments from all over the world have been supporting efforts to fight the diseases since Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) broke out in West Africa. read more>> | |  | The Dube TradePort in Durban is an Industrial Development Zone (IDZ), joining three other similar economic zones spread out across the country. read more>> | | | More Government news | |
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