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An international, collaborative study led by University of Cape Town (UCT) researchers has revealed an unexpected finding that could lead to better therapies towards reducing the HIV reservoir, a major barrier to developing a cure for HIV... read
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Negligence at Gauteng state hospitals has caused damage to over 20,000 patients in the past two-and-a-half years, with R29bn paid out in claims...read
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As the economy bites more consumers are downgrading their medical scheme cover to lower benefit options to cut costs...read
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HIV/AIDS
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CATHERINE MWANGI & JOHN GACHOHI
Heroin is the main drug taken by injection in Kenya. Mostly found and used in Kenya's big cities - Mombasa and Nairobi - it's hard to know just how widespread heroin use is. But estimates range between 18,000 and 33,000 people... Read
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Infectious Diseases
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Uganda is set to immunise more than 18-million children against measles and rubella, which amounts to 43% of the country's population... Read
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Medical Research
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KAROLINE KUCHENBAECKER EVANGELOS VASSOS & ROSEANN PETERSON
Few areas of science have seen such a dramatic development in the last decade as genomics. It is now possible to read the genomes of millions of people in so-called genome-wide association studies... Read
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Mental health
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Worldwide about 10-20% of children and youth experience mental disorders. However, it is often difficult to determine the causes behind these conditions, disorders and diseases... Read
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Nutrition
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ISSUED BY LEAP COMMUNICATIONS
Supplementing with vitamin D may lower the risk of cancer death by 16%, according to new research... Read
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ISSUED BY PROVEN PROBIOTICS
Understanding the gut and knowing how it works to help your body operate daily can save you a lot of stress... Read
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Public Health
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ISSUED BY COHSASA
As better methods for providing safe and efficient health service delivery occupy much of the political debate, it is timely that the world's largest conference on such matters will be in Cape Town from 20 to 23 October... Read
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Tuberculosis
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Until national leaders step up, tuberculosis (TB) remains the single most lethal infectious disease globally, killing some 1.6-million people annually, surpassing even HIV/Aids... Read
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Achieving broadband access for all in Africa comes with a $100 billion price tag... Read
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LAURENT LAMOTHE
Africa has a thriving informal sector, but governments are constrained when it comes to regulating this sector so that it can contribute to the formal economy... Read
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Identity theft is becoming a popular crime... Read
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What started as a simple video clip on Facebook has grown into one of the fastest-growing pages globally on Facebook... Read
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The recent return of load shedding serves as a reminder that every business owner and manager need to factor an unreliable power supply into its business plan... Read
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SINDY PETERS
The University of Stellenbosch Business School recently hosted a special business breakfast addressing the current state of boardroom gender diversity in SA... Read
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