While anti-retroviral drugs for mineworkers remain out of reach, most mines have well-developed HIV/AIDS strategies.

Laboratory rats deprived of sleep die within two to three weeks. A lack of sleep in humans makes us less productive and more accident prone. Kerry Cullinan takes a look at what researchers do and don'€™t know about getting a good night'€™s sleep. Next time your partner kicks you in his sleep, be tolerant. He may have "restless leg syndrome" '€“ one of a range of problems causing sleep disorders.

Health workers and AIDS activists have applauded the Pretoria High Court decision which instructs government to extend their mother-to-child HIV transmission prevention programme throughout the country. In this editorial, Kerry Cullinan welcomes the judgment.

A lack of treatment and care options, excessive workloads and defence against self-traumatisation are some of the reasons why doctors at Red Cross Children's Hospital do not form close bonds with their AIDS patients.