OurHealth: ‘Exercise keeps me young’
Story by Thamsanqa Majola, OurHealth Citizen Journalist reporting from Bethlehem in the Free State.
15 October 2012
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OurHealth: Counsellors demoralised by working conditions
Story by Mishack Mahlangu, the OurHealth Citizen Journalist reporting from the Tshwane district in Gauteng.
Quiting improves lung cancer survival
Lung cancer patients who quit smoking longer than a year before being diagnosed have better survival outcomes than patients who continue to smoke. This is according to a new study published in the journal Cancer.
170 million years of healthy life lost due to cancer in 2008
The first detailed study to estimate the global impact of cancer has revealed that nearly 170 million years of healthy life were lost in 2008 because of the disease.
OurHealth: Patients injured in hospital bus accident
Story by Thandeka Vinjwa, OurHealth Citizen Journalist reporting from the OR Tambo district in the Eastern Cape.
Surviving arthritis
About seven million South Africans suffer from some form of arthritis, with roughly three percent having a systemic and inflammatory form which affects more than the joints. This week, Health-e News Service visited Matilda Nkosi, a rheumatoid arthritis sufferer.
Gauteng discusses future of lay counsellors Living with AIDS # 537
The Gauteng Health Department held talks with lay HIV counsellors and other community health workers this week to discuss options of managing and incorporating them into the health system. Currently, they are employed through various non-governmental organisations and are not recognised as employees of the department.