Smoking linked to breast cancer
New research shows an increased risk for breast cancer among women who smoke, especially those who start smoking before they have their first child.
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4 March 2013
Big prevention blow as women reject one-a-day ARV
The much anticipated pill-a-day HIV prevention tool has been dealt a huge blow after a large scale study ' mostly conducted in South Africa ' found that most women did not adhere and take the one antiretroviral (ARV) drug daily.
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Smoking laws cuts hospital admissions in asthma kids
Smoke-free laws in England have resulted in a significant decrease in hospital admissions for asthma in children age 14 and younger.
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Gauteng: Calls for accountability after death and disability
SECTION27 has called for those politicians and managers who have been overseeing the systematic collapse of the Gauteng state health system to face the wrath of the law. Read the full report and a series of stories here.
Read More » Gauteng: Calls for accountability after death and disability‘Functional’ HIV cure of a child reported
Researchers in the United States today said that they have identified a case of a 'functional' HIV cure in a child infected with HIV who began antiretroviral treatment within days of birth. The child has now been off treatment for over a year, and although HIV DNA has been detected at very low levels in the child's cells, the virus is not reproducing. Read the full report from aidsmap here.
Read More » ‘Functional’ HIV cure of a child reportedGauteng: Causes of the crisis
The contributing factors that caused the crisis were improper budgeting and financial management, poor supply chain management and poor management.
Read More » Gauteng: Causes of the crisisGauteng: ‘A dream gone wrong’
Professor Ashraf Coovadia shakes his head. 'What really grates me is that we have the resources. Yes, we have challenges, but we have the skills, we have the facilities, we have the expertise ' much more than in most of Africa and in certain respects comparable to the developed world'.
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Gauteng: Patient’s five weeks of hell and death
Patient CZ's horror story represents a myriad of breakdowns within the Gauteng health system ranging from stockouts of critical drugs, long delays in investigative and diagnostic procedures and stockouts of basics such as clean linen.
Read More » Gauteng: Patient’s five weeks of hell and deathGauteng: Core areas of service collapse
The report details four core areas in which services were compromised. Read more here.
Read More » Gauteng: Core areas of service collapseGauteng: Helen Joseph and Leratong a disaster
Avoidable deaths occur on a weekly basis at Helen Joseph hospital while Leratong hospital is a tragedy and disaster, a senior doctor said this week.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, the Helen Joseph doctor has agreed to supply an affidavit should SECTION27 pursue a legal avenue.
Read More » Gauteng: Helen Joseph and Leratong a disasterGauteng patient: Five weeks of hell and then death
Patient CZ's horror story represents a myriad of breakdowns within the Gauteng health system ' ranging from stockouts of critical drugs, long delays in investigative and diagnostic procedures and stockouts of basics such as clean linen.
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