Cape Town has taken gold and top spot in the inaugural Vitality Fittest City Index. Announced by Discovery yesterday (SUBS: THURS), the Index rates each of South Africa’s six major metropolitan areas according to physical activity-related health and infrastructure. Johannesburg,…
Children are being used to grow tobacco and the practice is thriving in the Asia Pacific region. This is according to a new report, launched today (June 12) to coincide with World Day Against Child Labour. The Report on Child…
A Thailand trial has shown that a daily dose of the antiretroviral (ARV) drug Tenofovir reduces HIV incidence by almost half among injecting drug users and even further if they adhere to the regimen. The latest results complete the picture…
OPINION: Illegal cigarettes often make headlines in South Africa – a cigarette stash is either seized at the border or is being destroyed, or another smuggler is appearing in court. Unlike illicit drugs, you don’t need to meet a dodgy…