15 July 2015

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Hospitals hold babies ransom, say mothers

Health, Health Systems, Our Health, Women's Health

Mothers allege some Gauteng hospitals are withholding newborn babies from immigrant mums until they can pay for delivering at public hospitals. Others say health care workers have threatened not to treat children unless bills are paid in full. from foreign mums until bills for delivering at public hospitals are paid.

jamesthabo and jamesthabo
July 15, 2015

The bald face of cancer

Health

Men who go bald from the front are more likely to get prostate cancer, according to new research.

wilmastassen
July 15, 2015

Afrikaners may be more likely to carry breast cancer gene

Health, Women's Health

New research has shown that Afrikaans South Africans may be more likely to carry the breast cancer gene that led recently led actress Angelina Jolie to undergo a double mastectomy.

wilmastassen
July 15, 2015

Khayelitsha man makes menstruation his business

Our Health, Women's Health

No girl should have to miss school because of her period, says Khayelitsha resident Karabo Monatisi who has started distributing sanitary pads to schoolgirls in the township.

ZintleTomose
July 15, 2015

Load shedding, winter expected to fuel burn injuries

Health, Our Health

A new, viral social media campaign is encouraging South Africans to “burn for burns” as doctors warn that cold weather and load shedding are likely to prompt a spike in burn injuries this winter.