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Smokers’€™ broken bones take longer to heal than that of non-smokers, according to new research.
Regulating alcohol outlet density, or the number of physical locations in which alcoholic beverages are available for purchase in a geographic area, is an effective strategy for reducing excessive alcohol consumption and associated harms.
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Smokers who light up as soon as they wake up in the morning are more likely to develop lung and oral cancer than other smokers, a new study, published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention reveals.
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PRESS RELEASE: Exposure to tobacco smoke could negatively impact adolescent kidney function, this is according to a new study led by a team of researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Johns Hopkins Children’s Centre.
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MEDIA RELEASE: As of this month (April), some public sector AIDS patients will start to take simplified ARV treatment of just one pill a day to manage their infection. The South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) welcomes this change in treatment protocols by the Department of Health.
Sesifuba TB hospital in the Msukaligwa Municipality is recording successes in the fight against tuberculosis despite some challenges.
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MEDIA RELEASE: A team at the University of Cape Town has led research to pinpoint the transporter of vitamin B12 in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB).
MEDIA RELEASE: BRUSSELS ‘€“ The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria announced a goal of raising US$15 billion so that it can effectively support countries in fighting these three infectious diseases in the 2014-2016 period.
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MEDIA RELEASE: Johannesburg, 4 April 2013 ‘€“ A good five years after the medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) opened an emergency intervention for Zimbabwean migrants in Johannesburg’€™s inner-city, the project closed at the end of March 2013.
Turning the huge public health service ‘€˜ship’€™ around to get it ready for the National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme is both complicated and slow
One of South Africa’€™s poorest districts and home to former President Nelson Mandela has scored bottom of the class when it comes to the delivery of health care services.
A Bill restricting alcohol advertising is likely to be presented to Cabinet next week, Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi announced last night.