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South Africa’€™s drug regulatory authority is placing unreasonable hurdles in the way of desperately ill and dying patients with drug-resistant TB (DR TB), stopping them from accessing a new drug that offers their only hope.
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Newborns that have been exposed to nicotine from mothers who smoke or who were exposed to secondhand smoke show poor physiological, sensory, motor and attention responses, according to a recent study published in the journal Early Human Development.
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South African red and white wine is good for the heart. So drink up, says scientists, it’€™s cheap medicine.
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Cancer kills more than seven million people a year throughout the world. This is more than HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria combined, and African countries – which carry a large part of the burden – are the least able of all developing countries to cope with the challenges it presents, says a consortium of international cancer organisations.
New research suggests that certain antiretroviral treatment (ART) may increase a person’€™s risk for heart disease, yet scientists believe that its benefits still far outweigh the harm caused by any of its side effects.
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Cancer is no longer just a disease of western nations with ageing populations, it afflicts the young and the old alike, and is now clearly a rising concern in the poorest countries on earth, who stand to lose millions of lives unless action is taken.
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Around 200-million children, including many in South Africa, fail to meet their full developmental potential because of the debilitating impact of poverty ‘€“ contributing to a cycle where poor countries remain poor.
Some spaza shop owners in Khayelitsha are selling Department of Health (DoH) formula milk that is marked “Not for resale”. This milk is supposed to be given free to HIV-positive mothers to give to their babies instead of breast milk. By Mary-Jane Matsolo, GroundUp
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Men considering fatherhood should steer away from nicotine ‘€“ and not only in cigarettes, but nicotine-replacement products, such as gum or patches should also be avoided.
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PRESS RELEASE: Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis heads to the Indian Supreme Court today in New Delhi, in a final bid to undermine a key public health safeguard in Indian patent law specifically designed to prevent drug companies from abusive patenting practices which keep medicine prices high.
Most teenage girls in South Africa start having sex to prove their love to their boyfriends. This is according to new research presented by Neloufar Khan from the Department of Social Development at the Carnegie III conference which took place in Cape Town last week.
The issues surrounding universal health coverage ‘€“ how an adequate standard of health care can be provided to all people ‘€“ have never been more controversial or politically relevant than now. Globally, paying for medical expenses out of pocket is still the dominant method of meeting health care costs, and WHO estimates published in 2010 suggest that more than a billion people cannot use the health services they need, either because they are not available, or because they cannot afford to use them.