It has been 30 years since South Africa altered the Tuberculosis (TB) treatment guidelines, however the a recent change holds the promise of curing more drug resistant (DR) TB cases and a reduction in infections.

Electronic cigarettes are harmful to the lungs, new research has shown.

Water pipe smoking, also known as hubbly bubbly, causes as many respiratory problems as cigarette smoking, according to a new study published in the journal Respirology.

MEDIA RELEASE: PRETORIA, 31 August 2012 ‘€“ A new policy-orientated web portal on children’€™s rights called Policy Action Network, or PAN: Children, was announced during a panel discussion on children this morning. The portal is a partnership between the United Nations Children’€™s Fund (UNICEF) and the Human Sciences Research Council’€™s (HSRC).

Breast cancer is more likely to reoccur in overweight women and they are more likely to die of it, according to a new study published in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society.

Heads of states from Southern African have signed a declaration to tackle TB in the mining sector, that should see ex-miners and their families being followed up for treatment.

Tension between the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) and the KwaZulu-Natal health department over the use of a plastic device to circumcise men heightened yesterday following a departmental press conference at which the TAC was described as ignorant and mischievous.

A compound that has the potential to cure malaria in a single dose has been discovered by researchers from the Universityof Cape Town (UCT).

The economic and social burden of cancer is expected to increase dramatically if governments do not take action now.

The United States Court of Appeals has barred the US government from ordering tobacco companies to put large graphic health warnings on cigarette packages.