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Smoking tobacco, using a hubbly bubbly pipe and smoking dagga (marijuana), puts young people at high risk of developing oral- and oro-pharyngeal cancers. This message was highlighted by the South African Dental Association (SADA) at a press briefing in Cape Town this week.
Rural hospitals in South Africa are facing a serious doctor shortage in 2012 as a result of delays in registering foreign qualified doctors and the failure to place community service doctors in underserved hospitals.
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Quitting smoking doesn’€™t just benefit your physical health, it’€™s also good for your mental wellbeing.
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A substantial number of lung and colorectal cancer patients continue to smoke after being diagnosed with cancer, according to a new report published in CANCER.
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New research has shed light on how the cholesterol-lowering drug, statins, may fight the development of breast cancer in some women.
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Aspirin should be evaluated for its ability to prevent the development of cervical cancer in HIV-infected women, says a new international report.
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A new study has mapped the path from smoking to emphysema in mice. Showing for the first time that this debilitating lung disease is caused by a specific immune response to tobacco, and not from long-term smoke exposure.
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A small study has found a possible link between a chemical commonly used in deodorants, and breast cancer.
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Recently there has been broad media coverage worldwide about so-called totally drug-resistant TB. WHO has now released a Q and A on this issue.
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New research has linked a common gene to a number of reproductive cancers, and the finding may lead to new approaches to treatment.
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Tighter regulations around smoking have South African workers heading out of their office buildings in order comply with the country’€™s Tobacco Products Control Act.
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