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OPINION:Occupational therapist and student Yolande Riekert spent 6 weeks at the East London CHOC house for children with cancer and their mothers as part of her Masters in Medical Anthropology thesis at UCT. She shares her experiences with health-e.
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The life expectancy of patients receiving antiretroviral therapy in the UK improved significantly between 1996 and 2008, research published in the British Medical Journal shows. Patients who initiated HIV therapy when their CD4 cell count was in the region of 350 cells/mm3 had an average life expectancy of approximately 75 years.
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An important paper and commentary in the journal AIDS sheds more light on the exciting possibilities of safer conception in the presence of HIV.
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A large-scale study of a malaria vaccine is showing early signs of being able to reduce the risk of malaria by more than half. Read the full GAVI statement here.
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A small study of a TB test using urine has shown the potential of simpler, point-of-care tests that are critical if there is any hope of turning the tide on TB.
An expensive gift has cast new shadows over the Kwazulu-Natal (KZN) Department of Health’s controversial decision to purchase and use an unsafe circumcision device called the Tara Klamp.
The training of more doctors, the refurbishment of nursing colleges, the appointment of retired nurses and specialists and the building of more hospitals and medical faculties are some of the plans presented by health minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi.
South Africa tends to focus too much on high performance sport, dismissing the physical education of those children who do not make the top teams at school, according to a South African sport scientist.
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The Conquer Cancer Foundation of ASCO works to achieve a world free of the fear of cancer. ASCO is pleased to announce to you and your membership the 2012 Conquer Cancer Foundation Grants Program. For over 25 years, the Conquer Cancer Foundation Grants Program has awarded over $70 million to deserving researchers.
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The world is at the ‘hot edge’ of developing groundbreaking HIV prevention interventions and on many fronts South Africa is in the thick of things, according to a leading clinical researcher.
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A campaign to boost the low number of black bone marrow donors has been launched in the lead-up to Bandana Day on Wednesday.
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Finding out that one has HIV at an early age can be a huge challenge for many young people, especially when they didn’t think they were at risk of infection. Two university students share their stories.