Hair-straightening products could pose serious health risk – UCT study

PRESS RELEASE: Dangerous concentrations of formaldehyde found in seven brands sold in SA.
PRESS RELEASE: Dangerous concentrations of formaldehyde found in seven brands sold in SA.
Health-e is one of 20 African news organisations to have been shortlisted as a finalist for US$ 1 million in funding to tell innovative, multi-media stories about health in Africa as part of the African Story Challenge.
GENEVA, 5 December 2013—The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) is greatly saddened by the death of South Africa’s former President, Nelson Mandela, one of Africa’s greatest leaders and a passionate advocate for people living with HIV.
PRESS RELEASE: The statement by statistician-general Pali Lehohla that unhappiness is the leading cause of hypertension is not only inaccurate; it creates a dangerous illusion for South Africans.
Interested in expanding your horizons as a doctor? Work in rural South Africa. Watch this video to see what it is like to work in a rural hospital.
MEDIA RELEASE: Edinburgh, Scotland / 29 May 2013 – This year’s World No Tobacco Day theme focuses on the need to ban tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship – or TAPS – as tobacco control advocates refer to it.  The International Union…