About a million children develop tuberculosis (TB) annually around the world and when they do, they are often forced to try to take tiny handfuls of adult-sized tablets for months. Now, local researchers are looking at ways to make TB treatment for kids shorter and easier.
The approval of patents related to a breast cancer drug has allegedly given pharmaceutical giant Roche a near monopoly on a life-saving. When the price of life may be as much as R500,000, your bank balance may be a matter of life and death.
Over a million Gauteng residents are exposed daily to high levels of uranium with some areas in the West Rand exceeding that of disaster zones from Chernobyl, site of the 1986 Ukrainian nuclear disaster.
As doctors increasingly using genetic tests to predict future health, some might not like what they find gazing into science’s new crystal ball.
Truth or hoax – Tim Noakes has convinced thousands of people to follow his low-carb, high-fat diet, but do the central pillars of his diet stand up to scientific scrutiny?
New research has shown that fiery Health Minister Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi may have been just what the doctor ordered for South Africans’ health.
Rheumatic heart disease week is marked from 4 to 10 August. Read about one boy's battle with this disease.
Two distinctly South African teas have been fingered for their potential to treat two of the country’s biggest cancer killers.
Rooibos, honeybush and garlic may protect against cancer, which is set to increase massively in South Africa in the next 15 years
Men who go bald from the front are more likely to get prostate cancer, according to new research.
New research has shown that Afrikaans South Africans may be more likely to carry the breast cancer gene that led recently led actress Angelina Jolie to undergo a double mastectomy.
The greater availability of food, rather than our sedentary lifestyles, are responsible for our expanding waistlines, says a new report.
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