What’s driving cancer in South Africa
On World Cancer Day, Health-e News gives you an overview of what is driving cancer in South Africa, and how to reduce your risk.
Wilma Stassen
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Fracking could endanger Karoo water
The Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) has added its voice to the fracking debate, arguing that fracking could dump cancer-causing chemicals into the drinking water of Karoo communities where fracking is proposed.
Cutting the cost to conceive
For couples who can’t conceive naturally, in vitro fertilisation (IVF) can cost ten of thousands of rands but that may be changing.
Local experts wary of early cervical cancer jab successes
Local experts are cautiously optimistic about last year’s cervical cancer vaccine roll-out after Australian authorities announced that vaccine is already showing positive results seven years after it was introduced in the country.
Separating cancer fact from fiction
We’ve been told that everything from baby bottles to Brazilian Blowouts can cause cancer. Now, Health-e News separates cancer fact from fiction.
Unusual suspects: What science says causes cancer
From coffee to antiperspirant, everyday items are increasingly under scrutiny about whether they could cause cancer. Our Wilma Stassen reviews the evidence.
Overweight South Africans at higher risk of cancer
Emerging evidence indicates that being overweight increases your risk of cancer and decreases your chance of surviving it.
World body addresses prostate cancer test problems
New international guidelines released yesterday aim to address problems around prostate cancer screening.
Exercise helps fight breast cancer
Women with breast cancer who do exercise, even at moderate levels, have a lower risk of death, according to research presented yesterday at the 2014 World Cancer Congress in Melbourne, Australia.
Cancer likely to increase as people with HIV live longer
People with HIV are at higher risk of developing cancer and with more than six million people living with HIV in the country, South Africa faces the threat of an HIV-related cancer epidemic.
Can diet reverse diabetes?
Anecdotes of people claiming to have reduced or gone off diabetes medication altogether after cutting out carbohydrates have seen fad diets cash in on claims of “reversing diabetes”.
You’re never too young for a stroke
More people in their 20s and 30s are suffering strokes, which can affect even children and babies, warns the Heart and Stroke Foundation (HSF).