South Africa’s battle of the bulge
Diets have made headlines this year with experts debating what South Africans should or shouldn’t be eating. As National Obesity Week kicks off, experts agree that South Africans need to lose weight.
Wilma Stassen
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MEC advocates for private medical school
South Africa should aim to open a private medical school to address health care needs, said Western Cape MEC for Health Theuns Botha.
Rural health workers honoured
Creativity and an understanding of where your patients come from are key to being a successful rural doctor, says Dr Jenny Nash, who this week was named Rural Doctor of the Year.
Coalition calls for better response to mental health, addiction
Health organisations have launched a new push to address what some have called a “mental health pandemic” fuelled by drug abuse in the country.
New generation falls victim to “dop” system
Earlier this year, Sanna*, a 21-year-old farm worker in the Western Cape's Rawsonville area tried to take her own life. New research unveils why.
Drugs make Grabouw teens feel “happy”
Children as young as 8 years old in the rural Western Cape are using drugs to escape problems like poverty, HIV and domestic violence, according research presented at the Rural Health Conference currently underway in Worcester.
Stark differences in cancer screening for young, old women
While the Department of Health gears up for the next phase of its vaccine campaign to prevent cervical cancer in young girls, older South African women are left with an ineffective screening programme to prevent the killer cancer.
Prof Tim Noakes’ shifting eating advice
Renowned sport scientist and co-author of The Real Meal Revolution book, Professor Tim Noakes has given nutritional advice for decades. Health-e News takes a look back at Noakes’s changing nutritional stance.
Noakes diet particularly dangerous for Afrikaans population
More medical experts are lining up to condemn Professor Tim Noakes’ controversial “low carbohydrates, high fat” (LCHF) diet, which they warn could have grave health consequences.
Opinion: Health fact and fiction
Recently one doctor labelled sports scientist Tim Noakes’ low carbohydrate “banting” diet as “criminal,” leaving many asking whether they stick to the popular diet. Health-e News’ Wilma Stassen says that when in doubt, look to the science.
First lady puts women’s cancer on Zuma’s agenda
South African first lady, Thobeka Madiba-Zuma, admitted to even using “pillow talk” with her influential husband to help women's cancers on national and international agendas.
Heart disease, cancer and diabetes are rising killers
Heart disease, cancer, diabetes and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are steadily killing more and more South Africans, says a new report released yesterday.