Celebrity Professor Tim Noakes popular low-carbohydrate “banting” diet is neither healthier nor better for dropping kilos than a balanced weight-loss diet, according to a Stellenbosch University (SU) study released yesterday.
South Africans consume about ten litres of alcohol per year, drinking nearly a third more than the world average. And when we drink, we drink a lot, say experts.
The Department of Health’s multi-million rand investment in an automated, rapid TB test is being short-changed by slow health systems, said researchers this week.
Shaun Harris is South Africa’s fourth fastest 50m freestyle swimmer and has set his sights on gold at the 2016 Olympics just two years after beating cancer.
As the globe marks World No-Tobacco Day today, experts say it is time for South Africa to hike up tobacco taxes to save lives.
Doctors have cured a woman with advanced blood cancer by injecting her with the measles virus, the US non-profit Mayo Clinic recently announced.
More South Africans are dying from heart disease, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases than ever before, according to a new report.
South Africa’s multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) treatment regimen may be fuelling the rise of MDR-TB as a recent study suggests that many patients are already resistant to at least three of its standard drugs.
If South Africa is going to successfully implement National Health Insurance (NHI), South Africans are going to have to put down the salt, says Deputy Minister of Health Dr Gwen Ramokgopa.
Today, the departments of health and basic education have launched a campaign to vaccinate girls nine years and older against cervical cancer but some wonder if the country is not missing the other 50 percent.
In the run-up to the election, the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) launched a People’s Health Manifesto Friday asking politicians and parties to make their stances known on key health issues..
Whether it is rising cigarette prices or tightening smoking regulations, more people are turning to electronic cigarettes to kick the habit but the debate about e-cigarettes' safety and efficacy rages.
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