Cancer under the covers
After the bouts of radiation and chemotherapy are over, many cancer survivors are left to face the illness' often unspoken sexual side effects in the bedroom.
Wilma Stassen
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South Africa gears up to tackle cancer, non-communicable diseases
For years, HIV and tuberculosis have dominated South Africa’s health care programmes but the country is looking to pay more attention to cancer and other non-communicable diseases (NDCs) with the introduction of a new national plan.
Cancer groups threaten legal action against Gauteng Department of Health
As hundreds of cancer patients wait months for treatment in Gauteng hospitals, at least one patient group has threatened to take the province to court.
Africa’s health could go up in smoke
While regulation and taxation have halved South African smoking rates in the past 20 years, rates in the rest of Africa are rising steadily.
‘Cigarette displays aimed at children’
Draft regulations to limit in-store tobacco displays are drawing heat but are key to cutting childhood smoking rates, says one expert.
Cigarette firm pulls ‘racist’ monkey ads, but branding stays
A South Korean tobacco company is pulling an advertising campaign depicting African tobacco farmers as monkeys after complaints of racism. However, similar imaging on the cigarette packs will remain.
Daughter gives mom strength to keep fighting
When single mum Colleen Arumugam was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer, her young daughter became her rock.
Proposed tobacco regulations more than “smoke and mirrors”
Health-e journalist Wilma Stassen responds to a recent News24 column and argues science backs proposed regulations curbing the amount of tobacco you see at the tills.
Smoking during pregnancy may cause bipolar disorder
Children of mothers who smoked during pregnancy may be at an increased risk for developing bipolar disorder, a new study suggests.
Leading medical journal refuses to publish studies backed by tobacco firms
Publishers of the British Medical Journal (BMJ) and related publications have joined others in boycotting research funded by the tobacco industry.
Even light smokers more than twice as likely to die
Smoking even ten cigarettes a day can increase your risk of death, according to a recent study that reveals smoking is even deadlier than previously thought.
Breast cancer survivor on taking control of cancer
When Johannesburg’s Chantal Oosthuizen found a lump in her breast her idyllic life took an unexpected turn.