BLOG: An out-of-body experience
Our rural doctor takes a break from blogging about banting to relive the heartache and trauma of coming face-to-face with infant mortality in rural South Africa.
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Beating hypertension, fighting high food prices
A stoke left her half paralysed and unable to speak properly but ten months later, Elsie Malaza is determined to walk the road to recovery.
BLOG: With enough butter, anything is good
Health-e's resident rural health blogger checks in as she starts her Banting Challenge: Can she do the latest high fat, low carb diet on a rural family's average food budget?
Report: The Lancet’s Every Newborn series
Released by the medical journal, The Lancet, the "Every Newborn" series examines the largest risks to mothers and newborns across the world - and what could be done to save 3 million lives annually.
Can this man save E. Cape’s OR Tambo District?
OR Tambo is one of the country’s worst performing health districts. A new man has taken the reigns as district manager and hopes his track record of transforming Khayelitsha can help him turn OR Tambo around.
Doctors cure cancer with measles
Doctors have cured a woman with advanced blood cancer by injecting her with the measles virus, the US non-profit Mayo Clinic recently announced.
BLOG: Banting on a Budget
Can rural households afford the latest high fat, low carb fad diet? One community service doctor challenges herself to bant on a budget.
Temporary clinic leaves patients soggy
More than a year after poor conditions at Lusikisiki’s beleaguered Village Clinic thrust it into national headlines, problems continue to plague the clinic.
Health workers volunteer for health
More than 500 North West patients received health check-ups during the Klerksdorp Rotary Club's recent annual family health event.
New birth control hits mark with Mpumalanga women
South Africa’s first under-the-skin birth control implant is leading some Mpumalanga women to trade traditional birth control shots for the three-year implants.
Two men accused of raping boy
The parents of a 17-year-old boy have laid rape charges against two KaMsogwaba residents.
Report: Global status report on alcohol and health 2014
Produced by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the report confirms high levels of alcohol abuse but also positive policy moves spearheaded by the government's Inter-Ministerial Committee.
Father chooses children over drugs
For Hammanskraal’s Lebohang Mosupa, excitement used to come from his latest hit of nyaope. Now, the father of two is finding a much better kind of “fix” – family.
Weighing up circumcision options
Choosing the best circumcision option for your son can be a tough decision for parents, especially if tradition says that initiation schools are the way to go.
Anonymous messages spread vaccine myths
North West parents have allegedly received anonymous messages warning them not to vaccinate their daughters against the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). Health officials have once again assured the public of the vaccine’s safety.