MEDIA RELEASE: Edinburgh, Scotland / 29 May 2013 – This year’s World No Tobacco Day theme focuses on the need to ban tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship – or TAPS – as tobacco control advocates refer to it.  The International Union…
Rotary Clubs of Klerksdorp and Orkney, together with the Department of Health, took part in a nationwide campaign to take free services to people of Jouberton, near Klerksdorp in the North West over the weekend.
Dilopye village is situated in a remote area in the north-western region of the city of Tshwane, Hammanskraal, which is one of the National Health Insurance pilot sites with an estimated population of 35 000 people. Many of these are unemployed and depend on social assistance grants.
Winter is the time initiation schools run and in the Eastern Cape it is a time of worry for many because of the health risks involved.
Women who smoke during pregnancy increase the risk of obesity and gestational diabetes in their daughters, according to research published in the journal Diabetologia.
Smokers and people who are regularly exposed to second-hand smoke are generally more forgetful than people with no tobacco exposure, according to a recent article in the journal Addiction based on a small study.
Heart attacks dropped by a third in one Minnesota county in the United States after two smoke-free workplace regulations were implemented, a recent study shows.
People entering or exiting a building will soon not have to traverse a cloud of cigarette smoke where smokers often congregating for their tobacco fix.
Non-smokers should give hotels that allow smoking in certain rooms a wide berth and instead choose completely smoke free hotels, suggests a new study published in the British Medical Journal.
New research has shown that cigarette smoking among students may lead to marijuana use.
The Department of Health and Social Development in Limpopo is collaborating with the Zimbabwean government to curb cholera outbreaks in both countries.
Eight people have been initiated into the new Fixed Dose Combination of ARV treatment at the Magwa Clinic. The new treatment uses one pill, which combines emtricitabine, TDF and efavirenz.
Tobacco experts recently voiced their concern about the rising prevalence of smoking in the developing world, especially Latin America, which puts these populations at risk of being overwhelmed by a burgeoning cancer epidemic.
PRESS RELEASE: Worldwide, tobacco use kills about six million people per year, and most of the deaths are in Asia.
Women are advised not to smoke during pregnancy as it can harm the baby's lungs and lead to problems such as wheezing and asthma. But if a pregnant woman can't quit smoking, taking vitamin C may help protect their baby's lungs, new research, presented at the Paediatric Academic Societies' annual meeting, suggests.
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