Saving Newborns
JOHANNESBURG '€“ Experts from around the globe are gathering this week to address the preventable and unnecessary deaths of newborns, which accounts for almost half of all deaths among children under five.
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Tobacco addiction may be in your genes
People who struggle to quit smoking may be genetically predisposed to the habit, according to new research published in the American Medical Association journal JAMA-Psychiatry.
Roadmap to tackle newborn deaths
JOHANNESBURG '€“ Each year, about three million of the 7.7-million children who die before reaching their fifth birthday are newborns who do not survive their first four weeks of life. This situation has led to the top health agencies and child experts meeting in South Africa to formulate what will become the Global Newborn Action Plan.
Court action looming over ECape tent clinic
Media Release: Activists are threatening court action unless the Eastern Cape health department urgently address the dire situation at Village Clinic in Lusikisiki. The busy clinic has been operating from tents after it was evicted from the building.
Fewer South Africans dying of HIV/AIDS, but more of diabetes
Government'€™s annual death report has confirmed the trend that fewer South Africans have been dying of HIV/AIDS-related diseases. However, more people are dying of non-communicable diseases such as diabetes.
Tobacco display ban helped smokers quit
One in four young people in the United Kingdom who gave up smoking last year said the ban on tobacco product displays in shops helped them to kick the habit, a survey revealed.
Smokers’€™ bones take longer to heal
Smokers'€™ broken bones take longer to heal than that of non-smokers, according to new research.
Regulating alcohol to public health
Regulating alcohol outlet density, or the number of physical locations in which alcoholic beverages are available for purchase in a geographic area, is an effective strategy for reducing excessive alcohol consumption and associated harms.
Early-morning smoking more risky
Smokers who light up as soon as they wake up in the morning are more likely to develop lung and oral cancer than other smokers, a new study, published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention reveals.
Smoking may harm kidney function in adolescents
PRESS RELEASE: Exposure to tobacco smoke could negatively impact adolescent kidney function, this is according to a new study led by a team of researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Johns Hopkins Children's Centre.
Combating TB in Msukaligwa
Sesifuba TB hospital in the Msukaligwa Municipality is recording successes in the fight against tuberculosis despite some challenges.
UCT researchers contribute to key finding to help fight TB
MEDIA RELEASE: A team at the University of Cape Town has led research to pinpoint the transporter of vitamin B12 in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB).
MSF closes Johannesburg inner-city project
MEDIA RELEASE: Johannesburg, 4 April 2013 '€“ A good five years after the medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) opened an emergency intervention for Zimbabwean migrants in Johannesburg'€™s inner-city, the project closed at the end of March 2013.
Madiba’s neighbours are worst off
One of South Africa'€™s poorest districts and home to former President Nelson Mandela has scored bottom of the class when it comes to the delivery of health care services.
Bill imminent on alcohol ads restrictions
A Bill restricting alcohol advertising is likely to be presented to Cabinet next week, Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi announced last night.