Second-hand smoke linked to early heart disease
Exposure to second-hand smoke increases a person'€™s risk of developing early signs a heart disease.
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Breast cancer in HIV-positive women
"Shame about her cancer stopped my sister from asking for help sooner," a Khayalitsha woman, Monica, told the audience at a talk at the 17th Reach to Recovery International Breast Cancer Support Conference currently underway in Cape Town.
Breast cancer screening useless in absence of treatment
CAPE TOWN '€“ Late presentation by breast cancer patients in Africa remains the biggest challenge to reducing death rates, however if there is no accessible treatment there is no use in screening for cancer, experts told a meeting in Cape Town today.
1 000 days to reach TB MDGs
MEDIA RELEASE: Mbabane, Swaziland '€“ Health leaders from Africa and international agencies gathered in Swaziland today to launch a fresh offensive against tuberculosis (TB), including TB among people living with HIV.
Wits launches Institute for Malaria
MEDIA RELEASE: The University of the Witwatersrand has announced the formation of the Wits Research Institute for Malaria, (WRIM), strengthening research into one of Africa'€™s deadliest diseases.
The Lancet to launch open access global health journal
MEDIA RELEASE: The Lancet, the world's leading independent family of general medical and specialty journals, today announces the forthcoming launch of a new title, The Lancet Global Health.
Smokers take note: current and future tobacco regulation
Tobacco legislation in South Africa is constantly changing, and ignorant smokers may find themselves on the wrong side of the law with fines of up to R100 000. Here's what smokers should know, and new changes thay can expect in future.
No need for swine flu panic ‘€“ SA scientists
South African scientists have dismissed predictions of a possible public health emergency following reports from Australia that a small number of swine flu patients were resistant to the first-line treatment, Tamiflu.
Govt praised for tobacco control efforts
The South African Government isn'€™t often praised for their health care efforts, however, one thing that they did do right was to take a firm stance against tobacco early on, according to an international health expert.
Despite weight gain, quitting smoking reduces risk of heart disease
Quitting smoking was associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease in adults without diabetes, despite subsequent weight gain, according to a new study in JAMA.
Motsoaledi targets tobacco, liquor industries
Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, who has been reigning in the use tobacco products with strict legislation, has now also set his sights on the liquor industry.
Big Tobacco targets developing world
Teenagers who cannot afford a pack of cigarettes sustain the habit by buying cigarettes one at a time.
Nyaope: an addict’€™s story
TSHWANE. - Daniel Vilakazi is a 19-year-old from Soshanguve where he lives in Block TT with his parents. He is also a recovering drug addict who was until recently a regular user of a concoction called nyaope.
Govt departments without electricity
LUSIKISIKI. '€“ Five governmental departments in this Eastern Cape village have been without electricity for weeks. The district offices for the Departments of Education, Health, Social Development, Traffic and the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) have been unable to provide services to communities here because their electricity was cut.
Limpopo pre-schooler bitten by snake
VHEMBE. '€“ Requests to the Department of Education to upgrade facilities at the Mafukani pre-school have fallen on deaf ears, and have eventually resulted in a four-year-old nearly losing her life after being bitten by a snake in the sub-standard toilet facilities at the school.