Free State clinic manager celebrates 20 years in nursing profession
Bethlehem. - Lindi Twala, manager of the Bohlokong Clinic in Bethlehem, in the Free State, recently celebrates 20 years in the nursing profession.
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Babies can be born free of mom’€™s HIV
OR Tambo. '€“ Many challenges prevent pregnant women from accessing Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) services despite a strong HIV management programme in the area.
SA TB patients need newly approved drug
The first new tuberculosis (TB) treatment in 50 years was recently approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), strengthens efforts to make the drug available in South Africa.
Living positively with HIV
Lusikisiki '€“ Nontlahla Boyizi, a 20-year-old woman from Ngobozana Village in the Eastern Cape, was shocked when she recently received the news that she was HIV positive.
Quitting smoking ‘reduces anxiety’
New research found that people who successfully quit smoking experience less anxiety. Although it is generally thought that smoking relieves stress.
EU seeks to restrict tobacco branding
The European Union (EU) recently proposed drastic restrictions on tobacco branding.
MCC continues to deny critical DR-TB drug
South Africa'€™s Medicines Control Council (MCC) is set to continue denying compassionate use or pre-approval access to a TB drug that for many drug resistant patients remain their last hope.
One disease, two lives
A drug offering a last resort for many patients with extensively drug resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) remains unavailable to desperately ill South Africans as the country'€™s drug regulatory body continues to delay compassionate access. Health-e News Service tells the story of two young South Africans, one who managed to beat the system and accessBedaquiline, the other coming up against a brick wall and fast running out of options to save her life. By Anso Thom, Health-e News Service
Radio unit to close in 2013
It is with great sadness that Health-e's Board and management have decided to close our Radio Unit in 2013.
Even light smoking ups heart risk in women
Even smoking just one cigarette a day increases a woman'€™s risk of sudden cardiac death, according to a new study in the journal Circulation: Arrhythmia & Electrophysiology.
Doctors should talk to youth about dangers of smoking
Doctors should talk to school-aged children and teens about the consequences of smoking and how to avoid pressure to start using cigarettes, new guidelines from the US Preventive Services Task Force recommend.
TB: Success in prisons court case
Today the Constitutional Court delivered a judgment upholding an appeal against a decision of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA), which overturned the decision of the Western Cape High Court (High Court) in an action for delictual damages.
ConCourt allows prisoner to claim against state in landmark TB case
Ex-Pollsmoor prisoner Dudley Lee's claim against the Department of Correctional Services after he got TB in prison, was upheld on appeal. Below is a summary of the judgement.
2011 National Antenatal HIV & Syphilis Prevalence Survey released
The 2011 National Antenatal HIV & Syphilis Prevalence Survey has been released. Read the report here.
Male circumcision takes off in Pmb
Umgungundlovu - The Medical Male Circumcision campaign launched in December 2009 by His Majesty King Zwelithini took an impressive turn few months ago when Imbalenhle Clinic embarked on a campaign to educate, inform and perform circumcisions in partnership with local counselors, traditional organisers, school principals and the community at large.