Smokers die a decade sooner
Lifelong smokers can expect to die 10 years earlier than non-smokers, according to a recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Drop in child asthma after smoking ban
There was a substantial drop in the number of children admitted to hospital with severe asthma after a new smoking law was introduced in England, according a recent study in the journal Paediatrics.
Still many pitfalls, but impressive progress
Sandile died a few weeks ago. Although he was on antiretroviral medication for HIV, he had started treatment late and his body could not rally the energy to fight the tuberculosis that preyed on his weak immune system.
Smoking linked to bladder cancer
Smoking causes bladder cancer and is more likely to develop into a more aggressive and deadly strain in people who smoke larger quantities.
Government support is key to ending neglected tropical diseases
OPINION: Africa is often the focus of the global development agenda, from HIV/AIDS to economic growth, yet across the continent millions of people are also suffering from a little known group of parasitic and bacterial infections called neglected tropical diseases '€“ or NTDs. By John Kufuor
Smoking kills AIDS patients sooner
HIV-positive patient who access treatment but continue to smoke are more likely to die from tobacco-related disease than the HI-virus, a recent study published in the journal Clinical Infectious Disease indicates.
SA signs WHO treaty against tobacco smuggling
South Africa recently became the first country to sign a new international treaty aimed at combating tobacco smuggling.
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.
Teens support smoking bans
A recent study showed that a large majority (80 percent) of US teenagers thought that smoking shouldn'€™t be allowed at home, indoors, at work, or in cars.
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.
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.
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.