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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.