Most teenage girls in South Africa start having sex to prove their love to their boyfriends. This is according to new research presented by Neloufar Khan from the Department of Social Development at the Carnegie III conference which took place in Cape Town last week.
PRESS RELEASE: Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis heads to the Indian Supreme Court today in New Delhi, in a final bid to undermine a key public health safeguard in Indian patent law specifically designed to prevent drug companies from abusive patenting practices which keep medicine prices high.
Men considering fatherhood should steer away from nicotine '€“ and not only in cigarettes, but nicotine-replacement products, such as gum or patches should also be avoided.
Many South Africans are too poor to access free healthcare provided by the state, mostly due to the cost of transport.
Infection with the human papillomavirus (HPV) '€“ which is the most common cause of cervical cancer '€“ also increases a person'€™s risk for contracting HIV.
Water pipe smoking, also known as hubbly bubbly, causes as many respiratory problems as cigarette smoking, according to a new study published in the journal Respirology.
Electronic cigarettes are harmful to the lungs, new research has shown.
It has been 30 years since South Africa altered the Tuberculosis (TB) treatment guidelines, however the a recent change holds the promise of curing more drug resistant (DR) TB cases and a reduction in infections.
HIV positive men in South Africa are presenting much later for treatment than women and are much more likely to die than HIV-positive women who are receiving similar treatment, an international study has revealed.
MEDIA RELEASE: PRETORIA, 31 August 2012 '€“ A new policy-orientated web portal on children'€™s rights called Policy Action Network, or PAN: Children, was announced during a panel discussion on children this morning. The portal is a partnership between the United Nations Children'€™s Fund (UNICEF) and the Human Sciences Research Council'€™s (HSRC).
Researchers find 6.7% of drug-resistant tuberculosis patients have a form of the disease that may take years to treat. Sarah Boseley, health editor guardian.co.uk.
In South Africa, 310 pregnant women out of every 100 000 die annually as a result of poor care during pregnancy. This is one of the worst maternal mortality rates in the world. But these deaths can be avoided.
Breast cancer is more likely to reoccur in overweight women and they are more likely to die of it, according to a new study published in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society.
Heads of states from Southern African have signed a declaration to tackle TB in the mining sector, that should see ex-miners and their families being followed up for treatment.
Tension between the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) and the KwaZulu-Natal health department over the use of a plastic device to circumcise men heightened yesterday following a departmental press conference at which the TAC was described as ignorant and mischievous.
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