Challenge to cigarette advertising ban fails
The Constitutional Court has denied British American Tobacco South Africa (BATSA) permission to appeal a court ban on advertising among and recruiting young people to the deadly habit.
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Report reveals ‘€˜horror’€™ of tobacco farming
Tobacco farming is harmful to the environment and to the farm workers with multinational tobacco companies contributing to the problem by exploiting local farmers, new research has revealed.
Chemo can also cause more cancer
Chemotherapy, used to treat cancer, can damage healthy cells causing them to secrete a protein that sustains tumour growth and resistance to further treatment, according to a study published in the journal Nature Medicine.
Depression could shorten cancer survival
Cancer patients with symptoms of depression have shorter survival times than those showing no sign of depression, according to a new study published in the journal PLoS ONE.
Stem cells blamed for cancer re-growth
New evidence proving the existence of cancer stem cells may bring an end to the long-standing debate in the scientific community about how tumours grow.
Progress in reducing mother to child transmission
: Great progress has been made in reducing early mother to child transmission of HIV in the country. A study by the Medical Research Council (MRC) shows that the national HIV mother to child transmission rate was approximately two point seven percent in 2011.
Communication key to behaviour change Living with AIDS # 526
Communication through media and from person to person is vital to influence behaviour change that is useful for HIV prevention, according to research.
‘Epstein is wrong about South Africa’s AIDS response’
A South African AIDS activist and two of the country's top HIV doctors have tackled a well-respected journalist and author regarding what they believe are a number of errors regarding the country's epidemic and the benefits of ARVs. By Nathan Geffen, Francois Venter and Francesca Conradie
All fired up over ban on smoking
A number of roleplayers have made their voices heard since the publication of the new smoking regulations that will ban all indoor smoking in public places and restrict smoking in public outdoor areas.
Quality of life for dying patients
Simple human values may be as important for dying cancer patients as the latest medical treatment.
International AIDS Conference hears how drugs, sex and HIV interlock
Two sessions at the 19th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) in Washington looked at the way injecting drug use, recreational drug use and unsafe sex interlock to multiply HIV risk, and how new outbreaks of injecting drug use continue to spawn localised HIV epidemics. Read more here.
Catching children before they fall
What is desperately needed are the drugs that will keep HIV-positive children alive from birth to the age of three. By Stephen Lewis
South African study finds most women disclose HIV status to family, but far fewer to sexual partners
A study of HIV-positive people in the high-prevalence area of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa shows that a high proportion of people disclosed their HIV status to family members, generally immediately after diagnosis, but fewer disclosed their HIV status to partners.Findings from the study were reported at the 19th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012)in Washington.
Support for new smoking regulations
A number of public health organisations yesterday (Wednesday) came out in support of the new smoking regulations proposed by the Ministry of Health.
How lack of funding affects AIDS programmes Living with AIDS # 525
New United Nations data shows great gains in AIDS treatment coverage, but countries most affected by the AIDS epidemic continue to struggle to place enough people on treatment, mainly due to cuts in donor funding.