Cancer diagnosis no death sentence
'Your results came back positive ' you have breast cancer. When would you like to have the mastectomy done?'
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Indian cancer statistics, a model to be followed
Researchers were able to estimate how many people died from cancer in India in 2010 by using a novel method of projecting cancer deaths based on patterns of cancer mortality in a 2000-2003 sample of households.
Coping with MDR TB
There is only one way to get well after being diagnosed with Multi-Drug Resistant (MDR) TB. It is to stay positive and to adhere to taking the prescribed treatment, says Siphamandla Nkukayi, an in-patient at Sizwe Hospital. Ayanda Mkhwanazi of Health-e News Service paid him a visit.
SANAC fires staff
Just days before the new National Strategic Plan (NSP) on HIV and AIDS, TB and STIs is due to be implemented on the 1st of April, the entire staff of the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) has been fired, leaving no one in the SANAC Secretariat to deliver on the plan.
Bringing sexy into HIV Living with AIDS 509
HIV is mostly a sexually transmitted infection, yet many people shy away from expressing sexuality or speaking openly about the very fact and act that may result in HIV infection. But that could change if Phindile Sithole-Spong, a young Johannesburg-based woman has her way.
The Hidden Epidemic
Despite being a major childhood killer, the plight of children with Tuberculosis has largely been ignored.
Gauteng employs new measures to fight TB
The Gauteng Health Department says decentralising TB treatment will help address the number of treatment defaulters the province currently has.
Breast cancer recurrence higher in obese
Breast cancer patients who are overweight or obese are at an increased risk for recurrence of the disease, according to a new study.
Trying to prevent more Thabo Mwales
With only one lung as a result of tuberculosis, Thabo Mwale is a man on a mission. He wants to protect others from going through the same experience he did.
2nd-hand smoke more dangerous than thought
New research has shown that second-hand smoke is even more dangerous than previously thought. A team of researchers led by Dr AK Rajasekaran of the Nemours Centre for Childhood Cancer Research found that a key protein involved in cell function and regulation is stopped hampered by a substance present in cigarette smoke.
TB: Miners hardest hit
Musa Ernest Nkoko is a 52-year old ex-miner with multi-drug resistant (MDR) tuberculosis. He lives in KaShoba in the Lubombo region of Swaziland with his wife and five children aged between 9 and 27 years. Co-infected with HIV, Nkoko says he has been on treatment for MDR-TB for the last four years. The disease has diminished Nkoko's lung capacity and rendered him too weak to do any work, and he and his family relies on his wife's income as a part time cleaner.
Big tobacco sues Australian government over cigarette packaging
The world is watching the stand-off between the Australian government and big tobacco over plain packaging with great interest. Late last year the Australian government passed a new law that will remove all branding from tobacco-product packaging, but big tobacco don't want to budge and is now taking the Australian government to court over the new law.
TB: The forgotten children
The little girl squirms and tries to break free from the adults pinning her down, her terrified eyes as wide as saucers and her screams muffled by the tube they are trying to thread down her throat.
‘This TB has changed my life’
Eighteen years after contracting tuberculosis, Thabo Mwale still suffers from the damage caused by the infection as he now has only one functional lung.
NSP to strengthen prevention among youth Living with AIDS # 508
The new National Strategic Plan on HIV/AIDS, which comes into effect on April 1st, will prioritise young girls and women in its HIV prevention efforts. The Plan will also resuscitate the school-based HIV testing campaign, whose introduction fell flat on its face last year.