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.
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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.
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.
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.
US Surgeon General slams youth smoking
In her latest report, the US Surgeon General Regina Benjamin, raised serious concerns over the influence that tobacco companies'€™ advertising campaigns may have on young people.
Don’€™t ignore that gut feeling: colorectal cancer in the spotlight
Former president and Nobel laureate FW de Klerk, had a close brush with cancer in 2006 and is lending his support to Be Cancer Aware as they launch a campaign to increase public awareness of colorectal cancer.
2011: Big Tobacco profits while millions die
In 2010, the tobacco industry made US$6 000 in profit for each death caused by the products they sell. This is according to The Tobacco Atlas, Fourth Edition, and its companion website TobaccoAtlas.org, which were recently unveiled by the American Cancer Society and World Lung Foundation at the 15th World Conference on Tobacco OR Health.
‘€˜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.
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.
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.
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.
Miracle railway clinic spreads its wings
Thousands more people from disadvantaged backgrounds will benefit from the second Phelophepa train, which reaches into communities where health care is hard to access.
TB vaccine receives Gates boost
Bill and Melinda Gates gave the search for a TB vaccine a massive boost this week making available U$220 million over the next five years.
HIV case load begs for better TB diagnostics Living with AIDS # 507
Early diagnosis of Tuberculosis in people who have HIV is a challenge to the health system. Yet, this is crucial as TB has proven to be a significant cause of illness and death in people who have HIV.