Chemo OK during pregnancy
Chemotherapy in pregnant women does not harm the unborn baby, according to new research by Leuven Catholic University in Belgium.
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Controversy over lung cancer treatment
Post-operative radiation treatment may not extend the lives of elderly lung cancer patients, according to a new study published in the journal Cancer.
Bara warning bells sounded long ago
Chris Hani Baragwanath (CHB) doctors had issued a warning in December last year already that the suboptimal staffing levels at the hospital were dangerous and endangering the lives of mothers and children.
MDR-TB trials could make a tangible difference for children
A team from Stellenbosch University'€™s Desmond Tutu TB Centre will be monitoring 200 children at the Brooklyn Chest Hospital in Cape Town over the next five years in a potentially groundbreaking trial. By Kim Cloete.
Smokers neglect oral health
Smokers are more likely to develop oral health problems such as mouth cancers, gum disease and cavities, according to new research by the US Centres of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Seeking justice for HIV-positive journalist Living with AIDS # 502
Human rights and civil society groups will picket the Qatari news network, Al Jazeera, next week to call for the reinstatement of a South African journalist who was thrown out of Qatar after it was found that he has HIV.
Foster care for kids after brutal attacks
Thandi* put her two children into foster care this week, finally acknowledging that she could not manage alone as a young, unemployed, single mother.
Huge lab and drug challenges in Gauteng
JOHANNESBURG - Gauteng'€™s public health service has run out of essential lifesaving drugs and its laboratory services are about to collapse.
Police finally arrest child rape suspect
Police arrested the man suspected of raping and slitting the throat of a seven-year-old girl yesterday, following a report in The Star.
HPV vaccination recommended for boys
Last week health officials in the United States urged all boys age 11 to 12 to get a routine vaccination against the human papillomavirus (HPV) '€“ a common sexually transmitted disease linked to various cancers.
Smoking tough on men’€™s brains
Male smokers suffer more rapid decline in brain function as they age than women and non-smoking men, new research published in the Archives of General Psychiatry suggests. Smokers'€™ cognition is said to decline at the same rate as a non-smoker 10 years older than themselves.
Child raped and left for dead, but police do nothing
Zandile*, a slender seven-year-old, was raped and almost killed in her family'€™s shack in Katlehong on the night of 20 November '€“ allegedly by her mother'€™s ex-boyfriend. After raping her, the man slit her throat in front of her five-year-old brother and left her bleeding and struggling to breathe.
Bara crisis as newborns die
There has been an increase in newborn baby deaths and newborns with brain damage at Chris Hani Baragwanath (CHB) Hospital'€™s labour ward since November, including two avoidable stillbirths, as a staffing crisis linked to non-payment of nursing agencies hit the academic hospital.
Immunise your child today
In a bid to avoid illnesses and child deaths that could easily be prevented, the national Health Department launched a campaign this week to immunise children so that they are protected against infection. Ayanda Mkwanazi, of Health-e News Service, went to two Johannesburg clinics to see how the campaign kicked off.
Smoking raises psoriasis risk
Smokers have an increased risk of developing psoriasis, according to new research published in the American Journal of Epidemiology.