New hope for tackling TB in the community
The results of a seven-year-long study into TB in the Western Cape and Zambia shows how home visits by counsellors can dramatically reduce TB prevalence. By Kim Cloete.
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‘Moms, be the change you want to see in your nanny’
Finding the perfect child-minder for your child can be an exhausting as well as a frightening experience. What should a mother know about her nanny? Well, we get some tips in this report.
Expanding medical male circumcision Living with AIDS # 494
Six new additional centres offering medical male circumcision services will open in the provinces of KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and Gauteng as from next January until the end of 2012.
The Lancet: Times for zero death from tuberculosis
TB and HIV activists have called for a major overhaul of the bodies responsible for turning the TB epidemic tide.
Arthritis in children
Children from as young as below the age of 16 can also develop arthritis '€“ a disease of the joints that is commonly known to affect adults. But with early diagnosis and appropriate treatment, young joints can be nursed back to good strength and health.
Figuring business’€™s contribution to HCT Living with AIDS # 493
Official figures show that the business sector conducted far fewer HIV tests than it aimed to during the national HIV Counselling and Testing (HCT) campaign. But business leaders say this is so only as a result of companies under-reporting the results of their individual campaigns.
New promise of a malaria vaccine
A large-scale study of a malaria vaccine is showing early signs of being able to reduce the risk of malaria by more than half. Read the full GAVI statement here.
Life expectancy on HIV treatment improving
The life expectancy of patients receiving antiretroviral therapy in the UK improved significantly between 1996 and 2008, research published in the British Medical Journal shows. Patients who initiated HIV therapy when their CD4 cell count was in the region of 350 cells/mm3 had an average life expectancy of approximately 75 years.
What I learnt in a Cancer Ward
OPINION:Occupational therapist and student Yolande Riekert spent 6 weeks at the East London CHOC house for children with cancer and their mothers as part of her Masters in Medical Anthropology thesis at UCT. She shares her experiences with health-e.
A doctor’€™s passion to fighting breast cancer
Dr Carol Benn, a breast surgeon at Johannesburg'€™s Milpark Hospital, is passionate about fighting breast cancer. She spoke with Ayanda Mkwanazi, of Health-e News Service.
People who are like you can help you Living with AIDS # 492
In last week'€™s Living with AIDS feature, we heard from two university students how HIV can affect the youth. This week, we hear how joining a support group of similar people could unlock the lonely and fearful world that young people suddenly find themselves in upon discovering that they have HIV.
The king, the car and the clamp
An expensive gift has cast new shadows over the Kwazulu-Natal (KZN) Department of Health's controversial decision to purchase and use an unsafe circumcision device called the Tara Klamp.
Cancer Research grant opportunity
The Conquer Cancer Foundation of ASCO works to achieve a world free of the fear of cancer. ASCO is pleased to announce to you and your membership the 2012 Conquer Cancer Foundation Grants Program. For over 25 years, the Conquer Cancer Foundation Grants Program has awarded over $70 million to deserving researchers.
Obesity a ticking time bomb
South Africa tends to focus too much on high performance sport, dismissing the physical education of those children who do not make the top teams at school, according to a South African sport scientist.
Details on SA’s human resources strategy
The training of more doctors, the refurbishment of nursing colleges, the appointment of retired nurses and specialists and the building of more hospitals and medical faculties are some of the plans presented by health minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi.