Western medicine and traditional healers have long been at odds with one another about how to treat HIV/AIDS. But in the Umgungundlovu district, which has the highest HIV prevalence in the country, integration of the two is starting to happen.
Diabetes patients treated at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital will benefit from advanced education and support at the hospital's new 'Diabetes Conversations Room'.
Preliminary results from a study conducted in Johannesburg show that women with HIV have a higher risk of developing cervical cancer than women who are HIV-negative.
A speech given by Stephen Lewis, Co-Director of AIDS-Free World delivered at the Commonwealth People's Forum on the eve of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM.
On 2 November 2009, Statistics South Africa released the latest mortality data, which goes up to 2007 (Stats SA, 2009).
Recorded deaths have increased over 90% in a decade. Nathan Geffen takes a look at the impact of HIV in South Africa.
Twenty-four ex-miners are seeking compensation from Anglo-American after contracting silicosis, an incurable and fatal lung disease.
The United States Preventive Services Task Force has revised the breast screening guidelines, recommending mammograms for women 50 to 74, every other year. It says women and their doctors should discuss the benefits and risks of mammograms beginning at age 40, but that is no longer recommended.
AIDS activist Nathan Geffen takes on Rian Malan over his claim that there has been 'no massive AIDS- related death surge'.
The Health Department's claim of a massive jump in deaths in 2008 is unlikely, according to experts.
Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in South Africa. Many women are unaware that a simple screening test can detect cervical abnormalities early, which could save a life.
DAR ES SALAAM - People living with cancer are dying on the African continent in terrible pain as they present too late with advanced cancers that are mostly incurable by the time they reach a health worker and if they do reach help most of them find that effective pain medication not available.
In a frank admission of the Mbeki government's failure to address HIV/AIDS, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi this week blamed 'denialism' for the 'shocking' increase in the death rate among South Africans. Deaths rose by 182,654 in a single year, from 573,408 in 2007 to 756,062 in 2008. Read his full powerpoint presentation here.
Lives of AIDS patients in poor countries could be severely compromised if donors and rich nations continue reducing their funding commitments to AIDS programmes.
DAR-ES-SALAAM - Taxation is the most powerful weapon governments have at their disposal to control tobacco consumption and ultimately decrease deaths, Dr Yussuf Saloojee of the National Council Against Smoking told the African Organisation for Research & Training in Cancer (AORTIC) conference.
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