Chillies are hot, but most other arthritis remedies have little effect
While fish body oil and a gel made from red chillies, got the thumbs up, the vast majority of complementary medicines for arthritis failed to prove efficacy.
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Zim health ‘ a ticking time bomb Living with AIDS # 379
A threat of more infectious diseases, a drug-resistant AIDS epidemic and malnutrition could add to Zimbabwe's current cholera woes, says humanitarian medical aid agency, Doctors Without Borders.
Zimbabwe’s worsening crisis
Zimbabwe's humanitarian crisis continues to rapidly deteriorate, causing appalling suffering, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warn in a report released this week. The organisation's medical teams have now treated almost 45,000 people, an estimated 75% of the total number of cases in the current cholera outbreak - and the crisis is far from over.
Survival in the time of cholera
Pia Engebrigtsen worked for 2 months as a nurse in Zimbabwe's Masvingo province during the country's cholera outbreak, in which MSF has so far treated more than 45,000 people. Here she shares her story of death, heartbreak, survival and saving lives against all odds.
Drugs trickle into the Free State
Most hospital and clinics in the Free State have still not started treating the more than 15 000 people waiting for their anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs, however the national health department has given the assurance that drugs will now start arriving at all 28 sites.
Prioritising on a Fixed Budget
A five part series that was aired on Morning Live in the run up to World AIDS Day explores the lives of ordinary people who deal with a life that seems to get more complicated every day. EVERYDAY HEROES. How do they make ends meet and make healthy choices? How have they managed to keep their families together and healthy? What lessons have they learned in the process? What can we learn from them?
One Doctor’s Discoveries about Infection Control
Would you believe that world-wide, 2 in 5 people don't have access to safe sanitation!? Today in our series on EVERYDAY HEROES ' people who make a difference in their part of the world ' we visit a doctor and a nursery school principal who are playing their part to promote good hygiene.
Hidden Suffering on Private Land
It's been almost 15 years since we voted for all South Africans to have equal access to government services...to have dignity and a better life. To have treatment for life-threatening illnesses. But every now and then, as journalists, we step into corners of the country where apartheid and its indignities remains alive and well. Where the services that government has designed to improve our lives just CAN'T reach.
Disability Grants Put Food on the Table
Today in our series on EVERYDAY HEROES, we have a story of immense sadness and courage. The story of a father who was determined to keep his family together despite enormous odds. Without food, safe sanitation or the means to keep warm this part winter, staying healthy was almost impossible for him.
National watch over provinces is ‘a priority’ to stop ‘anarchy’
Government needs to prioritise improving national oversight over provincial health services to address the 'anarchy' and 'scope for corruption' in provinces, according to the AIDS Law Project (ALP).
A man’s battle with alcohol Living with AIDS # 378
After ten years of living with HIV, Pholokgolo Ramothwala's health is showing signs of decline, and he now realizes that he needs to stop taking alcohol.
Thousands of FS patients sent home to die
A staggering 15 000 HIV-positive people have been placed on waiting lists in the Free State where a moratorium is barring them from accessing anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs at hospitals and clinics.
Vaginal gel blocks HIV ‘ but not enough to be scientific success
Candidate microbicide PRO 2000 cuts HIV transmission by 30 percent, falling just short of the one-third required to be deemed a success. But scientists say this trial offers proof that the concept of a vaginal gel to block HIV is possible.
Court orders minister to release inmate’s death report
The Pretoria High Court has ordered the Minister of Correctional Services to furnish the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) with unedited hard and electronic copies of a report of the Judicial Inspectorate of Prisons (JIOP) into the death of an Westville Prison inmate ("MM") in August 2006.
AIDS heroes Living with AIDS # 376
Every struggle has a hero and HIV and AIDS is no exception. In a bid to remove the stigma dogging the condition, high-profile people living with HIV are responding to a call to speak openly about their lives with HIV in a new initiative known as the 'Heroes' Campaign'.