Sickened by stigma: Queer link to weight
Women who are attracted to women are more at risk of obesity while gay men tend to be underweight, according to breaking research from the United Kingdom (UK) suggesting experiencing stigma is to blame.
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Bloated bodies and barren lands
What has obesity got to do with climate change? Quite a lot, according to an influential commission, which says the big food companies that make the junk food fuelling our expanding bodies are also destroying our environment– and need to be stopped.
Feeding the inner city through Fifi’s Farmacy
WATCH: Refiloe Molefe has been feeding inner-city children for the last 12 years from the produce she grows on her urban farm.
Disability activist on a drive to get people to walk in her shoes
Masingita Masungu is embarking on an epic journey from Cape Town to Cairo to celebrate Africa’s diversity as she spreads her message: "Walk in my shoes".
Clinic accused of sending sick baby away
This mother was allegedly turned away when she took her ailing baby to their local clinic.
How would you tell your child they are HIV-positive?
When having ‘the talk’ is about more than just the ‘birds and bees’.
Bells and Whistles: Cycling for Safety
WATCH: Tebogo Mmazwi takes bicycle safety so seriously that he has now become famous for his hard-to-miss bike.
Plates over Pills
WATCH: meet the doctor using her garden as her prescription pad.
Youth is no protection against breast cancer
Think breast cancer is something only older women have to worry about? Think again. Experts say there are no age restrictions to this cancer – but that social support can mean the difference between life and death.
World Aids Day: Still a need to increase awareness
As the globe marks World Aids Day on December 1, the call has again gone out for people to join the fight against HIV and Aids, with the event being used as an opportunity to educate people and to remember those who have passed away.
Fighting HIV stigma, one radio broadcast at a time
WATCH: youth radio reporters fight HIV stigma and create awareness in their community in the Eastern Cape
Health facilities fail to provide counselling for rape survivors
Could the lack of adequate counselling and mental health services in South Africa’s health facilities leave sexual violence survivors more vulnerable to post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and suicide? A new national study gives us the answers.
Despite side-effects, docs promote old TB treatment
At a recent international TB conference, some doctors suggested countries with weak health systems should not be allowed to use new TB drugs, although the old ones are ineffectual and cause deafness. Thankfully, South Africa is leading the world in treating drug-resistant TB.
Lean: South Africa’s codeine addiction
WATCH: an estimated 600,000 South Africans are addicted to this opiate, often disguised in soft drinks and promoted by rappers and singers.
#MTBPS2018: Flattery to Deceive
With elections looming in 2019, the MTBPS was always going to be a case of “flattering to deceive” with no concrete commitment to addressing the crisis in health, report RUSSELL RENSBURG and SAMANTHA KHAN-GILLMORE