Two more arrests for ARV theft at a clinic
Mpumalanga – Months after a lay counsellor’s arrest for medication theft at a clinic outside Nelspruit, two more staffers have been arrested for the same thing.
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When adolescence and TB meet
Teens with drug-resistant TB struggle to navigate years of treatment, school and the general pressures of adolescence.
Educational inclusion for children with Down Syndrome
Tuesday was Human Rights Day in South Africa, but it was also World Down Syndrome Day, a day to celebrate the individuals and families fighting for inclusion of their children and loved ones.
There’s a new killer in town
This killer preys on older, overweight and obese women - mainly from poor communities.
Actor to be circumcised – along with 2000 others
Popular soapie actor Kagiso Modupe has, at the age of 33, has decided to be circumcised as a public show of his support of the practice – and is inviting other uncircumcised men to join him.
Diabetes deaths echo AIDS epidemic
Clinics are overwhelmed by diabetes and hypertension epidemics, yet government recently weakened proposals to tax sugary drinks driving this epidemic.
One small step closer for breast cancer drug
Roche continues to block access to its breast cancer drug, Herceptin, say activists, while women around the world suffer.
“I am HIV+, but my partner is negative”
FREE STATE - Lerato Mofokeng, a 36-year-old mother of a four year old, was surprised when she and her child were diagnosed with HIV – yet her boyfriend of seven years tested negative for the virus.
Free State hospital wins best vegetable garden award
Tshimo ya Bophelo, meaning the Garden of Health, is a community vegetable garden project situated at Thebe District Hospital in Harrismith in the Free State that has proven to be such a successful venture that it has won awards.
Big increase in diabetes deaths
There has been a significant increase in deaths from diabetes, which is now South Africa’s second biggest killer.
Fight to beat diabetes and early death
Makhehla Mosia from Qwaqwa in the Free State believes years of bad eating habits are what led her to develop type 2 diabetes and poor health.
Sugar tax to take the fizz out of sodas
Sugary cold drinks are likely to get an extra tax in today's Budget, joining cigarettes and alcohol in the sin bin.
Potential cure for deadliest form of TB
Usually a death sentence, extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) can potentially be cured with a new drug combination.
Bad diet complicates obese granny’s health
Three meals a day of pap smothered in fish oil or butter have resulted in 61-year-old grandmother gaining so much weight that she is now bed-ridden.
NCD burden is killing health system
Our cities have become hives of gluttony, as South Africans embrace junk diets. The health impact is profound and preaching prevention is almost impossible in the face of massive marketing campaigns.