Codeine: SA’s over-the-counter addiction
It is destroying her life, but a Free State mother won’t give up her ‘bronco’ cough mixture.
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Nurses making a difference: Breipaal Clinic
Returning to her life purpose later in life has turned into a blessing, not only for Nurse Maria van Bergen, but also for the many lives she touches at the Breipaal Clinic in Douglas, Northern Cape. The clinic, small and…
Opinion: Going too far with GMOs, ‘toxic’ chemicals
Helen Whitehead says Port St. Johns residents have little choice but to heap genetically-modified food onto their plates. She’s joined many in demanding better transparency about what’s on the country's crops and plates.
Strategy: Roadmap for Nutrition in South Africa 2013-2017
Government's 50-page roadmap seeks to coordinate departments and even the private sector to tackle country's deadly mix of over and under-nutrition
Noakes hearing postponed on technicality
Banting guru, Tim Noakes' hearing with the Health Professions Council of South Africa has been postponed until November.
Video: A young man’s experience of “the snip”
To commemorate Youth Month in June, Health-e News is broadcasting a five-part adolescent health series on Morning Live (SABC 2). We start by following Hloni Mahate as he goes for medical male circumcision.
NHI: School health teams take screenings to rural children
For the country’s rural children, the revitalisation of school health services could be a lifeline - if doctors and specialists answer the call.
Anti-tobacco crusader endorses e-cigarettes
While many say there isn't enough evidence to show that e-cigarettes are safe and beneficial, Vitality Institute head Derek Yach has endorsed them and called on government not to regulate them
‘His erection is just not on:’ Erectile dysfunction threatens to tear couple apart
When Khensane met Craig* it was love at first sight and the couple soon became engaged, unwillingness to talk about what's going on between the sheets threatens to destroy their happy union even before they walk down the isle.
NHI: Poor conditions scare GPs away
Poor conditions in some National Health Insurance (NHI) pilot districts are causing general practitioners (GPs) to think twice about working in public health
HIV status was ‘was our secret to keep & tell’
Njabulo Sibande* was born with HIV. His parents had been planning to tell the teenager until an aunt beat them to it. Njabulo’s parents say the unplanned disclosure has left the teen reeling.
NHI: New system lets patients pick up medicine from shops
Patients in rural KwaZulu-Natal are able to pick up their medicine from a wide range of local pick-up points, in a national experiment aimed at cutting the long queues at hospital pharmacies.
Free State woman motivates others to live postively
A young HIV-positive woman from the Free State is turning life’s lemons into lemonade, and inspiring others to live a positive life.
Childhood game fuels 30-year addiction
On World No Tobacco Day, Emson Bohitile Koiko reflects how a childhood game turned into a 30-year addiction to cigarretes.
[Updated] 500,000 former miners await compensation
The mining houses' Compensation Fund owes R1.5 billion to workers who developed occupational illnesses like silicosis while on the job, according to Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi.*