Sex in the Mother City under the spotlight
Almost a quarter of Capetonians admit to starting a new relationship while still being in a relationship with someone else, according to a new study looking at sex in the Mother City.
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No rise in smuggling when cigarette branding is removed
Research conducted in Sydney and recently presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Thoracic Society for Australia and New Zealand found no increase in the proportion of illegal cigarettes since 2012 when Australia became the first country to introduce…
Health-e News 2014 Annual Report
Health-e News is proud to release its 2014 annual report, detailing another year of health journalism and impact.
TB: Taxis’ deadly passenger
Millions of South Africans rely on minibus taxis daily, but South Africa’s most widely used mode of public transport could also be ferrying a deadly passenger.
Cancer may be under-diagnosed in prisoners
Prisoner Lucas Mngadi* died within four months of being diagnosed with colon cancer after complaining for months about pain.
South Africa: A fat, hungry nation
Food is a big issue in South Africa – we’re the fattest country in sub-Saharan Africa and one of the 20 fattest countries in the world. At the same time, one in every four South Africans regularly go hungry
Tuck shop found with expired milk
There is something off at Ben’s Tuck Shop in Phuthaditjhaba, about 70 kms outside Bethlehem and a recent OurHealth visit shows it’s the milk.
Free State community marches against TB
Bethlehem community members in the Free State recently marched against tuberculosis (TB) in an effort to promote testing and treatment.
True Life: “I’ve never seen an ambulance”
On the heels of the recent South African Human Rights Commission’s hearing on the lack of emergency medical service in the Eastern Cape, OurHealth speaks to one woman who says she has never seen an ambulance in 35 years.
Schools go green to beat hunger
Khangezile Primary School east of Johannesburg has been chosen as one of eight schools nationwide to help pilot new, eco-friendly ways for women to feed their families.
True Life: Flipping the switch, hearing again
Hearing her mother’s voice for the first time in five years brought tears to her eyes, writes tuberculosis (TB) activist Phumeza Tisile just weeks after cochlear implants restored the hearing multidrug-resistant TB treatment took from her.
Slideshow: Left for dead in the Eastern Cape
Dozens of people recently testified before the South African Human Rights Commission about the Eastern Cape's lack of emergency medical services and patient transport. Testimonies paint a stark picture of the thin line between life and death in the rural Eastern Cape.
Villagers spend ‘as much as R40 million’ on emergency transport
Eastern Cape villagers are being forced to pay up to R800 each way to transport sick family members to clinics and hospitals as bad roads, ambulance shortages and poorly trained staff conspire against critically-ill patients fighting for their lives.
Eastern Cape dying for EMS services
Xolise Sam watched his sister, Tumeka, writhe in pain for almost a week before she died in Frere Hospital’s Ward Four. She lay screaming in between the seizures that had begun to jolt her frail frame as Xolisile dialled “112” for emergency services again and again.
Johnny Clegg donates R100,000 to TAC
South African musician Johnny Clegg has donated R100,000 to AIDS lobby group the Treatment Action Campaign to mark World Tuberculosis (TB) Day.