The fat life, island style
Pacific islands famous for white sands and turquoise seas are also home to some of the fattest people in the world, according to global research released today by The Lancet medical journal.
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Tembisa “killer hospital” left father to die, says family
Tembisa Hospital is at the centre of an investigation again after one man's family alleges that staff left him to die. Now, his daughter is on a quest to find the truth.
Left to die? Time runs out for Tembisa patient
On 1 March, Johanness van der Nest was attacked while walking home from a local pub. Finding out what happened to Van der Nest next has become his daughter's obsession.
The price of public sector distrust
From headaches to dental work, James Mchekecheke says he has seen a lifetime of poor service from South Africa’s public sector. Now, the 55-year-old building contractor says he would rather pay out-of-pocket than walk through a public clinic’s doors.
Clinic renovations send workers, patients packing
One Mpumalanga clinic is getting a facelift, but paint fumes and dust are making nurses and patients alike think twice about coming back.
BLOG: Am I excreting butter?
Our rural community service doctor is well into her first week on Tim Noakes' Banting diet as she deals with life and death in the maternity ward.
BLOG: With enough butter, anything is good
Health-e's resident rural health blogger checks in as she starts her Banting Challenge: Can she do the latest high fat, low carb diet on a rural family's average food budget?
Better care at birth could save 3m lives annually
The lives of three million mothers and newborn babies could be saved every year if they received proper healthcare, especially during birth, according to a new Lancet report.
Doctors cure cancer with measles
Doctors have cured a woman with advanced blood cancer by injecting her with the measles virus, the US non-profit Mayo Clinic recently announced.
Temporary clinic leaves patients soggy
More than a year after poor conditions at Lusikisiki’s beleaguered Village Clinic thrust it into national headlines, problems continue to plague the clinic.
New birth control hits mark with Mpumalanga women
South Africa’s first under-the-skin birth control implant is leading some Mpumalanga women to trade traditional birth control shots for the three-year implants.
Mothers Day treat for pregnant women
Starting from Mothers Day on 11 May, pregnant women in the Western Cape are being given a little book to answer all their questions thanks to the provincial department of health and the Perinatal Mental Health Project (PMHP). The booklet…
Anonymous messages spread vaccine myths
North West parents have allegedly received anonymous messages warning them not to vaccinate their daughters against the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). Health officials have once again assured the public of the vaccine’s safety.
World on brink of post-antibiotic era – WHO
Resistance to common antibiotic medicine has been recorded in every region of the world, according to a report released yesterday by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Finish your treatment and live, say two ex-TB sufferers
The power of understanding and support gave two Saulsville residents the courage to see their tuberculosis (TB) treatment through to the end.