With non-communicable diseases (NCDs) accounting for almost half of all deaths in South Africa, the department of health has released a new strategy to curb rising rates of diseases such as diabetes, cancer and hypertension.
Governments around the world are leaving hundreds of millions of cancer patients to suffer needlessly because of their failure to ensure adequate access to pain-relieving drugs, a new international survey reveals.
Landmark report shows that cancer has the greatest economic impact from premature death and disability of all causes of death worldwide.
Cancer patients face long waiting times for radiation treatment at Charlotte Maxeke Hospital. Families of affected patients and activists are demanding urgent action to prevent further loss of life.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has given a grant of $7 million over five years to the American Cancer Society to lead and coordinate the African Tobacco Control Consortium, a global coalition of public health-oriented organizations focusing on using evidence-based approaches to stem the tobacco epidemic in Africa.
What started as a toothache in 2021 led to a rare cancer diagnosis and years of medical treatment for 29-year-old Lerato Mosai. Four years later, the Sasolburg woman is bedridden and dependent on her mother for her daily care. Mosai…
It was supposed to be a time of celebration but, for Cebile Zulu, passing matric coincided with devastating news.
The Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) has added its voice to the fracking debate, arguing that fracking could dump cancer-causing chemicals into the drinking water of Karoo communities where fracking is proposed.
Fish-lovers may have a lower risk of colon and rectal cancers, according to a meta-analysis recently published in the American Journal of Medicine.
South African first lady, Thobeka Madiba-Zuma, admitted to even using “pillow talk” with her influential husband to help women's cancers on national and international agendas.
At the fourth annual Stop Cervical Cancer in Africa meeting, we the First Ladies of Ghana, Niger, South Africa, Swaziland, Uganda, Zambia and The Gambia present in Accra commit ourselves as champions of one of the most critical health issues of our time'the growing burden of women's cancers, especially cervical and breast cancer'in the world's poorest nations.
A team of South African experts has created the country’s first guidelines for managing pain in cancer patients, due to be released early next year.
The best way of cutting the number of cancer cases worldwide is to fight the tobacco industry's tactics in developing countries and ensuring the best vaccines get to those most in need, according to a new report published in Science Translational Medicine.
The best way of cutting the number of cancer cases worldwide is to fight the tobacco industry’s tactics in developing countries and ensuring the best vaccines get to those most in need, according to a new report published in Science…
Cancer treatment is emotionally and physically sapping, but little thought is given to how it drains a patient's medical aid or bank balance if they are accessing private health care.
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