Psychiatrists raise dagga concerns
Research has shown that 9% of individuals who experiment with cannabis will become addicted to it - this number increases when use starts during adolescence.
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Poo testing the new breakthrough in child TB
A much simpler test to detect tuberculosis (TB) in children, using a stool sample instead of sputum, could save thousands of lives.
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#MTBPS2018: Flattery to Deceive
With elections looming in 2019, the MTBPS was always going to be a case of “flattering to deceive” with no concrete commitment to addressing the crisis in health, report RUSSELL RENSBURG and SAMANTHA KHAN-GILLMORE
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100 year-old woman’s secrets to good health
Annah Tau has never bothered about trying to remain young - the resident of the Tembisa Old Age Home is 100 years old and says the main secret to living a long life is to avoid stress.
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Bedaquiline price protests hit World Lung Conference launch
THE HAGUE – As the opening ceremony of the 49th Union World Conference on Lung Health kicked off in the Netherlands last night, protesting activists demanded Johnson & Johnson (J&J) slash its price for the blockbuster tuberculosis (TB) drug, bedaquiline.
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New TB vaccine in sight
THE HAGUE - It took 100 years but a new vaccine for the world’s top infectious disease killer, tuberculosis (TB), is in sight.
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Private hospitals face nursing malpractice havoc
Nurses’ failure to follow guidelines and poor monitoring of patients is an increasing liability at private hospitals.
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SA scientist honoured by HIV community
South African HIV scientist Professor Linda-Gail Bekker was awarded the 2018 Desmond Tutu Award for HIV Prevention Research and Human Rights last night (21 October) at a conference in Madrid, Spain.
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Patients’ files dumped in abandoned building
LIMPOPO - Tons of boxes of patients’ files have been dumped in an old building which used to be the Nkhensani Hospital in Giyani.
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Madala keeps fit at 64
Years after retiring from boxing, Seabelo “HappyBoy” Rapulana (64) continues to keep fit.
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