Revised national guidelines for the treatment of type 2 diabetes will allow doctors to prescribe a new class of medication which avoids the side effects of weight gain and hypoglycaemia (low blood sugar) associated with some of the conventional diabetes treatments.
23 May 2012 22:20
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND: One in three adults suffers from high blood pressure, a key trigger of heart disease, health experts said on Wednesday, 16 May 2012, while underlining the growing number of cases in developing countries.
17 May 2012 16:01High blood pressure (BP) (or 'hypertension') is the abnormal high force of blood as it pushes against the walls of the arteries that becomes stiffer than normal. In more than 90% of patients the causes are unknown, although many hereditary and lifestyle factors play a role in its development. The latter include smoking, excessive alcohol consumption and physical inactivity.
15 May 2012 10:10
Today, 8 May 2012, is World Thalassaemia Day, which aims to create awareness of this inherited blood disorder that affects the lives of thousands. The good news is that the medical management of thalassaemia is improving all the time. In addition, organisations like the South African Thalassaemia Association (SATA) are helping to empower patients and their families by providing support and information about the condition.
8 May 2012 14:03
A new type of anti-epilepsy medication that selectively targets proteins in the brain that control excitability may significantly reduce seizure frequency in people whose recurrent seizures have been resistant to even the latest medications, new Johns Hopkins-led research suggests.
20 Apr 2012 15:53The HIV infection rate in newborn babies has decreased by more than half in Gauteng, says the provincial Department of Health and Social Development.
4 Apr 2012 08:33
[Bill Hathaway] A drug candidate that has shown promise for neutralizing dangerous bacteria also prevents growth of the parasite that causes malaria, new research by a Yale University team headed by Nobel laureate
Sidney Altman shows.
3 Apr 2012 08:42
Dettol South Africa this week donated R1m towards the building of a Centre for Childhood Infectious Diseases at the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital. Globally, approximately 21 000 children under the age of five died every day in 2010, equating to 7.6 million [1] children or more than 20 deaths every five seconds. In South Africa, 5.7% of all live births [2], or one in every 17 newborns, resulted in death in 2010.
30 Mar 2012 12:15WASHINGTON, USA: Eating a portion of processed red meat daily can boost a person's risk of dying young by up to 20%, said a long-running US study of more than 120,000 people released on Monday, 12 March 2012.
13 Mar 2012 12:46
[Helen Dodson] Yale scientists have discovered the molecular pathway by which maternally inherited deafness appears to occur: Mitochondrial DNA mutations trigger a signaling cascade, resulting in programmed cell death. The study is in the 17 February issue of Cell.
20 Feb 2012 17:37
It was unclear if government had formed a R1.6bn deal with Swiss pharmaceutical giant Lonza to establish the manufacturing of critical drug components, as the company issued a statement saying that talks were still at an early stage.
13 Feb 2012 12:00Leprosy has long been extinct in Europe, but in parts of Asia, Africa and Latin America, it is still destroying many lives.
30 Jan 2012 17:53[Zwanga Mukhuthu] Four-year-old Reabetswe was born with a liver and kidney disease that occurs in one to three people in a million.
25 Jan 2012 18:33 
CHICAGO, USA: A Rush University Medical Center led international research team has announced that a treatment to prevent bleeding episodes in children with hemophilia A also is effective for adolescents and adults.
18 Jan 2012 15:00
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