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#BudgetSpeech2024: Heala condemns Finance Minister's failure to increase Health Promotion Levy

Diabetes burnout is real

Diabetes burnout is real

6 Dec 2023

Is it iron deficiency or anaemia? - Medshield

Is it iron deficiency or anaemia? - Medshield

22 Nov 2023

Health systems rarely consider that patients switch between hospitals or primary healthcare centres and indigenous medicine for their health issues. Direct Relief/Tobin Greensweig

Why indigenous medicine could play a role in rebuilding health systems

Jean-Benoit Falisse and Serena Masino 20 Jun 2018

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general

WHO calls for urgent action against NCDs

4 Jun 2018

Professor Mark Collison of the South African Population Research Infrastructure Network

What population growth will do to health and communities

29 May 2018

Source: Merck Foundation

Merck Foundation continues training oncologists in Africa to combat emerging cancer crisis

9 May 2018

UCT research focus on combating poverty-related heart disease in Africa

UCT research focus on combating poverty-related heart disease in Africa

7 May 2018

Tertius Troost, tax consultant at Mazars

The not-so-sweet consequences of sugar tax

3 May 2018

Dr Andre Kengne

Diabesity on the increase in young African women

2 May 2018

Health tax deterrent goes up in smoke

Health tax deterrent goes up in smoke

11 Apr 2018

The big four - know your numbers

The big four - know your numbers

Bonitas 26 Feb 2018

Sugar tax is 'lite' in combatting obesity and diabetes

Sugar tax is 'lite' in combatting obesity and diabetes

26 Feb 2018

Graham Briggs. Photo: Towerstone

#miningindaba18: Miners face delay in pact over silicosis class action

9 Feb 2018

Shaping the future of African healthcare: Finalists for DHCT Accelerator Programme announced

Shaping the future of African healthcare: Finalists for DHCT Accelerator Programme announced

22 Jan 2018

Eat green 2018: Sustainable consumption, plant-based foods the order of the day

Eat green 2018: Sustainable consumption, plant-based foods the order of the day

19 Jan 2018

Putting money where the mouth is - sugar, public health and the advertising industry

Putting money where the mouth is - sugar, public health and the advertising industry

Deborah Minors 18 Jan 2018

In defence of the fruit fly

15 Jan 2018

Driverless cars could be better or worse for our health - it's up to us

Driverless cars could be better or worse for our health - it's up to us

Jim Sallis 12 Jan 2018

Sugar tax and its bitter economic aftertaste

Sugar tax and its bitter economic aftertaste

Joon Chong and Wesley Grimm 15 Dec 2017

For Gabon's sickly uranium miners, a long quest for compensation

30 Nov 2017

Africa faces a sharp rise in diabetes prevalence

Africa faces a sharp rise in diabetes prevalence

23 Nov 2017

Women and diabetes in the spotlight this November

Women and diabetes in the spotlight this November

Association for Dietetics in South Africa 14 Nov 2017

Diabetes treatment goals still suboptimal

Diabetes treatment goals still suboptimal

AstraZeneca 14 Nov 2017

#EntrepreneurMonth: The humble beginnings of a bicycle courier company

#EntrepreneurMonth: The humble beginnings of a bicycle courier company

Ilse van den Berg 9 Oct 2017

Tailored medical distribution software launched

Tailored medical distribution software launched

6 Sep 2017

Six eating habits for healthy kidneys

Six eating habits for healthy kidneys

Association for Dietetics in South Africa 5 Sep 2017

Global genetic study involving different populations sheds light on glaucoma

Global genetic study involving different populations sheds light on glaucoma

Susan Williams, Michèle Ramsay 4 Sep 2017

Gestational diabetes a very real threat

Gestational diabetes a very real threat

1 Sep 2017

Obesity in SA (Image Supplied)

Study finds large number of South Africans happy to be overweight

29 Aug 2017

Tshemba Foundation ushering in a new era of medical volunteering serving rural communities

29 Aug 2017

Diabetes management under review at 19th annual CDE forum

Diabetes management under review at 19th annual CDE forum

3 Aug 2017

Picture: Sonke Gender Justice

Anglo sets aside $101m for silicosis claims

28 Jul 2017

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Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general

WHO calls for urgent action against NCDs

4 Jun 2018

Professor Mark Collison of the South African Population Research Infrastructure Network

What population growth will do to health and communities

29 May 2018

Source: Merck Foundation

Merck Foundation continues training oncologists in Africa to combat emerging cancer crisis

9 May 2018

UCT research focus on combating poverty-related heart disease in Africa

UCT research focus on combating poverty-related heart disease in Africa

7 May 2018

Tertius Troost, tax consultant at Mazars

The not-so-sweet consequences of sugar tax

3 May 2018

Dr Andre Kengne

Diabesity on the increase in young African women

2 May 2018

Health tax deterrent goes up in smoke

Health tax deterrent goes up in smoke

11 Apr 2018

The big four - know your numbers

The big four - know your numbers

Bonitas 26 Feb 2018

Sugar tax is 'lite' in combatting obesity and diabetes

Sugar tax is 'lite' in combatting obesity and diabetes

26 Feb 2018

Graham Briggs. Photo: Towerstone

#miningindaba18: Miners face delay in pact over silicosis class action

9 Feb 2018

Shaping the future of African healthcare: Finalists for DHCT Accelerator Programme announced

Shaping the future of African healthcare: Finalists for DHCT Accelerator Programme announced

22 Jan 2018

Eat green 2018: Sustainable consumption, plant-based foods the order of the day

Eat green 2018: Sustainable consumption, plant-based foods the order of the day

19 Jan 2018

Putting money where the mouth is - sugar, public health and the advertising industry

Putting money where the mouth is - sugar, public health and the advertising industry

Deborah Minors 18 Jan 2018

In defence of the fruit fly

15 Jan 2018

Driverless cars could be better or worse for our health - it's up to us

Driverless cars could be better or worse for our health - it's up to us

Jim Sallis 12 Jan 2018

Sugar tax and its bitter economic aftertaste

Sugar tax and its bitter economic aftertaste

Joon Chong and Wesley Grimm 15 Dec 2017

For Gabon's sickly uranium miners, a long quest for compensation

30 Nov 2017

Africa faces a sharp rise in diabetes prevalence

Africa faces a sharp rise in diabetes prevalence

23 Nov 2017

Women and diabetes in the spotlight this November

Women and diabetes in the spotlight this November

Association for Dietetics in South Africa 14 Nov 2017

Diabetes treatment goals still suboptimal

Diabetes treatment goals still suboptimal

AstraZeneca 14 Nov 2017

#EntrepreneurMonth: The humble beginnings of a bicycle courier company

#EntrepreneurMonth: The humble beginnings of a bicycle courier company

Ilse van den Berg 9 Oct 2017

Tailored medical distribution software launched

Tailored medical distribution software launched

6 Sep 2017

Six eating habits for healthy kidneys

Six eating habits for healthy kidneys

Association for Dietetics in South Africa 5 Sep 2017

Global genetic study involving different populations sheds light on glaucoma

Global genetic study involving different populations sheds light on glaucoma

Susan Williams, Michèle Ramsay 4 Sep 2017

Gestational diabetes a very real threat

Gestational diabetes a very real threat

1 Sep 2017

Obesity in SA (Image Supplied)

Study finds large number of South Africans happy to be overweight

29 Aug 2017

Tshemba Foundation ushering in a new era of medical volunteering serving rural communities

29 Aug 2017

Diabetes management under review at 19th annual CDE forum

Diabetes management under review at 19th annual CDE forum

3 Aug 2017

Picture: Sonke Gender Justice

Anglo sets aside $101m for silicosis claims

28 Jul 2017

New doctor training tool for chronic diseases

New doctor training tool for chronic diseases

13 Jul 2017

Grant Newton, CEO of the Centre for Diabetes and Endocrinology

Diabetes is potentially the fastest growing health crisis of our time

23 Jun 2017

Sugar tax under fire from producers, unions and business

Sugar tax under fire from producers, unions and business

8 Jun 2017

Four myths about diabetes debunked

Four myths about diabetes debunked

Claire Rostron 12 May 2017

UJ research: Increasing autopsies for compensation of occupational lung diseases

UJ research: Increasing autopsies for compensation of occupational lung diseases

11 May 2017

Fabry disease is treatable, so early diagnosis is critical

Fabry disease is treatable, so early diagnosis is critical

4 May 2017

Royal London invests in SA insurtech to cover diabetics

Royal London invests in SA insurtech to cover diabetics

26 Apr 2017

Holistic treatment and management of diabetes critical

Holistic treatment and management of diabetes critical

Bonitas 21 Apr 2017

Dr Guni Goolab, principal officer: Gems

NCD epidemic is detrimental to the SA's economic health

19 Apr 2017

The Sugar Tax: implications for the cane industry, obesity and consumer behaviour

Hamlet Hlomendlini 8 Mar 2017

Size matters when it comes to keeping blood sugar levels in check

Size matters when it comes to keeping blood sugar levels in check

10 Feb 2017

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