The Exchange - fashion for organ donors

Only by becoming an organ donor can customers shop at The Exchange, a fashion boutique opened by Native at Cavendish Square in Cape Town on Friday 10 May 2013. Described as the world's first cashless fashion boutique, it is stocked with clothing and accessories from more than 25 of South Africa's top designers. 13 May 2013 10:04

Health journalists finalists await results end May

The finalists in the fifth Discovery Health Journalism Awards will discover who has won in the various categories on 29 May 2013 at the awards ceremony. 14 May 2013 08:49

Low-calorie foods spur healthy weight loss

While most diets focus on foods you shouldn't eat, those that emphasize adding low-calorie foods, like fruits and vegetables, can promote healthy weight loss, new research shows. 30 May 2007 14:36

Younger women in Africa are using condoms

There is good news for prevention campaigns. 30 May 2007 14:01

Trichomonas and HIV infection

Infection with the common Trichomonas vaginalis increases the risk of HIV infection. 30 May 2007 13:57

Risk of male to female transmission of HIV unexpectedly high in South Africa

The risk of HIV transmission from men to women appears to be much higher than previously reported. 30 May 2007 13:55

XDR TB more common than bird flu

South Africa has now detected 284 cases of extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR TB), according the the Medical Research Council. 30 May 2007 13:32

Public-private partnership builds hospital in Northern Cape

[Nozipho Dlamini] The Northern Cape Health Department, the Dettol Trust and the Nelson Mandela Foundation Trust's joint initiative has built the new Joe Slovo Hospital, replacing the old and dilapidated hospital. 11 May 2007 17:21

SA to recruit doctors from Tunisia

Representatives of the Tunisian Agency for Technical Cooperation have been in South Africa to inspect public health facilities, as part of helping to recruit Tunisian doctors to work in South Africa's under-serviced areas. 20 May 2007 17:12

Johannesburg and Maputo hospitals partner

[Bathandwa Mbola] The Johannesburg and Maputo Hospitals have entered into an agreement which will lead to patient referral and exchange of health professionals between the two. 11 May 2007 16:58

Low-calorie foods spur healthy weight loss

While most diets focus on foods you shouldn't eat, those that emphasize adding low-calorie foods, like fruits and vegetables, can promote healthy weight loss, new research shows. 29 May 2007 13:40

SA's winter freeze highlights homeless crisis

The unusually severe blast of winter weather that recently swept across South Africa, killing at least 17 people through exposure, highlighted the country's chronic housing shortage. 29 May 2007 13:33

Kala azar – the lurking killer

While the fight against HIV/AIDS is successful in Ethiopia, deadly kala azar is still largely forgotten. 29 May 2007 12:13