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[Edward Carbutt] Information technology (IT) has revolutionised the health care sector, offering more sophisticated diagnostic machines and procedures as well as more efficient ways of processing admissions and patient information, along with the ability to manage all of the additional tasks that go along with operating a healthcare facility better. Read more >>
The Board of Healthcare Funders (BHF) will meet in Cape Town from 18 - 21 August for its annual Southern African conference under the theme "One Vision. One Future." Read more >>
 | Food security in the sub-Saharan African region improved this year because of greater food availability and income growth‚ the DuPont global food security index shows. Read more >> |
 | Cancer Research UK-funded scientists have discovered that experimental drugs first developed for breast and ovarian cancer could be used to treat the most common type of lung cancer, reveals research published in Oncogene yesterday, 12 August 2013 Read more >> |
 | An online survey among 2,800 working women across South Africa found that depression may be the culprit behind absenteeism and workplace blunders. The survey was conducted by a provider of central nervous system (CNS) pharmaceuticals, Pharma Dynamics. Read more >> |
 | While SA has been growing genetically modified (GM) crops for many years, resistance from across most of the continent is set to slow global plans to turn Africa into the world's breadbasket. Read more >> |
 | Nestlé South Africa commissioned a Tuck Shop Truths survey in June 2013 to discover the attitudes and behaviours around primary school tuck shop usage, to obtain a clear understanding of what children in primary schools are eating, the food they have access to and the factors that influence the food options that are offered to them in school tuck shops. Read more >> |
 | Two-thirds of women in South Africa are overweight or obese; the country's preschool children are among the fattest in the world and a quarter of adults eat too much sugar and fat. However, most South Africans thnik they are pretty healthy. Read more >> |
 | WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA: A severe drought that sparked a state of emergency in Namibia has left 400,000 people facing hunger, the government said. Read more >> |
 | [Jonisayi Maromo] Price is the key factor for most South Africans when shopping for food, according to a study released by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) on Tuesday (6 August). Read more >> |
 | Capital Lifestyle Magazine reported on 8 August 2013 that engineers in the city of Lima, Peru, "have found a way to use the intense humidity to produce drinkable water from a billboard." (video) Read more >> |
Commenting on the release of the results of the South African National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (Sanhanes-1), the Tobacco Institute of Southern Africa (TISA) said on 8 August, that it was unfortunate that the tobacco industry was not provided with an opportunity to contribute its views to the study. Read more >>
 | SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: The South Korean government plans to exploit the country's obsession with plastic surgery by extending taxes to popular procedures like lip jobs to help fund spiralling social welfare costs. Read more >> |
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