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TB or no TB, new treatment for drug resistant strain
South Africa is one of three countries (together with India and Ukraine) with the largest increase in multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB), and with a treatment success rate of only 48% (according to a 2014 World Health Global TB report)... read more>>



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South Africa's Budget 2015: the full text
Read the full text of South African Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene's inaugural national Budget speech, the fifth in the country's democratic Parliament, delivered on 25 February 2015... read more>>
Exhibitions & Events
Encouraging South Africans to enter Cannes Lions Health Awards
Winning a Lions Health award is a prestigious honour and, with the global pharmaceuticals market worth US $300bn a year, it is one that South African creatives should be tapping into... read more>>
Anaesthesiologists' national congress in Durban
The annual congress of the South African Society of Anaesthesiologists (SASA) takes place at the Durban International Convention Centre from 20-24 March 2015... read more>>
Hospital Groups
Latest COHSASA accreditations

Issued by COHSASA

There has been a bumper crop of accreditation awards for hospitals and Environmental Health Offices of the City of Cape Town from the Council for Health Service Accreditation of Southern Africa (COHSASA)... read more>>
Medical Research
Link between caffeine and hair growth confirmed
Dr Adolf Klenk, from German cosmeceutical company, the Dr Wolff Group, discovered in 2004 that caffeine protects hair roots against hereditary and menopausal hair loss in men and women respectively and facilitates growth... read more>>
Neurology
Dealing with Dementia as research continues with international funding
"It is very important never to lose hope that a cure for dementia will be found," says Madré Fraenkel, innovations manager at the Livewell Suites memory care home in Somerset West... read more>>
Ophthalmology
Take care of your eyes at work
Workplace Eye Wellness Awareness Month (March 2015) is a global initiative to increase awareness of the daily risks that can affect good vision in the work environment... read more>>
Orthopaedics
Stand your way to a healthy work life - The DeskStand method

Cari Van Wyk

Have you recently heard the phrase 'standing is the new smoking'? Have your colleagues started to get up at random intervals of the day, propping up their keyboards and screens and then just stand there working? read more>>
Public Health
Court's ruling will prevent exodus of healthcare professionals
The healthcare industry has welcomed the Constitutional Court's recent ruling against sections 36 to 40 of the National Health Act which was signed into law in March 2014... read more>>
Surgical Procedures
Tata Group hands over beautiful smiles to Operation Smile
In an effort to cover the costs of surgery to repair cleft lip, cleft palate and other facial deformities, and provide education and training on the deformity, the Tata Group has donated R100,000 to Operation Smile South Africa... read more>>
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