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| | Discovery of 1,7million-year-old foot bone is the oldest evidence of cancer in human ancestors... read
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| Processing 800,000 blood donations a year creates quite a paper trail, and considering that lives are literally at stake... read | | | Paul Williams The internet of things and pervasive connectivity are changing the risk profile of hospitals, but simultaneously present improved productivity and patient care opportunities... read | |
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| The Eskom Development Foundation has provided much needed primary mobile healthcare to thousands of people living in rural communities with little access to healthcare facilities. read | |
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| Katharine Child The proposed sugar tax will leave a sour taste in the beverage industry, which says it believes that the resultant drop in sales will result in thousands of job losses... read | | |
| Nigeria's plans to be certified polio-free next year have been scuppered after two new cases of the disease have been reported... read | | |
| Issued by Digicape Digicape has announced a deal with xRapid, the London-based startup that has created a world-first mobile health solution that provides automatic diagnosis of malaria via an iPhone app... read | | |
| Organic online retailer, Faithful to Nature has entered into an industry safeguarding partnership with Topic, a consumer-led NPO that uses laboratory testing as well as farm and factory visits to establish whether ingredients are verified and label claims accurate. read | | |
| There'll be less salt in the processed foods South Africans eat from Thursday‚ but‚ the Heart and Stroke Foundation SA said‚ our eating habits still have to change... read | | |
| Despite concerns from the natural medicines sector about bias against them, one of the large generics pharma companies is definitely chuffed about SAHPRA... read | | |
| Kenya's government and Roche are collaborating on improving access to healthcare for patients with breast cancer... read | | |
| With around 11,000 athletes taking part in Rio, keeping track of their medical data could pose a logistical nightmare... read | | |
| Nicci Botha The JSE Exchange Hub Cape Town, which was launched on 12 August, is part of the exchange's strategy to enhance its service to clients in the city and build new relationships... read | |
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