the Public health community of South Africa

Survey: SA teens' use of alcohol, smoking and drugs raises concerns

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:35:00 +0200

TNS Research Surveys*, a leading South African marketing and social insights company, has recently conducted a survey of South African teenagers. The study was conducted amongst a sample of 1 000 South African teenagers, aged 13 to 19 years of age, from the seven major metropolitan areas of South Africa, interviewing them face-to-face in their homes, and has a margin of error of under 3.5%.
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Alcohol damages lives in Gauteng

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:11:00 +0200

Alcohol is the drug of choice for people in Gauteng with almost half of the patients at treatment centres in the province being treated for alcohol abuse.
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Third, fourth cases of H1N1 confirmed in SA

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:16:00 +0200

PRETORIA: On Friday afternoon, 26 June 2009, the diagnosis of the third and fourth cases of H1N1, identified as swine flu, was confirmed in South Africa.
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Male ‘baby boomers' face lonely retirement

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:36:00 +0200

According to new study by Australian researchers men are better at saving money for their retirement - but often have no idea how to spend it.
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New appetite suppressant - potential anti-obesity treatment discovered

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:08:00 +0200

Researchers at Imperial College London have identified a new appetite suppressant for promoting weight loss that they say works in rodents and may one day be used to develop an effective anti-obesity treatment. Results of the new study were presented at The Endocrine Society's 91st Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.
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Report examines Zimbabwean refugees In South Africa

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:55:00 +0200

According to a report released last week by Medicins Sans Frontiers (MSF), "Zimbabweans continue to cross the border [into South Africa] every day, legally and illegally, in massive numbers as a matter of survival," AFP/Google.com reports (AFP/Google.com, 6/2).
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Neighbourhood influences asthma rates

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:40:00 +0200

Neighbourhoods with restaurants, entertainment, cultural facilities and ethnic diversity have lower asthma rates in the city of Chicago than neighbourhoods where residents are less likely to move, and where there are more churches and not-for-profit facilities.
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Can computers help smokers quit?

Tue, 26 May 2009 10:28:00 +0200

Available evidence supports the use of online or other computer-based smoking cessation programs for helping adults quit smoking, according to a meta-analysis of previously published studies appearing in the May 25 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.
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Pedometers - a great way to tackle obesity in the young!

Mon, 25 May 2009 07:52:00 +0200

New research by Australian scientists has revealed that pedometers are as equally as effective in children as they are in adults in encouraging more physical activity.
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Contagious diseases and the law

Wed, 20 May 2009 12:17:00 +0200

Whilst countries in the northern hemisphere have been grappling with the swine flu epidemic for quite some time now, a number of jurisdictions in the southern hemisphere have not been as affected by the outbreak of the virus. However, recently experts have warned that the southern hemisphere is by no means immune to the swine flu virus and it is expected to make its mark in southern hemisphere jurisdictions during the southern hemisphere's winter.
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