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Telling people to use antibiotics responsibly isn’t enough. What will work insteadMarina Joubert

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SA has 14 times global average of foetal alcohol disorders

SA has 14 times global average of foetal alcohol disorders

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Private healthcare environment compromised by unregulated fees

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Cost containment and quality healthcare need not be mutually exclusive

Cost containment and quality healthcare need not be mutually exclusive

Mark Arnold 30 Aug 2017

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30 Aug 2017

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Study finds large number of South Africans happy to be overweight

29 Aug 2017

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Tshemba Foundation ushering in a new era of medical volunteering serving rural communities

29 Aug 2017

Roche cuts the price of cancer drug

Roche cuts the price of cancer drug

Tamar Kahn 29 Aug 2017

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Insight Survey 28 Aug 2017

Study: Few nations see beyond hunger in fighting malnutrition

Study: Few nations see beyond hunger in fighting malnutrition

Matthew Ponsford 28 Aug 2017

The concept of schizophrenia is coming to an end - here's why

The concept of schizophrenia is coming to an end - here's why

Simon McCarthy-Jones 28 Aug 2017

Study: No drop in rheumatic heart disease numbers in poor countries

Study: No drop in rheumatic heart disease numbers in poor countries

25 Aug 2017

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Construction starts on hospital bunker

Estelle Ellis 25 Aug 2017

Professor Elmin Steyn, head of surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University. Photo: Damien Schumann

#WomensMonth: Transplants are her passion

Jackie Pienaar-Brink 24 Aug 2017

Researchers use genome data to find MDR TB-fighting compounds

Researchers use genome data to find MDR TB-fighting compounds

24 Aug 2017

Top scientists recognised at Women in Science Awards

Top scientists recognised at Women in Science Awards

23 Aug 2017

Salaries eat into provincial public health budgets

Salaries eat into provincial public health budgets

23 Aug 2017

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FedEx introduces new cold shipping solution for healthcare industry in SA

23 Aug 2017

New-look topes for 2017 Sunflower Day

New-look topes for 2017 Sunflower Day

22 Aug 2017

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Tygerberg performs its first deep brain stimulation

22 Aug 2017

SACAP's new BPsych Equivalent Programme open for enrolment

SACAP's new BPsych Equivalent Programme open for enrolment

22 Aug 2017

Siri creator, Antoine Blondeau. Photo: AFP

AI revolution will be all about humans, says Siri trailblazer

21 Aug 2017

Porto do Caio, Angola's new deepwater port

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Miguel Damião Gago 21 Aug 2017

Zambia makes HIV testing compulsory

Zambia makes HIV testing compulsory

21 Aug 2017

Examining community health workers' role in fighting HIV in Africa

Examining community health workers' role in fighting HIV in Africa

18 Aug 2017

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Robot-aided surgery now in Eastern Cape

18 Aug 2017

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[Standard Bank Top Women Conference] Passionate for science

Danette Breitenbach 18 Aug 2017

Micro-finance, education reduces women's vulnerability to gender-based violence

Micro-finance, education reduces women's vulnerability to gender-based violence

17 Aug 2017

Digital tool for critical medical decision making

Digital tool for critical medical decision making

16 Aug 2017

HPCSA warns against global fee agreements

HPCSA warns against global fee agreements

15 Aug 2017

Makatleho Selibo is the widow of Mahola Selibo who worked as a team leader at President Steyn mine in Welkom. He worked underground for 33 years. He passed away in 2013 and suffered from tuberculosis and silicosis. He did not receive any compensation from the mines. Photo: Thom Pierce

End in sight for silicosis case?

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Medsaf wins Nigeria round of Seedstars World

Medsaf wins Nigeria round of Seedstars World

29 Aug 2017

Study: Few nations see beyond hunger in fighting malnutrition

Study: Few nations see beyond hunger in fighting malnutrition

Matthew Ponsford 28 Aug 2017

Siri creator, Antoine Blondeau. Photo: AFP

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Porto do Caio, Angola's new deepwater port

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Miguel Damião Gago 21 Aug 2017

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