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Pharmaceuticals

Trump signs executive order to slash US drug prices by up to 80%

14 May 2025

Marketing budgets: A catalyst for ESG transformation

ESG

Marketing budgets: A catalyst for ESG transformation

Sipetile Sixishe, Issued by Motherland OMNi 3 Apr 2025

Source: The late chief executive officer of United Healthcare Brian Thompson.

Financial Services

UnitedHealthcare CEO shot dead

6 Dec 2024

Source: Supplied. Bronwyn Knight, chief executive officer of Grit Mauritius.

Healthcare

Healthcare real estate is transforming Mauritius’s investment landscape

18 Jun 2024

Cohsasa accredits the Bank Hospital in Ghana

Hospital Groups

Cohsasa accredits the Bank Hospital in Ghana

Issued by COHSASA 12 Mar 2024

Source: Dis-Chem Group

Health & Beauty

Dis-Chem's diesel costs climb to R90m

19 May 2023

Source © Jakub Jirsák

Digital

Valpak outlines ongoing transformation

7 Dec 2022

Source: Reuters.

Tax Law

Biden signs historic inflation act

Nandita Bose and Steve Holland 19 Aug 2022

Source: Dis-Chem

Health & Beauty

Dis-Chem benefits as shoppers return to malls

15 Feb 2022

Source: ©prudencio alvarez

Medical Aid

MTN MoMo offers R370 healthcare solution

11 Oct 2021

Smart-Cnnect revolutionises staff training

Training

Smart-Cnnect revolutionises staff training

Issued by Smart Media 10 Nov 2020

A Covid-19 test in Utah. The country’s pandemic response has been politicised, making comprehensive changes to public health more difficult.
AP Photo/Rick Bowmer

Covid-19

Poor US pandemic response will reverberate in healthcare politics for years, health scholars warn

Simon F Haeder & Sarah E Gollust 4 Nov 2020

Uber Eats now offers medicine deliveries in SA

E-commerce

Uber Eats now offers medicine deliveries in SA

15 Oct 2020

E-commerce

Uber Eats, Kimberly-Clark SA unite to support women and children shelters

19 May 2020

Widespread, occasional use of antibiotics in US linked with resistance

Public Health

Widespread, occasional use of antibiotics in US linked with resistance

19 Dec 2018

Increasing cholesterol medication adherence with financial incentives may be cost-effective

Noncommunicable diseases

Increasing cholesterol medication adherence with financial incentives may be cost-effective

16 Oct 2018

Can a tech company build a city? Ask Google

Smart Buildings & Cities

Can a tech company build a city? Ask Google

Sarah Barns 20 Nov 2017

US charges 412 people for health fraud

Pharmaceuticals

US charges 412 people for health fraud

14 Jul 2017

Study: Teaching hospital patients less likely to die

Medical Research

Study: Teaching hospital patients less likely to die

2 Jun 2017

Accreditation Awards from COHSASA May 2017

Hospital Groups

Accreditation Awards from COHSASA May 2017

Issued by COHSASA 1 Jun 2017

Patients of female doctors show better survival: study

Medical Research

Patients of female doctors show better survival: study

20 Dec 2016

After hospital discharge, deadly heart risks can remain for up to a year

Cardiology

After hospital discharge, deadly heart risks can remain for up to a year

6 Feb 2015

WISH upon Qatar - Don Berwick is 2015 keynote speaker

Exhibitions & Events

WISH upon Qatar - Don Berwick is 2015 keynote speaker

27 Jan 2015

Why I'm #TeamOxfordComma

PR & Communications

Why I'm #TeamOxfordComma

Leigh Crymble 19 Sep 2014

Regenerative medicine could transform healthcare

Medical Research

Regenerative medicine could transform healthcare

20 Jun 2014

Obamacare's rocky debut obscured by shutdown

Internet

Obamacare's rocky debut obscured by shutdown

21 Oct 2013

Women's Health

Growing use of MRIs leading to more invasive breast cancer surgery

Karen N. Peart 22 Aug 2013

Indoor tanning drives increase in skin cancer - study, Part 2

Oncology

Indoor tanning drives increase in skin cancer - study, Part 2

14 Jun 2013

Oncology

Small cancer risk following CT scans in childhood, adolescence

3 Jun 2013

Surgical Procedures

Despite hype, costly prostate cancer treatment offers little relief from side effects

18 Dec 2012

Oncology

Older breast cancer patients see more complications with brachytherapy

23 Oct 2012

Millennials value branch locations over online services and ATMs

Research

Millennials value branch locations over online services and ATMs

11 Jun 2012

Improved survival rates for mitral valve heart surgery patients

Cardiology

Improved survival rates for mitral valve heart surgery patients

Karen N. Peart 11 May 2012

Radiation still used despite evidence of little benefit to some older breast cancer patients

Oncology

Radiation still used despite evidence of little benefit to some older breast cancer patients

Karen N. Peart 7 Mar 2012

Prostate cancer treatment overused in some older patients

Oncology

Prostate cancer treatment overused in some older patients

Karen N. Peart 27 Feb 2012

Orthopaedics

US baby boomers feed need for joint replacements

6 Dec 2011

Most hospitals miss critical window for heart attack transfer patients

Cardiology

Most hospitals miss critical window for heart attack transfer patients

Karen N. Peart 30 Nov 2011

Nearly all US patients with high-grade bladder cancer don't get recommended care

Healthcare

Nearly all US patients with high-grade bladder cancer don't get recommended care

Kim Irwin 12 Jul 2011

New strides in identifying and improving screening practices and treatment for liver-related disease

Exhibitions & Events

New strides in identifying and improving screening practices and treatment for liver-related disease

10 May 2011

The five hospital factors that affect heart attack survival

Cardiology

The five hospital factors that affect heart attack survival

16 Mar 2011

Valence Health selects SAS for clinical integration

Medical Aid

Valence Health selects SAS for clinical integration

14 Feb 2011

HIV/AIDS

Male circumcision shown to help prevent HIV transmission

20 Sep 2010

Public Health

Simple, low-cost interventions reduce most common hospital-acquired infections

17 Aug 2010

Women's Health

New study of breast cancer survivors may help physicians ease side effect of treatments

4 Aug 2010

Medical Research

We just want to carry on working

27 Jul 2010

Medical Research

Men! These are danger signs...

26 Jan 2010

Healthcare

Doctors overriding end of life counselling see benefit in current controversy

Jessica Marcy 14 Aug 2009

Medical Research

Altering the course of schizophrenia with new research

22 Jul 2009