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Aesthetic Medicine

Why hair-loss clinicians need to be clued up on chemically relaxed hair

2 Sep 2026

Professor Mike Sathekge – head of the Department of Nuclear Medicine at UP and Steve Biko Academic Hospital, and president and CEO of NuMeRI – with his Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Award at the announcement ceremony at the Brenthurst Library. Image supplied.

Medical Research

Nuclear medicine specialist receives R3m grant to turn tide against breast cancer

14 Jul 2026

Aesthetic Medicine

Carboxytherapy for skin rejuvenation: How it really works

Issued by Skin Renewal 21 Apr 2026

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Questions are being raised about microplastics studies – here’s what’s solid science and what isn’t

Michael Richardson and Le Yang 4 Feb 2026

Women's Health

Building resilient economies begins with healthy women

Issued by CANSA 6 Aug 2025

Oncology

Cansa helps prostate cancer survivors

Issued by CANSA 21 Nov 2024

Oncology

GE HealthCare and RSNA partner to combat breast cancer in Tanzania

29 Apr 2024

Oncology

Prostate cancer: Unmasking the silent threat

Issued by CANSA 2 Nov 2023

Source: Derrick Akpalu, co-founder and chief executive officer of Revna Biosciences.

Oncology

RevnaBio revolutionises cancer diagnostics in West Africa with advanced molecular testing

2 Nov 2023

NHI

The NHI could make South Africa a leader in digitised healthcare

Issued by Bullion PR & Communication 10 Aug 2023

Oncology

Pfizer and Thermo Fisher Scientific increase access to advanced genomic testing

16 May 2023

FMCG

SA food tech startup Mogale Meat debuts cultivated chicken breast

12 Apr 2022

Source: ©rawpixel Breast cancer affects women of all ages

Women's Health

Mammography as a screening tool - A patient's perspective

Marisa Louw 12 Oct 2021

Oncology

Mediclinic Southern Africa, Icon Oncology and Cancercare celebrate new flagship oncology unit

Issued by Icon Oncology 12 Aug 2021

Oncology

Mediclinic Southern Africa partners with Icon Oncology to offer a first in Oncology

Issued by Icon Oncology 24 Mar 2021

Oncology

Mediclinic Southern Africa, Icon Oncology and Cancercare celebrate new flagship oncology unit

Issued by Mediclinic Southern Africa 18 Aug 2021

Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

Local #WomeninScience breaking barriers, adding value to scientific community

11 Feb 2021

Medical Research

UP researchers receive prestigious grants for cancer research

9 Feb 2021

Oncology

Covid-19: the cost to cancer patients

Justus Apffelstaedt 25 Jan 2021

Ethics & Medicolegal

Heritable genome editing not yet ready to be tried safely and effectively in humans

10 Sep 2020

Oncology

AI better at detecting lung cancer than humans

21 May 2019

Oncology

One test to diagnose them all: researchers exploit cancers' unique DNA signature

Abu Sina, Laura Carrascosa & Matt Trau 5 Dec 2018

Cell biopsy studied under a microscope – the current way of detecting cancer. Tonhom1009/Shutterstock

Oncology

New test can detect eight types of cancer in a drop of blood

Tatjana Crnogorac-Jurcevic 30 Jan 2018

ARMMs (green) are shown getting inside of recipient cells. Red dots are endosomes. Nuclei are stained blue. Photo: Quan Lu and Qiyu Wang

Medical Research

Cellular ‘message in a bottle' could deliver therapeutic cargo

3 Oct 2017

The grey long-eared bat. Anton Alberdi / Bat conservation trust, Author provided

Environment & Natural Resources

How to set conservation priorities in response to climate change

Orly Razgour 7 Aug 2017

Medtech

Non-invasive scan for liver disease

12 Jun 2017

Surgical Procedures

SA's first paediatric mucoepimoid tumour removal

22 Dec 2016

Oncology

#MovemberRSA: Technology provides more accurate diagnosis for prostate cancer

25 Nov 2016

Oncology

New diagnostic tool for prostate cancer

10 Nov 2016

Environment & Natural Resources

South Africa's great white sharks face extinction: study

21 Jul 2016

Advertising

M&C Saatchi Abel helps #GiveChildhoodBack to Africa's youngest patients

Issued by M+C Saatchi Abel 19 Apr 2016

Advertising

Creative Circle Awards: January/February 2016 winners

22 Mar 2016

Women's Health

Pap smear overtaken by HPV screening

12 Jan 2016

Medical Research

Prostate cancer - new research on screening

15 Dec 2015

Medtech

Smartphone device may help diagnose cancer

14 Apr 2015

Exhibitions & Events

Serendipity and Prof David Salant's odyssey to find a human autoantigen

26 Sep 2014

Women's Health

Using surgeons to interpret mammograms

14 Apr 2014

Women's Health

Breast screening: The new high-tech, simpler approach

6 Nov 2013

Medtech

New neurosurgical technology at St Anne's

5 Nov 2013

Medtech

PMB gets first endobronchial ultrasound scan bronchoscope

30 Jul 2013

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Fertility clinics are for both parties

26 Feb 2013

Medical Research

Prostate cancer: six prevailing myths

28 Sep 2012

Oncology

Researchers identify markers that predict progression of oral lesions to cancer

3 Sep 2012

Oncology

Mechanisms of acquired chemoresistance in ovarian cancer identified

16 Aug 2012

Oncology

Cancer genes differ in different parts of a tumour

15 Mar 2012

Oncology

New research shows that second biopsy should be considered for some breast cancer patients

12 Dec 2011

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