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Sports Science

Many elite athletes live with health impacts long after they retire. Should they carry all the costs?

Hoani Smith, Dion Enari, and Phil Borell 14 Aug 2026

From pain to possibility: East Coast Radio and Busamed change 3 lives

Radio & Audio

From pain to possibility: East Coast Radio and Busamed change 3 lives

Issued by East Coast Radio 20 Jul 2026

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Neurology

The hidden cost of stress: What jaw tension is costing your workforce

Liezel Olivier 10 Jun 2026

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Public Health

Tygerberg Hospital performs SA's first fully internal limb reconstruction

8 Dec 2025

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Medtech

Eat, breathe, sleep: Dr Steven Olmos on the significance of sleep

Maroefah Smith 18 Nov 2025

A new frontier: Technologically driven non-invasive products boosting SA’s analgesics market

Medical Research

A new frontier: Technologically driven non-invasive products boosting SA’s analgesics market

Issued by Insight Survey 9 Jul 2025

Healthcare

Oral health is more than smiles: South Africa’s public health emergency

27 Mar 2025

Source: Megan Gonsalves, manager of Netcare Akeso’s Crisis Line.

Pharmaceuticals

From relief to reliance: Inside the silent painkiller epidemic

6 Mar 2025

Source: Supplied. Dr Winter performing a CT-guided interventional procedure.

Healthcare

An emerging field: Minimally invasive radiology techniques for cancer pain

4 Feb 2025

#BizTrends2025: South Africa’s cannabis market: preventing misuse or missed opportunities

Trends

#BizTrends2025: South Africa’s cannabis market: preventing misuse or missed opportunities

Christopher John Day 13 Jan 2025

Are topical products helping to boost South Africa’s analgesics market?

Pharmaceuticals

Are topical products helping to boost South Africa’s analgesics market?

Issued by Insight Survey 19 Jun 2024

Source: Summit Detox.

Pharmaceuticals

US-China talks: The fate of fentanyl manufacturing hangs in the balance

Katja Hamilton 30 Jan 2024

Mental health

Psychedelic-assisted therapy hub debuts in Johannesburg

17 Nov 2023

12 African startups selected for Fast Accelerator programme

How To Start Up

12 African startups selected for Fast Accelerator programme

21 Sep 2023

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Medical Research

First cannabis clinical trial takes off in South Africa

11 Nov 2022

Pharmaceuticals

Johnson & Johnson hit with South African civil lawsuit

25 Oct 2022

Wellness

Cannabis Clinics opens online medical cannabis platform

24 Jun 2022

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Medical Research

Nobel Prize in medicine for touch research

4 Oct 2021

The myths, the legends - now backed by science

Wellness

The myths, the legends - now backed by science

Issued by Adco CBD 5 Nov 2020

Cheeba Cannabis Academy qualification is HPCSA-approved

Education & Training

Cheeba Cannabis Academy qualification is HPCSA-approved

Issued by Cheeba Cannabis Academy 8 Oct 2020

Improving the quality of your sleep means better health and more youthful looks

Health & Beauty

Improving the quality of your sleep means better health and more youthful looks

Dr Graham Duncombe, Issued by Skin Renewal 3 Jun 2020

Retailers

Premium CBD brand Oil Science opens physical store

7 Feb 2020

When can you claim malpratice for plastic surgery?

Medical Law

When can you claim malpratice for plastic surgery?

7 May 2019

Gregory Scherrer and his collaborators have identified in mice an ensemble of cells that seems to specifically function as an on-off switch for pain aversion.
Paul Sakuma

Medical Research

Researchers discover the brain cells that make pain unpleasant

18 Jan 2019

An image of a string adhesion between the liver and the intestine. The cell nuclei are stained white.
Jonathan Tsai

Surgical Procedures

Surgical adhesions can be treated, prevented in mice

Krista Conger 4 Jan 2019

There’s a significant variation in pain sensitivity and tolerance. Shutterstock

Medical Research

Unpacking pain: what causes it and why it's hard to measure

Antonia Wadley & Peter Kamerman 19 Dec 2018

Osteopathy can be used to treat mental health issues related to back pain - new study

Healthcare

Osteopathy can be used to treat mental health issues related to back pain - new study

Darren J. Edwards 14 May 2018

An ethical dilemma for doctors: When is it OK to prescribe opioids?

Oncology

An ethical dilemma for doctors: When is it OK to prescribe opioids?

Travis N Rieder 9 Apr 2018

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Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Controversial pelvic mesh implants banned in Australia

1 Dec 2017

#BizTrends2017: Six game-changers in the modern world of medicine

Trends

#BizTrends2017: Six game-changers in the modern world of medicine

Surike Viviers 10 Jan 2017

#BizTrends2017: Access to quality, affordable healthcare is the goal

Trends

#BizTrends2017: Access to quality, affordable healthcare is the goal

10 Jan 2017

#BestofBiz 2016: Finance & Insurance

Finance

#BestofBiz 2016: Finance & Insurance

12 Dec 2016

MP 'high' over dagga bill

Legislation & Regulation

MP 'high' over dagga bill

24 Nov 2016

Multi-talent in Miles Ahead

Film

Multi-talent in Miles Ahead

Daniel Dercksen 6 Jul 2016

Trauma exacerbates physical, mental disorders

Mental health

Trauma exacerbates physical, mental disorders

26 Nov 2015

Vaccine vital to prevent shingles, post-herpetic neuralgia

Infectious Diseases

Vaccine vital to prevent shingles, post-herpetic neuralgia

18 Nov 2015

Doctors need to manage depression in chronic illness

Mental health

Doctors need to manage depression in chronic illness

25 Aug 2015

Research in the news: Long-term use of prescription opioids linked to higher mortality

Medical Research

Research in the news: Long-term use of prescription opioids linked to higher mortality

Ziba Kashef 23 Jun 2015

Over-50s should vaccinate against shingles

Public Health

Over-50s should vaccinate against shingles

20 Nov 2014

Endoscopic surgery can help low back and leg pain

Orthopaedics

Endoscopic surgery can help low back and leg pain

15 Mar 2013

Palliative care

Medicinal marijuana: Puff, puff, take a pass?

Chamendran Naidoo 20 Nov 2012

Scenar technology, a natural stimulant to weak points

Travel

Scenar technology, a natural stimulant to weak points

3 Oct 2011

Aquatic bodywork, a means of rehabilitation and therapy

Sports Science

Aquatic bodywork, a means of rehabilitation and therapy

29 Sep 2011