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South Africa’s silent health crisis: Lifestyle diseases now outpace infections

Noncommunicable diseases

South Africa’s silent health crisis: Lifestyle diseases now outpace infections

31 Mar 2026

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Medtech

Spec-Savers launches hearing aid financial service

21 Oct 2025

Image supplied. Diffusion tensor imaging shows corpus callosum fibre tracts in two adolescents: One with traumatic brain injury (TBI; G and H) and one with an orthopaedic injury (E and F). At 3 months post-injury (E, G), early degeneration and loss of fibre tracts are visible, especially in the TBI case. At 18 months (F, H), some recovery or reorganisation occurs, but persistent loss and thinning of tracts remain, particularly in the frontal regions, indicating lasting white matter damage after TBI.

Sports Science

The dangers of traumatic brain injuries in contact sport

Kathy Malherbe 17 Jun 2025

Steinhoff's former Chief Executive Markus Jooste appears in parliament to face a panel investigating an accounting scandal that rocked the retailer in Cape Town, South Africa, 5 September 2018. Reuters/Mike Hutchings/File Photo

PR & Communications

Tlhogi Ngwato | Why silence is not golden - 5 sins leaders make

Tlhogi Ngwato 12 Jun 2025

Medshield shares how nutrition shapes your health and happiness

Nutrition

Medshield shares how nutrition shapes your health and happiness

Issued by Stone 1 Apr 2025

Medical Research

Dementia care takes a leap forward with new photo reminiscence therapy research

18 Sep 2024

How environmental toxins and pollution affect our health, by Medshield

Medical Research

How environmental toxins and pollution affect our health, by Medshield

Issued by Stone 25 Jun 2024

Covid-19

Mounting evidence shows that Covid-19 leaves its mark on the brain

Ziyad Al-Aly 26 Mar 2024

Source: Supplied. Founder of Made To Thrive, Steve Stavs.

Trends

#BizTrends2024: Revolutionising mental performance with human-centric algorithms

Steve Stavs 8 Jan 2024

Source: Supplied. Health and wellness expert, and nutritional consultant Vanessa Ascencao.

Covid-19

Brain fog fatigue most prevalent among people with long Covid, study finds

Vanessa Ascencao 13 Jul 2022

Low blood pressure may cause problems for many older people.

Medical Research

Low blood pressure could be a culprit in dementia, studies suggest

Kenneth McLeod 2 Dec 2019

Junior docs get 26-hour shift

Public Health

Junior docs get 26-hour shift

18 Aug 2016

Brain health benefits of Mediterranean diet confirmed

Nutrition

Brain health benefits of Mediterranean diet confirmed

15 Jul 2015

Yale leads test of new device that protects the brain during heart-valve procedure

Cardiology

Yale leads test of new device that protects the brain during heart-valve procedure

Ziba Kashef 16 Mar 2015

Repetitive sounds leave young brain starved for blood vessels

Neurology

Repetitive sounds leave young brain starved for blood vessels

Bill Hathaway 6 Dec 2013

Neurology

Study finds evidence for genetic influence on cognitive decline

6 Nov 2013

Video game helps elderly keep their minds sharp

Software

Video game helps elderly keep their minds sharp

6 Sep 2013

Video games improve mental agility

Software

Video games improve mental agility

2 May 2013

Could common blood pressure drug slow Alzheimer's progression?

Neurology

Could common blood pressure drug slow Alzheimer's progression?

5 Mar 2013

Johns Hopkins surgeons implant first brain 'pacemaker' for Alzheimer's disease

Neurology

Johns Hopkins surgeons implant first brain 'pacemaker' for Alzheimer's disease

6 Dec 2012

Spin-off for your brain of protecting your heart

Cardiology

Spin-off for your brain of protecting your heart

18 Oct 2012

Digging up the healthy dirt on protein power

Nutrition

Digging up the healthy dirt on protein power

Sally-Ann Creed 26 Apr 2012

Medical Research

Nicotine could ward off memory loss

13 Jan 2012

Neurology

Blood tests may hold clues to pace of Alzheimer's disease progression

10 Oct 2011

Neurology

Seniors learn better from mistakes

29 Aug 2011

Mental health: keeping your grey matter in the pink

Mental health

Mental health: keeping your grey matter in the pink

Graham Anderson 20 Jul 2011

Higher levels of social activity decrease the risk of cognitive decline

Mental health

Higher levels of social activity decrease the risk of cognitive decline

30 May 2011

Noncommunicable diseases

Constricted "life space" linked with Alzheimer's

14 Apr 2011

Noncommunicable diseases

New methods may help identify early signs of Alzheimer's disease: Study

12 Jul 2010

Cardiology

Silent strokes in young adults are associated with recurrent stroke

9 Jun 2010

Medical Research

APP balance critical for normal neuronal development

19 Oct 2009

Noncommunicable diseases

Good news if you like wine; a nightcap

24 Jul 2009

Nutrition

Nothing to whine about

Tshidi Mametsa 23 Jun 2009

Public Health

Exposure to second hand smoke may raise the risk of dementia

13 Feb 2009

Noncommunicable diseases

Link between poor brain function and high blood sugar in diabetics

13 Feb 2009

Noncommunicable diseases

New antibody promising in treatment of Alzheimer's disease

Issued by Magna Carta 5 Aug 2008

Medical Research

Trial expected to show best proven treatment for heart attacks, strokes and diabetes

Issued by Redline 27 Mar 2008