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Ultra-sound; ‘underused, under-trained,’ in SA

Medtech

Ultra-sound; ‘underused, under-trained,’ in SA

Issued by Zebra Medical 23 Jan 2025

Source: Supplied. Head of the Cape Town Infusion Centre, Sister Karin Davidson.

Public Health

The global burden of anaemia

10 Jan 2025

Public Health

Transforming heart health: Awareness saves lives

4 Sep 2024

Covid-19

WHO closely monitors Covid variant amid mutation concerns

Katja Hamilton 15 Aug 2023

Medtech

AstraZeneca promotes AI use in disease detection

13 Apr 2023

Source: Supplied. The specialist cardiac team at Life Vincent Pallotti Hospital.

Cardiology

Vincent Pallotti sets record for first keyhole mitral-valve replacement

3 Mar 2023

Plans to stop raw sewage being pumped into the sea off Cape Town

Infrastructure & Utilities

Plans to stop raw sewage being pumped into the sea off Cape Town

Steve Kretzmann 24 Feb 2023

What is the impact of an unhealthy heart?

Cardiology

What is the impact of an unhealthy heart?

Issued by Intercare 1 Sep 2022

Source: Dr Carolyn Chinsinga.

Healthcare

Real-time data monitoring drives superior hospital-at-home care

Katja Hamilton 9 Sep 2022

Cardiology

The importance of heart health in cancer care

26 Jul 2022

Supplied. Dr Aamir Hameed, lecturer in the department of anatomy and regenerative medicine at RCSI.

Healthcare

New heart model to help treat patients with heart failure

26 Jul 2022

Source: Supplied

Hospital Groups

SA first: Tygerberg Hospital performs groundbreaking paediatric surgery

29 Dec 2021

Source: ©SIMONSAYS Communications. The Because I Say So campaign reminds South Africans to go to their local pharmacy, clinic or doctor to get tested

Cardiology

BP: the silent killer on the rise in sub-Saharan Africa

8 Oct 2021

6 Covid-19 vaccine myths dispelled by experts

Covid-19

6 Covid-19 vaccine myths dispelled by experts

25 Aug 2021

City Press executive editor, the late, Dumisane Lubisi. Photo: .

Media

RIP: City Press executive editor Dumisane Lubisi

12 Oct 2020

Pulmonary hypertension in LMICs

Medical Research

Pulmonary hypertension in LMICs

28 Sep 2020

Worrying trend as check ups drop off during pandemic

Covid-19

Worrying trend as check ups drop off during pandemic

11 Jun 2020

FMCG

Process manufacturing in 2020: Sustainability and servitisation

Colin Elkins 19 Dec 2019

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

Rules eat culture for breakfast

Management & Leadership

Rules eat culture for breakfast

Sid Peimer 21 Oct 2019

Slum residents were said to do less exercise because of cheap motorcycle taxis. Boris Golovnev/Shutterstock

Noncommunicable diseases

Bad habits drive health risks among Kenya's urban poor

Frederick Wekesah 13 Sep 2019

Euan Ashley and his collaborators were able to compare tissue from healthy hearts with that of failing hearts, and have discovered how genes network as the heart fails. Photo:
Steve Fisch

Cardiology

Gene networks reveal transition from healthy to failing heart

Hanae Armitage 3 Jul 2019

Drug reduces kidney failure in diabetics

Pharmaceuticals

Drug reduces kidney failure in diabetics

17 Apr 2019

Salty and fatty foods are driving up obesity. Shutterstock

Noncommunicable diseases

Weighing up the costs of treating lifestyle diseases in South Africa

7 Feb 2019

Privacy vs Profit: Will 2019 be the year of consumer paranoia?

Cybersecurity

Privacy vs Profit: Will 2019 be the year of consumer paranoia?

Colin Thornton 26 Nov 2018

Associate Professor Liesl Zühlke. Photo: UCT

Medical Research

Award to fund paediatric heart disease research in Africa

15 Oct 2018

Professor Bongani Mayosi. Photo: UCT

Healthcare

Professor Bongani Mayosi: "A giant has truly fallen"

30 Jul 2018

Agriculture

Climate change will make rice less nutritious, putting millions of the world's poor at risk

Kristie Ebi 13 Jun 2018

Professor Mark Collison of the South African Population Research Infrastructure Network

Food Crisis

What population growth will do to health and communities

29 May 2018

TAG calls for public support for Tobacco Bill

Legislation & Regulation

TAG calls for public support for Tobacco Bill

21 May 2018

UCT research focus on combating poverty-related heart disease in Africa

Cardiology

UCT research focus on combating poverty-related heart disease in Africa

7 May 2018

Dr Thomas Kowallik

Trends

#BizTrends2018: High hopes for SA pharmaceutical progress this year

Dr Thomas Kowallik 10 Jan 2018

Diabetes treatment goals still suboptimal

Noncommunicable diseases

Diabetes treatment goals still suboptimal

Issued by AstraZeneca 14 Nov 2017

$129bn in extreme weather losses last year

Climate Change

$129bn in extreme weather losses last year

2 Nov 2017

'Death by overwork': occupational hazard for Japan's media

Media

'Death by overwork': occupational hazard for Japan's media

13 Oct 2017

Penicillin shortages as pharma companies eye newer, more lucrative drugs

Pharmaceuticals

Penicillin shortages as pharma companies eye newer, more lucrative drugs

KEILA GUIMARÃES 8 Jun 2017

Study: Teaching hospital patients less likely to die

Medical Research

Study: Teaching hospital patients less likely to die

2 Jun 2017

Advertising

Much-loved adman dies

Chris Brewer 2 Nov 2016

What are craniofacial syndromes?

Surgical Procedures

What are craniofacial syndromes?

Frank Graewe 22 Jun 2016

Akikere: before and after

Surgical Procedures

Breakthrough craniofacial surgery: Round 2

Frank Graewe 15 Apr 2016

The new cryo-balloon allows the user to effectively measure the atrial fibrillation signals during ablation by bringing the catheter anatomically close to the veins’ muscular sleeve.

Surgical Procedures

300th cryo-balloon ablation procedure performed

4 Mar 2016

Rheumatic fever weakening South Africa's youth

Cardiology

Rheumatic fever weakening South Africa's youth

4 Aug 2015

Truth and survival on a toxic planet

Public Health

Truth and survival on a toxic planet

Roger Metcalfe 6 May 2015

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

Cardiology

Sandoz donates penicillin for Rheumatic Heart Disease research

9 Sep 2014

Preventing rheumatic heart disease

Cardiology

Preventing rheumatic heart disease

4 Aug 2014