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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

Healthcare

Why diabetes management is critical this World Kidney Day

10 Mar 2025

Changing systems to reduce obesity in SA

Education & Training

Changing systems to reduce obesity in SA

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 4 Mar 2025

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

#World Obesity Day: Genetics play a role, but lifestyle is key, say experts

3 Mar 2025

Source: Global NCD Alliance Forum.

Healthcare

A breath of fresh air: How Kigali’s car-free Sundays keep people moving

Zano Kunene 28 Feb 2025

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

Teaching nutrition: Crucial in combating SA's childhood obesity crisis

4 Jul 2024

Source: Maize Suppliers.

Healthcare

Almost 50% of adult South Africans are overweight or obese. Poverty and poor nutrition are largely to blame

Thokozani Simelane 14 Jun 2024

Tackling women’s health holistically

Women's Health

Tackling women’s health holistically

Issued by Bonitas 7 Jun 2024

Medtech

SA's consumers get as-you-go private healthcare app to fit their busy lifestyles

17 Apr 2024

Let's talk about SA women and obesity

Nutrition

Let's talk about SA women and obesity

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 4 Mar 2024

What to expect from a medical check-up

Hospital Groups

What to expect from a medical check-up

Issued by Intercare 5 Feb 2024

Source: Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals

Eli Lilly: Inaugural US telehealth platform delivers weight-loss drugs

4 Jan 2024

Noncommunicable diseases

Diabetes is South Africa's second biggest killer disease: hiking the sugar tax would help

6 Nov 2023

How to feel good with food

Nutrition

How to feel good with food

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 5 Oct 2023

Dealing with diabetes

Noncommunicable diseases

Dealing with diabetes

Issued by Bonitas 29 Aug 2023

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

Medtech

#Newsmaker: Unlocking the future of healthcare with biohacker Steve Stavs

Katja Hamilton 21 Jul 2023

Public Health

Last day for public comments on food labels

21 Jul 2023

Source: ©tanialerro -

Regulatory

SA consumers called to comment on draft food labelling regulations

24 May 2023

Are you ready for the winter flu? Things you need to know - Medshield

Medical Aid

Are you ready for the winter flu? Things you need to know - Medshield

Issued by Stone 5 May 2023

Let's talk testosterone. Are your testosterone levels driving you nuts?

Hospital Groups

Let's talk testosterone. Are your testosterone levels driving you nuts?

Issued by Intercare 2 May 2023

Changing conversations about overweight and obesity

Nutrition

Changing conversations about overweight and obesity

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 28 Mar 2023

8 vital health checks for men

Public Health

8 vital health checks for men

Issued by Bonitas 7 Feb 2023

Reduce your risk of cancer - small changes for a big difference

Oncology

Reduce your risk of cancer - small changes for a big difference

Issued by Intercare 1 Feb 2023

Dietitians weigh in on top 2023 nutrition trends

Nutrition

Dietitians weigh in on top 2023 nutrition trends

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 16 Jan 2023

Nutritional consultant, Vanessa Ascencao

Noncommunicable diseases

Study shows type 2 diabetes reduces life expectancy

4 Nov 2022

Dealing with the 'Big C'

Oncology

Dealing with the 'Big C'

Issued by Stone 3 Nov 2022

Prediabetes - what you don't know may kill you

Healthcare

Prediabetes - what you don't know may kill you

Issued by Intercare 1 Nov 2022

How to make healthy eating choices easier

Nutrition

How to make healthy eating choices easier

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 5 Oct 2022

Healthy eating for your kidneys

Nutrition

Healthy eating for your kidneys

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 1 Sep 2022

South Africa is determined to turn the tide on the obesity crisis

Nutrition

South Africa is determined to turn the tide on the obesity crisis

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 1 Mar 2022

More than a woman

Women's Month

More than a woman

Issued by Intercare 2 Aug 2021

Children are eating too much poor nutrient quality food and too little of good nutrient quality food. Shutterstock

Nutrition

South Africa needs to change direction on maternal health to solve child malnutrition

Chantell Witten & Shane Norris 9 Mar 2021

Why 'eat less, move more' is not obesity's silver bullet

Nutrition

Why 'eat less, move more' is not obesity's silver bullet

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 4 Mar 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused some 85,000 deaths among South Africans over 60. Image: NIAID-RML (CC BY 2.0)

Covid-19

Nearly 85,000 older South Africans have probably died from Covid-19

James Stent 26 Jan 2021

The rise of commercial milk formulas and why it matters for the world's women and children

FMCG

The rise of commercial milk formulas and why it matters for the world's women and children

David McCoy, Julie P. Smith and Phillip Baker 5 Jan 2021

#OrchidsandOnions: Bringing home the bacon

Advertising

#OrchidsandOnions: Bringing home the bacon

Brendan Seery 1 Dec 2020

Nurses are the backbone of the health system. Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images

Noncommunicable diseases

Diabetes prevention and care needs more nurses with extra training and support

Sundeep Ruder 16 Nov 2020

Noncommunicable diseases

Diabetes is a ticking time bomb in Sub-Saharan Africa

Chinwe Juliana Iwu-Jaja, Andre Pascal Kengne & Charles Shey Wiysonge 13 Nov 2020

This is the HIV combination treatment pill of choice (though this is only one of several brands) for newly diagnosed HIV patients in South Africa. The regimen has proven very effective at suppressing HIV, and patients tolerate it well, but it is associated with obesity in women.

HIV/AIDS

Weight gain worries for newer HIV treatment regimens

James Stent 2 Oct 2020

Noncommunicable diseases

Weekly injection could treat type 2 diabetes, new enzyme discovery suggests

Magdalene Montgomery & Matthew Watt 4 Sep 2020

People exercising in Ellis Park in Johannesburg, South Africa. Dino Lloyd/Gallo Images via Getty Images

NHI

South Africans must be healthier for universal healthcare to succeed

Jane Simmonds & Charles Parry 8 Jul 2020

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Covid-19

How deadly is Covid-19?

GroundUp and Spotlight staff 19 Jun 2020

Call for action to address malnutrition in all its forms

Nutrition

Call for action to address malnutrition in all its forms

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 17 Jun 2020

Mary-Ann Davies

Covid-19

TB, HIV less likely to cause Covid-19 death than other comorbidities

Nicci Botha 10 Jun 2020

The World Health Organisation has suspended the use of hydroxychloroquine in a global drug trial. George Frey/AFP via Getty Images

Covid-19

Why it's vital to look beyond the hype about repurposed malaria drugs

Marguerite Blignaut 8 Jun 2020

Lifestyle diseases and coronavirus

Covid-19

Lifestyle diseases and coronavirus

Issued by Bonitas 19 May 2020