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Healthcare

Support over stigma: how pregnant women battling substance use need healthcare, not judgment

4 Mar 2025

Healthcare

The silent crisis: South Africa’s growing battle with OTC and opioid misuse

21 Jan 2025

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Pharmaceuticals

Supreme Court rejects settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma

Jonathan Lipson 28 Jun 2024

Pharmaceuticals

Codeine Care Initiative: Tackling South Africa's rising substance abuse

31 Jan 2024

Source: Summit Detox.

Pharmaceuticals

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

Katja Hamilton 30 Jan 2024

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Medical Research

First cannabis clinical trial takes off in South Africa

11 Nov 2022

#Loeries22: The rise of the metaverse and the question of ethics

Loeries Creative Week

#Loeries22: The rise of the metaverse and the question of ethics

Karabo Ledwaba 5 Oct 2022

Markets & Investment

Reserve Bank changes its stance on crypto regulation

Katja Hamilton 15 Jul 2022

Drunk driving is not the only road safety risk we should be worried about this festive season

Safety

Drunk driving is not the only road safety risk we should be worried about this festive season

Rhys Evans 22 Dec 2021

Cheeba Cannabis Academy qualification is HPCSA-approved

Education & Training

Cheeba Cannabis Academy qualification is HPCSA-approved

Issued by Cheeba Cannabis Academy 8 Oct 2020

A pharmacy store in Ogun State, southwest Nigeria. Photo by Pius Utomi Ekpei /AFP via Getty Images

Pharmaceuticals

Non-medical use of prescription drugs among skilled workers: a pilot study in Nigeria

Samson Femi Agberotimi 25 Jun 2020

Pharmaceuticals

Secret histories of drugs - legal and illegal - in southern Africa

Thembisa Waetjen, Julie Parle & Rebecca Hodes 30 Jan 2020

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

Genes explain why alcohol withdrawal is so hard on some

Medical Research

Genes explain why alcohol withdrawal is so hard on some

Bill Hathaway 27 Sep 2018

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NYF Young Globals winner announced

15 May 2018

NYF Young Global Awards 2018 finalists

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NYF Young Global Awards 2018 finalists

10 Apr 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

Professor Quinette Louw

Medical Research

Most patients with low back pain get the wrong treatment - study

3 Apr 2018

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Media

OSF reflects on 15 global celebrated news stories in 2017

25 Dec 2017

Study: Minimal standards of palliative care needed

Palliative care

Study: Minimal standards of palliative care needed

13 Oct 2017

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2017 Young Globals open for entries with Calcium, Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness as sponsors

10 Oct 2017

US charges 412 people for health fraud

Pharmaceuticals

US charges 412 people for health fraud

14 Jul 2017

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Regulatory

Costco to pay $11.75m over medical prescriptions

20 Jan 2017

New painkiller could replace morphine: study

Medical Research

New painkiller could replace morphine: study

3 Oct 2016

US insurer ordered to defend prescription drug lawsuit

Insurance & Actuarial

US insurer ordered to defend prescription drug lawsuit

Sharon Snell 26 Sep 2016

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

Genetic analysis of risk for painkiller dependence points to nervous system

Medical Research

Genetic analysis of risk for painkiller dependence points to nervous system

Bill Hathaway 25 Oct 2013

Crowded emergency departments deliver less effective pain relief

Paediatrics

Crowded emergency departments deliver less effective pain relief

29 Dec 2011

New face of drug dependence: spotting and dealing with opioid addiction

Pharmaceuticals

New face of drug dependence: spotting and dealing with opioid addiction

2 Dec 2011

Friends and family enable most opioid abusers

Medical Research

Friends and family enable most opioid abusers

17 Jun 2011

Medical Research

Study finds common risk factors link to painkiller addiction

30 Aug 2010

Paediatrics

Accidental childhood poisonings mostly due to medicines

7 Aug 2009

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Adding neostigmine to epidural analgesia reduces dose needed during labour

28 Jul 2009

Medical Research

How best to treat chronic pain? The jury is still out

6 Jun 2008