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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

Image credit: Aditya Romansa on Unsplash

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Natural birth vs C-section: What you need to know

23 Jun 2025

The 32 winners of the 2025 Product of the Year Awards have been announced (Image supplied)

Retail

The 32 Product of the Year 2025 winners

Issued by Product of the Year South Africa 30 May 2025

Source: UCT News.

Palliative care

UCT prioritises end-of-life care with novel project

2 May 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

Legal and regulatory insights into South Africa’s growing medical cannabis market

Ethics & Medicolegal

Legal and regulatory insights into South Africa’s growing medical cannabis market

Issued by Bassani Medical 2 Oct 2024

Palliative care improves quality of life for children with cancer

Palliative care

Palliative care improves quality of life for children with cancer

Issued by CANSA 3 Sep 2024

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: Supplied. Bada Pharasi, chief executive officer of Innovative Pharmaceutical Association of South Africa.

Mental health

Suffering in silence - the mind-body illness connection that many keep a secret

Bada Pharasi 26 Jul 2023

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IP Law

6 tips to saving your trade mark from brand genericide

Melissa Morris 25 Nov 2022

Source: Supplied.

Medical Research

First cannabis clinical trial takes off in South Africa

11 Nov 2022

Cannabis tourism: How a new travel trend is taking off

Tourism

Cannabis tourism: How a new travel trend is taking off

Michael O'Regan 13 Jun 2022

Health & Beauty

GlaxoSmithKline rejects Unilever's £50bn bid for consumer health unit

17 Jan 2022

Is SA's cannabis industry predicted to become 'green gold' or 'fool's gold'?

Aesthetic Medicine

Is SA's cannabis industry predicted to become 'green gold' or 'fool's gold'?

Issued by Insight Survey 1 Feb 2021

How to navigate CBD product purchases

FMCG

How to navigate CBD product purchases

27 Jan 2020

Enhance your wellbeing with DR+SWISS

Pharmaceuticals

Enhance your wellbeing with DR+SWISS

Issued by OnPoint PR 28 Nov 2019

#SingularityUSouthAfrica2019: How applied computing can save your life

Digital

#SingularityUSouthAfrica2019: How applied computing can save your life

22 Oct 2019

Many children in South Africa are in pain because they do cannot access palliative care medicines. Photo: Flickr user John Campbell (public domain)

Paediatrics

Children are dying in pain because they cannot get the medicines they need

Michelle Meiring 15 Mar 2019

Grand-Pa advertising explosion

Advertising

Grand-Pa advertising explosion

Issued by MegaVision Media 4 Mar 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

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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Advertising

Ad firms using tools to help them read your mind

27 Dec 2017

Australia takes GSK, Novartis to court over 'misleading' claims

Media & Entertainment Law

Australia takes GSK, Novartis to court over 'misleading' claims

7 Dec 2017

Elizabeth Elfenbein (Health & Wellness jury chairman), partner/chief creative officer of The Bloc USA.

Advertising

Finalists for 2017 Global Awards announced

17 Oct 2017

Study: Minimal standards of palliative care needed

Palliative care

Study: Minimal standards of palliative care needed

13 Oct 2017

Source: allAfrica/The Monitor

Oncology

How will Uganda drive more cancer patients to hospital?

Flavia Nassaka 28 Feb 2017

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Regulatory

Costco to pay $11.75m over medical prescriptions

20 Jan 2017

A hard or soft mattress - Which one is best for you

Wellness

A hard or soft mattress - Which one is best for you

Issued by Docs.Zone 15 Sep 2016

Publicis Machine's CEO, Adrian Hewlett, and head of group digital strategy, Andy Gilder.

Advertising

Drugstore: Bringing big businesses tech-pain relief

Leigh Andrews 15 Jan 2016

Hair today, gone tomorrow

Wellness

Hair today, gone tomorrow

Brian Berkman 19 May 2015

Asthma-related deaths on the rise

Noncommunicable diseases

Asthma-related deaths on the rise

27 Aug 2013

Colds and flu boost Reckitt Benckiser

Manufacturing

Colds and flu boost Reckitt Benckiser

23 Apr 2013

Oncology

Foundation launches CSI programmes to support cancer facilities

11 Feb 2013

Creams, patches can ease painful knees

Orthopaedics

Creams, patches can ease painful knees

17 Oct 2012

Mamba venom holds promise for pain relief

Medical Research

Mamba venom holds promise for pain relief

4 Oct 2012

Research in the news: Gene therapy shows promise in neuron repair and pain relief

Neurology

Research in the news: Gene therapy shows promise in neuron repair and pain relief

Bill Hathaway 3 Sep 2012

Travel

Children with higher IQ don't eat meat

Refilwe Boikanyo 17 Jan 2012

Crowded emergency departments deliver less effective pain relief

Paediatrics

Crowded emergency departments deliver less effective pain relief

29 Dec 2011

The placebo effect: expecting the best, fearing the worst

Medical Research

The placebo effect: expecting the best, fearing the worst

10 Mar 2011