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SA startup Altera raises R29m for donor cell platform

Funding

SA startup Altera raises R29m for donor cell platform

30 Jul 2025

Image credit: Spooge

Aesthetic Medicine

The suncare brand making SPF exciting for Gen Z

22 Jul 2025

Image supplied.

Oncology

Calls for South Africans to register as stem cell donors

9 Jul 2025

Image credit: Good Faces on Unsplash

Aesthetic Medicine

Making hair restoration more inclusive

8 Jul 2025

Medical students open SA's first organ donor support unit at Tygerberg Hospital

Public Health

Medical students open SA's first organ donor support unit at Tygerberg Hospital

12 Jun 2025

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

Magrabi Health marks 70 years of pioneering healthcare in the Middle East

9 May 2025

Preventing and managing chronic kidney disease, by Medshield

Noncommunicable diseases

Preventing and managing chronic kidney disease, by Medshield

Issued by Stone 15 Apr 2025

Healthcare

UK makes history with first birth after womb transplant

9 Apr 2025

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

#HumanRightsMonth: The call for stem cell transplants for SA children

18 Mar 2025

Source: Supplied. Professor Rajendra Bhimma, who practises at Netcare St Augustine’s Hospital.

Healthcare

Award-winning kidney specialist leads the fight against youth dialysis rates

10 Mar 2025

Healthcare

Why diabetes management is critical this World Kidney Day

10 Mar 2025

Healthcare

Boosted corporate social investment: A vital support for SA’s health sector

23 Dec 2024

Source: Pexels.

Healthcare

HIV: there’s hope for a cure – where we stand now

3 Dec 2024

Source: Supplied. Seabelo Senatla.

Oncology

Seabelo Senatla and DKMS Africa tackle blood cancer together

14 Nov 2024

There is opportunity for innovation in South Africa’s healthcare landscape, says Medshield’s Kevin Aron

Medical Aid

There is opportunity for innovation in South Africa’s healthcare landscape, says Medshield’s Kevin Aron

Kevin Aron, Issued by Stone 4 Nov 2024

Oncology

Liberty introduces innovative new cancer cover

7 Oct 2024

Public Health

Transforming heart health: Awareness saves lives

4 Sep 2024

Focus on cervical cancer in Women’s Month

Women's Health

Focus on cervical cancer in Women’s Month

Issued by CANSA 15 Aug 2024

Source: Supplied. The Tri for Life team are Jonty Wright, Gerhard Nieuwoudt, Alexander Van Wyk, and Henri Van Der Westhuizen.

Healthcare

Students’ ‘Life Pod’ project can save up to 100 lives per year

23 Apr 2024

Source: @LightUpScience/Twitter. Richard Slayman is seen here with the surgical team at Massachusetts General Hospital who performed his transplant, led by Tatsuo Kawai, MD, PhD and Nahel Elias, MD.

Healthcare

Man survives pig kidney transplant

8 Apr 2024

Public Health

Can the UN impose sanctions on SA? You bet it can… and One Health may be the tipping point

Katja Hamilton 15 Mar 2024

Cohsasa accredits the Bank Hospital in Ghana

Hospital Groups

Cohsasa accredits the Bank Hospital in Ghana

Issued by COHSASA 12 Mar 2024

Source: Supplied.

Property

Seamless downsizing: Navigating the transition to a cosier retirement lifestyle

7 Dec 2023

Nominations open for the South African Health Excellence Awards

Healthcare

Nominations open for the South African Health Excellence Awards

Issued by Clinix Health Group 20 Oct 2023

Eating well to support kidney health

Healthcare

Eating well to support kidney health

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 31 Aug 2023

Public Health

Transplantation services struggle to catch up post-pandemic

7 Aug 2023

Source: Supplied.

Hospital Groups

Netcare Blaauwberg's level II trauma status triumph!

19 Jul 2023

Public Health

Illegal organ trade is more sophisticated than one might think - who's behind it and how it could be controlled

Frederike Ambagtsheer 13 Jul 2023

Medtech

Stellenbosch medical students use tech to turn the tide on organ donor shortage

12 Jul 2023

Symptoms of chronic kidney disease

Hospital Groups

Symptoms of chronic kidney disease

Issued by Intercare 27 Mar 2023

Vatanmed Clinic: Leading hair transplant clinic in Istanbul, Turkey increases accessibility for African clients

Specialties

Vatanmed Clinic: Leading hair transplant clinic in Istanbul, Turkey increases accessibility for African clients

Issued by The Coup 13 Mar 2023

Image supplied: Miss South Africa 2020, Shudufhadzo Musida

Wellness

DKMS partners with Miss SA 2020 in fight against blood cancer

31 Jan 2023

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IP Law

Copyright Amendment Bill: Battles on multiple fronts

Thato Moloto 6 Dec 2022

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

National Renal Care opens specialised children's dialysis unit in Sandton

6 Dec 2022

Source: Hisar Hospital.

Public Health

Bone marrow stem-cell donation not a priority for 49% of South Africans, survey shows

15 Nov 2022

Healthcare

Stellar campaign sets target of 100,000 registrations

5 Sep 2022

Source: FreePik.

Healthcare

Long waiting list to receive organs in South Africa

18 Aug 2022

Source: Supplied. Dr Peter Hsu, a nephrologist who practises at Netcare Milpark Hospital, was awarded his PhD following his completion of the largest known study on cardiovascular risk in chronic renal patients to date in South Africa.

Healthcare

Local study advances global understanding of CVD risk in renal patients

27 Jul 2022

Source: Supplied. Carl De Villiers suffered a stroke in March last year. He is alive thanks to a mechanical thrombectomy and intense rehabilitation therapy.

Hospital Groups

Netcare Milpark and Netcare Unitas hospitals achieve stroke-ready status

7 Jun 2022

Healthcare

First woman reported cured of HIV after stem cell transplant

17 Feb 2022

Surgical Procedures

Man receives a genetically-modified pig heart in the world's first transplant of its kind

17 Jan 2022

Film & Cinematography

Realness Institute opens submissions for Episodic Lab and DET

24 Nov 2021

Source: supplied. Christine Roos, one of the 26 cyclists who will be pedding the 94.7 Ride Joburg this Sunday to raise funds for SABMR

Specialties

Peddling the 94.7 Ride Joburg to raise funds for bone marrow donations

17 Nov 2021

Source: ©Mark Bowden

Medtech

First non-invasive benign prostate procedure performed in SA

11 Nov 2021

Source: ©National Department of Health

Covid-19

#VoomaVaccination: Vaccinate this weekend

1 Oct 2021

Social Media

10 phenomenal women to follow on TikTok

9 Aug 2021

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Pharmaceuticals

Vaccine inequality makes a case for African pharma opportunities

Julie Oppenheim, Daniel Mwathe & Micael Sehul 28 Jul 2021

DKMS Africa secures R2m to support transplantation for 8 paediatric state patients

Health & Social Welfare

DKMS Africa secures R2m to support transplantation for 8 paediatric state patients

14 Jul 2021