"Please, darling, we must - the doctor says so"
The latest research into male fertility has the news all men want to hear - the more sex a man has the more fertile he becomes - at least in some cases!

Breast cancer: where do we go from here? - Mango-OMC
[Professor Justus Apffelstaedt and Dr Karin Baatjes] With Breast Cancer Month now past, it is a good time to reflect on the status of breast health management in South Africa and how we can improve the fate of women in an environment with limited resources.

First systemic therapy for fatal childhood disease
University of Minnesota Children's Hospital, Fairview physicians have performed the first bone marrow and cord blood transplant to treat recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB).

New vaccine to control high blood pressure
A vaccine that would help people control their blood pressure is showing promise in early trials. The vaccine, developed by drug maker Cytos Biotechnology, could free people from taking daily medication.

Cancer risks for overweight women
Half of all cases of womb cancer and a type of oesophageal cancer in women are caused by being overweight or obese, according to a new report published online in the British Medical Journal today (Wednesday).

Type 2 diabetes in children: an emerging epidemic - Magna Carta (Pty) Ltd
As reported cases of type 2 diabetes continue to increase there is growing concern, according to the World Health Organisation, that unless serious interventions are put into place, diabetes and obesity will reach epidemic proportions by 2030.

Industry news: Options for prostate cancer broaden - Martina Nicholson Associates (MNA).
Brachytherapy now available at Netcare Rosebank

Mystery disease strikes 200, kills four in Angola
An undiagnosed disease that has affected 200 and left at least four dead in Cacuaco, about 20km north of the Angolan capital, Luanda, has health organisations scrambling to identify the illness.

Genetics and malaria control
Knowing the genetic structure of populations of the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum should help to control malaria.

Cat DNA research may help humans
American researchers seeking cures for diseases that strike felines and humans have largely decoded the DNA of Cinnamon, an Abyssinian cat from Missouri.

Light beams used as tweezers to manipulate cells
In a feat that seems like something out of a microscopic version of Star Trek, MIT researchers have found a way to use a "tractor beam" of light to pick up, hold and move around individual cells and other objects on the surface of a microchip.

Childhood illness can still kill
Despite the medical advances being made, children today still die of meningitis and pneumonia and this has highlighted the need for a parent advocacy group to profile how deadly these diseases can be.

Child obesity, more overweight children in Johannesburg - TNS Research Surveys
Child obesity is becoming an issue for discussion around the world, and South Africa is no exception.

Industry news: Sale of AstraZeneca's local factory to BEE company ABM - Simonsays
AstraZeneca South Africa has sold it's local Alrode packaging facility as a going concern on favourable terms to Afrika Biopharma Manufacturing (ABM).

International conf to discuss TB prevention
The annual International Union Against Lung and Tuberculosis Disease (IUALTD) Conference is to discuss effective prevention and care programmes to reduce the spread of the disease.

New TB drugs in the pipeline - Simeka TWS Communications
The Global Alliance for TB Drug Development (TB Alliance), a not-for-profit, product development partnership accelerating the discovery and development of new drugs to fight tuberculosis (TB), today announced the advancement of two promising TB treatment candidates into the next phases of research in patients, marking pivotal milestones in the development of faster, simpler regimens.

Treat HIV and TB together say experts
200 000 people die every year because we are not treating HIV and TB together, say experts at the recent 38th World Lung Health Conference in Cape Town.

Stong demand for antiretrovirals after unsafe sexual encounters
People who do not have HIV but seek antiretroviral medications following high risk sexual encounters are very likely to complete the full month long drug regime.

Kenya: Old but not cold: older people also at risk
James Kioko*, 55, a manager at a 4-star hotel in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, dismisses condoms as "dirty, fuelling prostitution and causing marriage break-ups".

Researchers knock out HIV
With the latest advances in treatment, doctors have discovered that they can successfully neutralise the HIV virus.

Swaziland: Declare HIV/AIDS a "humanitarian emergency"
The impact of HIV/AIDS in southern Africa, which has nine of the world's most affected countries, needs to be reassessed as a "humanitarian emergency" on its own, enabling interventions to be made timeously, a leading AIDS researcher argues in a new paper.