Antibiotics for acute maxillary sinusitis
A Cochrane Systematic Review of medical research found that four out of five patients who are seen in primary care with simple sinusitis improved within two weeks even if they had not been given antibiotics.

Vitamins supplements don't increase longevity
A new study has found that taking vitamin or antioxidant supplements does not prolong life.

Lipitor of great value in patients with chronic stable angina - Magna Carta
Lipitor provided an unexpectedly potent heart benefit in patients with chronic stable angina, according to a new study.

Kelly Rowland appointed as ambassador to MTV Staying Alive - Alison Reid
R&B singer-songwriter Kelly Rowland has been appointed as the official 2008 Ambassador for the MTV Staying Alive Foundation.

Clickatell helps healthcare organizations worldwide realise the benefits of SMS - Sentient Communications
Cell-Life, ComplyRx and the National Health Service Select Clickatell Enterprise Messaging to Offer Anywhere, Anytime¹ Access to Critical Healthcare Information.

Patients treated to online resource with the launch of Well@Pfizer - Magna Carta
In response to growing demand for health information and disease education by consumers, pharmaceutical manufacturer Pfizer South Africa has announced the launch of an online patient information site that seeks to create awareness on diseases and other health matters.

South Africa: Chakras and children
Twenty years into the pandemic, people are looking for new ways to live with HIV, and for some alternative medicine has become part of the answer.

Kenya: When there's no excuse not to use a condom
When the music's pumping, drinks are flowing and hormones are raging, condoms don't often spring to mind, until it's too late. By then, the shops are closed and a packet of three is hard to come by.

Yellow fever vaccination campaign in Mali
A week-long campaign to vaccinate 5.7 million people across the southern half of Mali begins on Saturday in the country and, for the first time ever, a mass vaccination campaign will be undertaken thanks to "south-south" vaccine supply: South America's only manufacturer of Yellow Fever vaccine, Bio Manguinhos of Brazil, will be supplying half of the vaccine necessary.

New outbreak of bird flu in South Korea
South Korea is struggling with its first outbreak of bird flu for over a year.

Social networking to fund malaria research
A new web site allows people to directly engage in the battle against malaria.

First functional insulin-binding protein in invertebrates
Insulin-like growth factor (IGF) signalling that helps to regulate mammals' growth, metabolism, reproduction and longevity is well documented…

It's not how much fat, but where it is that's important
Studies on mice suggest that it is the fat that spills over into other organs that causes metabolic syndrome.

Statins may help control blood pressure
Researchers in the States say that statins, the popular cholesterol-lowering drugs, may also lower blood pressure. They say this possibly helps to explain why statins have been shown to prevent strokes as well as heart attacks.

Carotid stenting shows long-term benefit as alternative to surgery
Carotid artery stenting is an effective option for high risk patients who are not eligible for surgery, according to a long-term study published in this week's New England Journal of Medicine.

Pharmacists cash in big with X/procure® X/points™ Payouts - Owlhurst Communications
X/procure® specialises in the provision of electronic procurement and advertising technology to the South African Healthcare Industry. To retail pharmacists X/procure® offers a premium electronic ordering system, and to pharmaceutical manufacturers it offers various advertising options on the computer interface at the point of purchase.

Improving indoor air quality may reduce incidence of flu - Health DiRxions
As winter approaches, the decision of whether or not to have the flu jab is constantly on our minds.

20 minutes to mental health
It takes just 20 minutes of activity a week to boost mental health, according to a new study.

Philippines: Nutrition gains at risk
In the Philippines, one out of four children is considered underweight or stunted - telling signs of nutritional problems. But this figure, which translates into four million children under 10 being undernourished, is considered an improvement, according to the country's Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI). In the early 1990s, 30 to 40 percent of the same age group were found to be either underweight, stunted or in a worse physical condition.

Vitamin D deficiency and brain dysfunction… a link?
Is there convincing biological or behavioural evidence linking Vitamin D deficiency to brain dysfunction?

A failure in critical health care
World's health leaders and parliamentarians convene to seek accelerated action to reduce maternal and child deaths; critical health care fails to reach most women and children in high-mortality countries.

Cash-strapped governments, patent expiries, fuel generics growth
[Pam Narang] Driven by the increasing use of cost-containment measures imposed by cash-strapped governments and fed by a constant stream of patent expiries going forward, the global generics market continues to grow.

Public health crisis after election violence in Kenya
The Kenyan crisis has led to a public health disaster.

LIBERIA: Nutritional “crisis” in Monrovia
Moderate hunger has been endemic in the Liberian capital for years, but as the effects of soaring global food and fuel prices have doubled rice prices, the aid agency Action Against Hunger (ACF) says thousands of city children are increasingly at risk of acute malnutrition.

Eleven dead as diarrhoea hits Somalia's Sanaag region
At least 11 people have died in Dhahar district in the Sanaag region of northern Somalia, after an outbreak of acute watery diarrhoea (AWD), medical sources said.

Namibia: Have wheels, will travel
Home-based caregiver Salome Vendura knows firsthand that in Namibia's far-flung rural areas, one of the biggest determinants of HIV/AIDS treatment adherence is access to affordable and reliable transportation.

UCT signs MOU with CANSA and TAC
The University of Cape Town's School of Public Health and Family Medicine has signed a memorandum of agreement with the Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) and the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC).

Killer cars
Traffic pollution has been linked to thousands of deaths from pneumonia.

KENYA: Morphine's role in palliative care
Charles Ndirangu had his left arm amputated after a road accident in 2002 but has since endured sharp pains down his left side, leaving him numb.