Mango partners with HIV&Me

Low cost airline Mango this week announced its partnership with NGO Regency's HIV education programme, HIV&Me. The programme, which focuses on prevention and education, reaches out to schools nationally with learner and teacher interventions to encourage young people to make informed choices about their health and sexual behaviour. Read more >>

World Bank's poor health record

A report by the World Bank's internal watchdog has criticised its efforts at improving the health of the poor. The Independent Evaluation Group said a third of the Bank's health projects between 1997 and 2007 failed to achieve their objectives. Read more >>

Drinking wine makes men live longer

LONDON: Drinking up to half a glass of wine per day can help you live up to five years longer, at least for men, according to a study published on Thursday, 29 May 2009. Read more >>

Pharmacies a sweet pill for New Clicks

[Marcia Klein] If the consumer is under severe pressure, it is not evident in the results of New Clicks. Read more >>

World Glaucoma Day 2009 commemorated in March

For the second consecutive year, World Glaucoma Day was commemorated in March in an effort to raise awareness about the silent “thief of sight” - Glaucoma. The particular focus this year in South Africa was to urge people with a family history of glaucoma to have their eyes examined. Read more >>

Common cold or flu - what to do

[Magna Carta] Both flu's and colds are highly contagious viral illnesses that attack the respiratory system and enter the body through the nose, mouth and eyes, and are both spread by coughing and sneezing. The two viruses are different though and everyone is at risk of both. Read more >>

CT angiography outperforms stress testing in diagnosing coronary artey disease

A study published in the American Journal of Cardiology comparing stress testing and 64-multislice coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) shows that the latter has better diagnostic ability for obstructive heart disease. Read more >>

Unit helps stay abreast of cancer

[Nomfundo Xulu] The Breast Health Foundation in association with the Avon Justine iThemba Fund — an initiative by the cosmetic company to raise women's awareness about their health, with a focus on cancer — recently launched a mobile breast-health education unit at Sebokeng Hospital. Read more >>

Controlling asthma and AR

Asthma is a worldwide problem, affecting approximately 300 million people globally. For the more than 75-80% of asthma sufferers who also experience Allergic Rhinitis (AR), (more commonly known as hay fever), their asthma symptoms worsen. Read more >>

Netcare Garden City Hospital to join international ranks

Netcare Garden City Hospital has recently joined the ranks of the world's leading healthcare institutions by being awarded international Healthcare Accreditation and Quality Unit (HAQU) accreditation as well as ISO 9001:2000 certification. Netcare now has various fully accredited and certified hospitals throughout South Africa. Read more >>

Dept monitoring suspected swine flu case

[Gabi Khumalo] PRETORIA: The Department of Health says it is monitoring the one case of suspected swine flu that has been reported in the country. It says, as opposed to earlier media reports, there was only one suspected case of the deadly disease that was identified, and not two. Read more >>

West Africa: Health workers inch toward eliminating polio

DAKAR: Nigeria has confirmed 193 polio cases in 2009 but as the latest round of vaccinations comes to a close international experts say they are gaining ground in the fight to eliminate polio in Nigeria. Read more >>

DNA barcoding of mosquito species deployed against elephantiasis

New biotechnologies that allow scientists to quickly and accurately distinguish species based on a DNA analysis are being deployed against the major global disease, elephantiasis. Read more >>

Southern Africa: Not enough drugs to handle a pandemic

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa, the country with the most resources in Africa, has two suspected cases of swine flu, but does not have adequate supplies of the antiviral drugs known to be effective in treating the rapidly spreading disease that has so far claimed more than 150 lives in Mexico, according to an expert. Read more >>

Cipla develops oseltamivir against swine flu

Local pharmaceutical company Cipla has recently released Cipla-Oseltamivir, an antiviral flu medication, which could help against swine flu. Osteltamivir is used to both prevent and treat influenza infection in adults and children older than one year of age. Read more >>

Fit Pregnancy workshops hosted in SA

Fit Pregnancy workshops is in its fourth consecutive year, and will be hosted in Durban, Johannesburg and Cape Town respectively. These workshops are aimed at expectant mothers and their partners with a focus on healthy mothers and healthy babies. Read more >>

Mum's the Word maternity programme - Cape Medical Plan

The birth of a baby is probably the most important event in the life of any couple - and of course the baby itself! Giving birth involves massive physiological and physical change in the mother and emotional stress for both parents. And pregnancy involves expense. Read more >>