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 4Play: sex tips for girls is a locally written and produced e.tv drama series following the lives of four 30-something Johannesburg professional women as they negotiate sex, love and relationships in a contemporary, honest and often funny way. Read more >>A KwaZulu-Natal Midlands man is claiming more than R27 million from a Durban hospital and the South African National Blood Service (SANBS) alleging that he contracted HIV during a blood transfusion after a heart by-pass operation in 2003. Read more >>HIV infection or the treatments used to control it are prematurely aging the brain, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of California-San Diego have found. Read more >>Circumcising newborn boys to stop them becoming infected with the AIDS virus in later life is more cost-effective than circumcising adult men, Rwandan health experts said on Tuesday. Read more >>Medical
An earthquake killing up to 200 000 people would have been bad enough anywhere, but in Haiti, where AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria are rampant, children are malnourished and hygiene is already a challenge, it may create one of the worst medical disasters ever. Read more >>Cardiology
From diet to exercise to cholesterol, AHA identifies seven factors for cardiovascular health. Read more >>CSI
The 7th CANSA Shavathon takes place countrywide on 5-6 March 2010, when supporters can have their heads shaved or their hair spray painted to raise funds for the organisation. Read more >> SABC2 will run a telethon to raise funds for the Haiti earthquake victims on Thursday, 28 January 2010, on the Morning Live show, 6-8am. Read more >> Through its R1.77bn first phase repositioning programme, Sandton City Shopping Centre was able to donate 58 doors of various sizes to CANSA (Cancer Association of South Africa) for use in renovating the Gwaranang building in the new Steve Biko Paediatric Oncology Unit. CANSA made use of the voluntary services of the Round Table Organization to collect the donated goods. Read more >>Hangerman, which collects all of the used hangers from Woolworths' stores, has refurbished over 250 million hangars since 1986, when Woolworths was instrumental in setting up it up in South Africa. Read more >>Dental disease
Parents should use toothpastes that contain fluoride with a minimum concentration of 1000 parts per million to prevent tooth decay in their children, says a new report. Preventing tooth decay can help reduce the need for extensive and costly dental treatments, including extractions. Read more >>Ethical Medicines
Research by UK, Swedish and American researchers shows that taking internet drugs can kill and bypassing health systems can leave life-threatening problems undiagnosed. Read more >>Infectious diseases
For the first time the research world has managed to measure the energy that is used when a virus infects a cell. The aim is to find a way to reduce the amount of energy inside the virus and thereby ultimately find a medicine that can counteract infections. A group of chemistry researchers from Lund University in Sweden and from the University of Lyon in France lie behind the study. Read more >>Indonesia reported fewer deaths from bird flu in 2009, but health specialists warn that the risk to humans remains high. Read more >>Medical Research
It's estimated that one-third of Americans made a New Year's resolution to lose weight this year. However... Read more >>Research: Influence of smoking cessation after diagnosis of early stage lung cancer on prognosis: Systematic review of observational studies with meta-analysis. Read more >>In the first study of its kind, New England Research Institutes, Inc. (NERI) in collaboration with the Division of Cardiology, San Francisco General Hospital and the University of California, San Francisco tested whether erectile dysfunction (ED) can be used to reclassify patients according to their future risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) beyond traditional risk factors (such as smoking, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, etc). Read more >>Mental health
Telling your boss what you really think of him or her is good for your health -- and helps managers improve, new research has found. Read more >>Oncology
Men who were previously deemed sterile due to aggressive cancer treatments may still be able to biologically father children according to a new study published in the journal, Bone Marrow Transplantation, Paternity after directed collection of testicular sperm for in vitro fertilisation after BMT for haematological malignancies. Read more >>Paediatrics
Doctors at Haiti's largest hospital Monday delivered their first baby and carried out their first paediatric surgery since last week's devastating earthquake, according to a spokesman for the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO). Read more >>Public health
There is a worrying lack of safety data on electronic cigarettes, despite their growing popularity with the public, two leading Greek researchers have warned. Read more >>Women's health
Combining ultrasound with proteomic analyses of blood early-stage ovarian cancer can be identified Read more >>Nutrition
 Vital Health Foods has become the first wholly vitamin and nutritional supplement company in South Africa to join Self Medication Manufacturers of South Africa (SMASA). Read more >>
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