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HIV/AIDS
[Dr Ananya Mandal, MD] HIV infection is on the rise but there is potential to control the upsurge of infections with effective measures only if there are adequate funds. According to UNAIDS executive director Michel Sidibe the world has become numb to the fact that 7,400 people are being infected with AIDS every day and funds to combat it are not pouring in as they should. Since 2001, the number of newly infected people has fallen by 17% a year - but there are still 2.7 million new cases each year. Read more >> Cardiology
Plaque-causing bacteria can jailbreak from the mouth into the bloodstream and increase your risk of heart attack says a scientist at the Society for General Microbiology's autumn meeting in Nottingham. Read more >>A new study in mice shows how social support can help minimise some of the worst physical damages to the brain caused by a heart attack. Read more >>Chronic diseases
[Dr Ananya Mandal, MD] Genes that affect the immune system and link it to Parkinson's disease have been uncovered. This paves the way for new drug development in Parkinson's disease - a serious, degenerative disease of the nerves that leads to tremors and muscle stiffness and eventually complete loss of movements. There is currently no cure for PD. Read more >> Children and young adults as much at risk as older adults. Read more >>CSI
Ethical Medicines
 Clicks' 250th pharmacy has opened at the Gardens Centre, Cape Town, which is part of the company's plan to open a pharmacy and clinic in every one of its 374 stores, nationally. Read more >>Medical Research
Only about one in every six Americans who have ever been overweight or obese loses weight and maintains that loss, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers. Read more >>[Dr Ananya Mandal, MD] According to a new study, children who survive cancer are at a higher risk of cancer later in life or may die early of other cause. The study included almost 900 young cancer survivors treated at Sydney Children's Hospital, from 1972 to 1999, alongside new cancer cases and early deaths. The risk of cancer was five times higher in childhood cancer survivors, the results showed, compared with the overall NSW population, that these survivors were seven and a half times more likely to die early. Read more >> A new study by researchers at Texas Tech University and the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Centre found that the average man with a genital piercing is 31, white, heterosexual, college-educated and earns more than US$36 000 (about R265 000) a year. Read more >>Research on trypanosomes can open way for African sleeping sickness drug development. Read more >>Medical Technology
Christian Kandlbauer, who lost both of his arms in a high voltage accident, uses a unique development which until recently sounded almost like science fiction: An arm prosthesis, claimed to be the first of its kind in the world; he controls the arms solely through the power of his mind. Read more >>Mental health
 [John French] Emotional Intelligence is the benchmark of a progressive 21st century human being and though it was once considered a new 'touchy-feely' and nebulous phrase, Emotional Intelligence has now become the vital ingredient for success in the 21st century. Read more >>Paediatrics
 The OVC in Africa Conference will be held at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa from 31 October to 3 November. Read more >>The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has raised added concern about a study released by The Urban Institute that shows more than one-half of babies in poverty are being raised by mothers living with depression - creating parenting and child development challenges. Read more >>Medical experts point to a disturbing trend of expectant mothers who are choosing to deliver their babies for non-medical reasons before 39 weeks of pregnancy. Research published in the July 2010 issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology reveals just how prevalent elective deliveries are in the U.S. In that study of 7804 women giving birth for the first time, labour was induced in 43.6% of the women, and 39.9% of those were elective inductions. Read more >>Public health
While we are often exposed to bacteria in our food which could cause food poisoning, we don't always become ill - why should this be so? Read more >> KZN Alcohol Evidence Centre launch part of nationwide crackdown on drunk driving; state-of-the-art equipment supplied by SAB to improve prosecution rates. Read more >>Sports science
A study conducted in the UK has established the extent of cardiac adaptation amongst female athletes competing in a number of sports. Previous studies of cardiac adaptation have been conducted only on male athletes, yet a growing number of females participate at elite level in many sports, nowadays including some such as rugby and boxing that were traditionally undertaken only by males. The results show evidence of changes to the heart, particularly to ventricle wall thickness and cavity size. In addition, the study considered whether ethnicity was a factor in the degree of measured cardiac adaptation. Read more >>Survival rates in heart failure patients with reduced levels of Vitamin D are lower than in patients with normal levels. This is the finding of a major study carried out at University Medical Centre, Groningen, Netherlands. Results also suggest that low levels of Vitamin D are associated with activation of the Renin Angiotensin System (RAS - a pivotal regulatory system in heart failure) and an altered cytokine profile. Read more >>ECG-based screening for young footballers at risk of heart disease needs to be reviewed: Study. Read more >>Women's health
About one-third of women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer will have their cancer travel, or metastasise, to other parts of the body, with the bone being the most common site of initial detectable spread. Controversy continues to surround the question of whether CT and bone scans should be standard in evaluating patients for these metastases, or whether integrated PET/CT scanning might be more effective at detecting breast tumours that have reached nearby bones. Read more >>An infection "down there" could have more serious consequences than you might think. Apart from being an uncomfortable topic to discuss with your doctor or pharmacist, vaginal infections and abnormal discharge could be an indication of bacterial vaginosis - a condition that puts you at a higher risk of contracting HIV [1]... Read more >>
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