SADC plans HIV/Aids mobile clinics

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) was planning to launch mobile HIV/AIDS clinics along major trade routes in the region, the health department said. Read more >>

Wrong diagnosis no laughing matter for UK comedian

[Dr Ananya Mandal, MD] A British comedian ended up spending his life savings after he was wrongly told by doctors he only had three months to live. Read more >>

Pneumonia action falling short

Efforts to treat and prevent pneumonia are falling short in the 15 countries responsible for three-quarters of the world's annual deaths from the disease, according to a "report card" issued by the US-based International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC) at Johns Hopkins University. Read more >>

Leukaemia: A reason to hope

In hospitals and homes around South Africa, patients are winning the fight against leukaemia... Read more >>

SAB helps with alcohol syndrome

The Department of Social Development and SA Breweries are talking about how to tackle the high incidence of foetal alcohol syndrome. Read more >>

Fourth Annual Philanthropy Awards

At the annual Inyathelo Philanthropy Awards held in Cape Town on the evening of 15 November 2010, 15 exceptional people were honoured for their philanthropic efforts in South Africa. Read more >>

The power of philanthropy to drive social change

[Shelagh Gastrow] The capacity of philanthropy to serve as the engine room of social change is critical, with philanthropists not answerable to the market or to voters, but having the capacity to take risk with new concepts, cutting edge ideas and social change. Read more >>

Luvi Ogilvy wins at 2010 CLIOs

Luvi Ogilvy Reunion Island, an affiliation of Ogilvy Africa, was awarded bronze during the 2010 CLIO Healthcare Awards in the Direct Mail category for its 'Syphilis sucks' campaign. Condoms were strategically stuck onto postcards so that they appeared like lollipops in this playful campaign that aimed to highlight the dangers of STIs being transmitted during oral sex. Read more >>

Mergers, acquisitions shape SA medical scheme industry

The consolidation of South Africa's medical scheme industry is accelerating with a major merger currently underway and another scheduled for early 2011, Lee-Ann du Toit, chief marketing officer of Momentum Medical Scheme Administrators, has told a meeting of the country's top health care professionals in Cape Town. Read more >>

Toxic darts may yield new strategies to control disease-causing pathogens

In nature, it's a dog-eat-dog world, even in the realm of bacteria. Competing bacteria use "toxic darts" to disable each other, according to a new study by UC Santa Barbara biologists. Their research is published in the journal Nature. Read more >>

Study suggests pomegranate juice can ward-off complications in kidney disease patients

Studies in recent years have claimed multiple health benefits of pomegranate juice, including that it is a good source of antioxidants and lowers both cholesterol and blood pressure, especially in diabetic and hypertensive patients. Read more >>

New mathematical method predicts dominant strain of influenza virus

Mathematical method requires no animal tests, better predicts flu-vaccine targets. Read more >>

HSFSA alleges advertising is misleading: issues alert

The Heart and Stroke Foundation South Africa (HSFSA) has issued a statement in which it "demands an immediate retraction of all false advertising, marketing and promotional materials related to Helios margarines. The HSFSA insists that Unity Foods issues a corrective clarification of misleading and irresponsible claims. The HSFSA also demands that Unity Foods delivers a formal public apology for misleading consumers with their advertising campaigns. Read more >>

Food could cost more in 2011

If wheat and maize production do not rise substantially in 2011, global food security could be uncertain for the next two years, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has warned. Read more >>

Carting cartels to court

NEWSWATCH: There could not have been many members of the public who were not outraged by the bread price-fixing scandal. This is the story behind that story - of unscrupulous and uncaring individuals who put the bottom line ahead of the hunger of the poor... M&G journalist Lloyd Gedye takes you behind the story that won him a Vodacom Journalist of the Year award. Read more >>

Tips to improve obese children's surgical outcomes and health

The American Society of Anaesthesiologists (ASA) is taking action to educate parents about the increased risk of complications faced by obese children undergoing anaesthesia. Read more >>

Come along, take your medicine

Finnish researchers are looking at how personalised medicine could help develop effective treatments for serious diseases. Read more >>

Sewage flow 'may affect bathers' health'

Carefree bathers frolicking in South African beaches this summer may be oblivious to the deteriorating water quality along the coastline. Read more >>

Unilever to halve CO2 impact

Unilever has announced plans to halve the environmental footprint of its products by 2020, to help 1 billion people improve their health and well-being and to source all of its agricultural raw materials sustainably. Read more >>

Ovarian cancer: A new death pathway that can break resistance

Drug resistance is a major obstacle in curing ovarian cancer but new research from the Centenary Institute has discovered a treatment that kills ovarian cancer cells in a new way that can break the resistance mechanism. Published today in Autophagy, the researchers found the drug (FTY720) had a potent effect in human ovarian cancer cells, even in those resistant to cisplatin, the most commonly used chemotherapeutic drug currently available for the treatment of ovarian cancer. Read more >>