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HIV/AIDS
 A picture may be worth a thousand words, but for women living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the virus that causes AIDS, a picture can help them deal with the challenges of living with the virus. Read more >> More than 30 scientists gathered for a one-day meeting prior to the 18th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) to launch an international working group on HIV reservoirs and strategies to control them. Read more >>Chronic diseases
While one might expect people with diabetes to perhaps be less than optimally cared for in third world countries, one might not expect this in a first world country such as the US. However, according to a Reuters report, US researchers said this week that many people with diabetes in the US do not get adequate treatment, and this is true as well of many other countries around the world. Read more >>(Reuters) - Doctors know that diabetics have a higher than normal risk of dying of heart attacks or strokes, but new research on Wednesday showed that having diabetes also ups the risk of dying from many cancers and other diseases. Read more >>CSI
Nkosi's Haven has kicked off 2011 with a much-needed cash injection thanks to MiWay, OFM and South Africa's holiday makers. The short-term insurer, which turns three this year, says the campaign is just one of a variety of initiatives aimed at helping ordinary people help those most in need. Read more >>Exhibitions
 For Africa to achieve its great potential, improving health must be a top priority. Healthcare systems face daunting challenges and public health services are hindered by inadequate budgets, under-investment in physical infrastructure, and insufficient numbers of trained healthcare providers. Read more >>Hospital Groups
Four Top Durban surgeons were scapegoats forced to take the fall for Netcare and surgeons in Joburg and Cape Town who also allegedly performed more than 200 "illegal" kidney transplant operations in an international organ scandal that rocked Netcare's St Augustine's Hospital. Read more >>Infectious diseases
 New research that reveals how maternal antibodies block an immune response to the measles virus is a first step toward improving current childhood vaccination practices, scientists say. Read more >>Medical Aid
 An international survey that measures employees' happiness levels at work has rated one of South Africa's biggest health insurers as a top employer that meets its strict criteria for ensuring staff contentment. Read more >>Medical Research
 RESTON, and MOUNT LAUREL, US: comScore, Inc, a leader in measuring the digital world, and ImpactRx, a pharmaceutical insights company, has released the second in a series of public reports from the comScore/ImpactRx Physician Behavioral Measurement Solution. Read more >> Geneticists unveil workings of three genes that control cell development and growth. Read more >> The Group B Streptococcus is still the most common cause of bacterial meningitis in newborns, concludes a seven-year French study in the March issue of The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health. Read more >> Cancer Research UK scientists have discovered the gene behind a rare skin cancer which grows rapidly for a few weeks before healing spontaneously, according to research published in Nature Genetics. Read more >>Medical Technology
 Naviscan, Inc has announced the European launch of the Naviscan Positron Emission Mammography (PEM) scanner at two prestigious radiology conferences in Vienna. Read more >>Mental health
 Free time is not always a fun time for people with autism. Giving them the power to choose their own leisure activities during free time, however, can boost their enjoyment, as well as improve communication and social skills, according to an international team of researchers. Read more >>Oncology
 People with an active lifestyle are up to three times less likely to develop large or advanced polyps in the bowel - which can develop into bowel cancer - according to a new analysis published in the British Journal of Cancer this week. Read more >> Scientists at Trinity College Dublin have made an important discovery concerning how fledgling cancer cells self-destruct, which has the potential of impacting on future cancer therapies. The Trinity research group, led by Smurfit Professor of Medical Genetics, Professor Seamus Martin and funded by Science Foundation Ireland, has just published their findings in the internationally renowned journal, Molecular Cell. Read more >>Public health
 The difference between a good and a great organisation boils down to the human factor. Many studies have shown that an organisation's success depends on the physical, mental and emotional well being of its employees. Read more >>US study finds that workplace wellness program can help control overall health care costs. Read more >>Print - Print any item in this newsletter.
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