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The 12th INDEPTH Scientific Conference (ISC) will take place from 28 - 31 October 2013, in the School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Read more >>
|  | Offering exchange and collaboration to up to five innovators, who will receive a four-day trip to Cape Town to exchange ideas and learn how to elevate and expand their initiatives in December 2013. Entries close on 18 October 2013. Read more >>
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Jackfruit cider, energy-boosting chewing gum and soy-based ice cream and yoghurt were among the latest inventions unveiled by some of South Africa's aspiring food technologists yesterday, 17 October 2013. Read more >>
|  | Linda Ensor Poor households were struggling to afford a basic basket of staple foods needed to ensure adequate health and nutrition‚ the Pietermaritzburg Agency for Community Social Action (Pacsa) said when releasing its 2013 Food Prices Barometer. Read more >>
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A new holistic fertility clinic opens at Netcare Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital in Cape Town today, 22 October 2013. It promises to bring hope to many disheartened couples by addressing, in an integrated way, the various issues faced by couples who have difficulty conceiving. Read more >>
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GENEVA, SWITZERLAND: The World Health Organization on Thursday, 17 October 2013, classified outdoor air pollution as a leading cause of cancer in humans. Read more >>
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As retailers stop using cash register receipt paper coated with the harmful chemical bisphenol-A, the Cancer Association of SA is warning that the compound replacing it might be just as dangerous. Read more >>
|  | According to local health and hygiene firm Bidvest Steiner, a 2011 study in the US found that supermarket shopping trolleys rival the average public toilet as a health risk. The study examined 85 trolleys and found that 72% of them tested positive for faecal bacteria and half carried traces of e.coli, the source of the most severe (and sometimes fatal) 'food poisoning'. Read more >>
| Reports of deaths during traditional initiation rites often hit the headlines in South Africa, and there is always a devastating sense of young lives lost too soon. Poor surgical practices in non-sterile conditions are often blamed, but there may be another factor that needs to be considered. The hereditary bleeding disorder, haemophilia, may indeed be a reason for the deaths in some of these rituals. Read more >>
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|  | WASHINGTON, USA: Technical problems have hobbled the health care website that is supposed to sign up millions of uninsured Americans for health care, but they have largely been overshadowed by a 16-day government shutdown. Read more >>
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More International
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|  | Gauteng Health's MEC Hope Papo has encouraged families and communities to report any suspected abuse of mental patients to the provincial Mental Health Review Board (MHRB). Read more >>
|  | President Jacob Zuma's Cabinet has issued a statement dismissing claims that it is divided over the Control of Marketing of Alcohol Beverages Bill. Read more >>
|  | Lindile Sifile The resolution to the dispute over housing for intern doctors at Tembisa Hospital will cost the cash-strapped Gauteng health department another R123,900 in rentals. Read more >>
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More Government news
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| Africa Health Placements (AHP) is recruiting a communications officer. The communications officer will be responsible for developing and designing communication initiatives and marketing material to promote AHP. Read more >>
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|  Book now for the ACSA Disability Trade and Lifestyle Expo & Conference. This year's theme is 'Break Barriers, Open Doors: for an Inclusive Society for All.' Read more >> |
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