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Atomo Africa to roll out rapid HIV test
Atomo Diagnostics, an Australian based healthcare company with a focus on product development and usability has launched its innovative all-in-one rapid HIV test, AtomoRapid HIV, at the 17th International Conference on AIDS and STI in Africa (ICASA), in Cape Town this week. Read more >>

Repetitive sounds leave young brain starved for blood vessels

Bill Hathaway

Repetitive sounds and seizures experienced in infancy can permanently hinder formation of blood vessels in the brains of mice, researchers have reported.

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Eye examinations available online

Digital Optometry today announced the launch of its new global website, which offers eye examination software Spectrum Eyecare, making superior vision examinations available to all.

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Alcohol increases allergy symptoms

A recent Swedish study involving 9 000+ individuals to test the effects of alcohol intake on the upper nasal airways found that people with hay fever were more prone to sneezing and getting a runny nose after a drink.

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Emergency Procedures
Short intervention can help patients with substance, behavioral problems

Helen Dodson

A brief 5 to 10 minute intervention in an emergency department can provide effective help to patients with substance and behavioral problems, and should be broadly implemented, say the authors of a new Yale study. Their recommendations appear in the December issue of Health Affairs. Read more >>

Financial Services
Backing for NHI concept
South Africa's decision to implement the National Health Insurance has been endorsed by global health economists in a landmark report released in London on Tuesday, 3 December 2013. Read more >>

Medical Research
More or less equal? How men factor into the reproductive equation

Bess Connolly Martell

Researchers know a lot about how women's bodily health affects their fertility, but less is known about how men's health affects reproductive outcomes. Yale researcher Rene Almeling and co-author Miranda R. Waggoner of Princeton address this discrepancy in a study published today in the journal Gender & Society. Read more >>

Nutrition
Tribunal to rule on second part of Nestlé, Pfizer deal

Amanda Visser

The second leg of the Nestlé SA and Pfizer Nutrition transaction - the divestiture of the infant milk formula business of Pfizer Nutrition in SA to Aspen Nutritionals - is set to be heard before the Competition Tribunal from today, 9 December 2013. Read more >>

Paediatrics
Vaccines saved 106m kids from disease
A hundred-and-six million. That's how many cases of childhood diseases have been prevented by vaccination in the US since 1924. Read more >>

Public Health
10 SABS standards for disability products, services
The South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) has developed a series of standards that aim to enable all persons with disabilities to participate fully in all aspects of life - social, economic, political, academic, leisure and any other activity enjoyed by able-bodied people. Read more >>


Government

Business has its work cut out on privacy law

Amanda Visser

The Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act was signed into law by President Jacob Zuma last week and once the commencement date is proclaimed‚ companies will have a year to become fully compliant with the Act or face criminal sanctions and civil damages. Read more >>


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Jobs offered

Operations Executive - Cape Town
Vital Health Foods needs an operations executive with a Degree/ND in operations management and 10 years' production management experience in an FMCG/pharmaceutical environment. Read more >>



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