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| Dr Chris Zambakides, an interventional cardiologist at Netcare Union Hospital, completed the potentially life saving procedures using the BridgePoint system for the first time in South Africa to treat completely blocked coronary arteries, or chronic total occlusions (CTOs) as they are known in medicine. Read more >>
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Bill Hathaway A switch in the brain of people with epilepsy dictates whether their seizures will be relatively mild or lead to a dangerous and debilitating loss of consciousness, Yale researchers have found. Read more >> | Mariska van Aswegen Those with severe food allergies are advised to read food labels before tucking into Easter delights, even if it is a product which they have eaten before, since food producers can change their manufacturing processes or ingredient lists at any time. Read more >> | Chosen from almost 700 applications from 42 countries, the 10 finalists for the Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) 2014 represent Africans' potential to address the challenges that are unique to the continent. With four from South Africa, hopes are high for a South African winner. Read more >> |
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 | Issued by Lion's Wing Research by the Society for Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes has shown that among the elder generation (over 65), type 2 diabetes is a growing problem, with 28.7% of the elderly population being affected and the numbers growing every year. Read more >>
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 | Transform Education About Rape and Sexual Abuse (TEARS), a local NGO, is encouraging more South Africans to support it in its fight to educate the country on the damage of sexual abuse by asking for the donation of PnP points. Read more >>
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 | Impiwe Piliso Adrian Gore, Founder and Chief Executive of South Africa's largest private medical aid scheme, does not believe in doing things in half measures. Read more >>
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 | Bill Hathaway Ketamine, an anesthetic sometimes abused as a street drug, increases the synaptic connections between brain cells and in low doses acts as a powerful antidepressant, Yale researchers have found. However, stress has the opposite effect, shrinking the number of synaptic spines, triggering depression. Read more >>
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 | Professor Apffelstaedt, associate professor at the University of Stellenbosch and head of the Breast Clinic at Tygerberg Hospital, has published a report on the valuable role surgeons could play in mammographic screening in a resource-restricted environment. Read more >>
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|  | SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: South Korean police said they had arrested a man for allegedly allowing his infant son to starve to death while spending days playing online games at Internet cafes. Read more >>
|  | LONDON, UK: Mother London has been appointed by the UN to develop a global communications campaign to improve sanitation for 2.5 billion people. Read more >>
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|  | Prega Govender and Monica Laganparsad Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has instructed the Gauteng health department to open its controversial private wards at four state hospitals to all members of the public. Read more >>
|  | Although South Africa's large scale Aids response has resulted in significant gains in treating the disease, HIV surveillance experts in South Africa have stressed the need to further expand and intensify current efforts to reduce the impact of Aids. Read more >>
|  | Government says it welcomes the closure of the Petite Bumper Day-care Centre in Rosettenville, following allegations that the owner had bound and gagged a toddler with tape. Read more >>
|  | The Department of Health is preparing to launch a pregnancy register which will ensure pregnant women in South Africa receive the support needed to ensure the healthy delivery of their babies. Read more >>
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