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Continual use of low-dose or regular-dose aspirin may cut a person's risk of developing pancreatic cancer in half, a Yale School of Public Health and Yale Cancer Center study has found. Read more >> | The 13th annual National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) Best Practice Sharing Workshop, focusing on access to quality antimalarials across Africa, convened in Tanzania on 25 June 2014. Read more >> | Africa's first medical tablet, sending results via a mobile-phone connection, won a 2014 Rolex Award for Enterprise. It was on of the two African awards from this year's five winners. Read more >> |
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 | SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: South Korea's Samsung and LG have both launched smartwatches powered by Google's new Android Wear software as they jostle to lead an increasingly competitive market for wearable devices seen as the mobile industry's next growth booster. Read more >>
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 | Cancer Research UK scientists have discovered that a gene previously linked to leukaemia could provide an urgently needed target for the development of drugs to treat patients with 'triple negative' breast cancer, according to a study published in PLOS ONE on Thursday, 26 June 2014. Read more >>
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 | The National Association of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers has announced its new exco. Taking over the reigns as the association's chairperson is Desmond Brothers, CEO of Ranbaxy, who will be assisted by the new vice-chairperson, Herman Grobler, COO of Cipla. Read more >>
|  | Ascendis Health announced last week that it has concluded an agreement with the Mineworkers Investment Company (MIC), which will see the BEE ownership in Ascendis increase over a three-year period. Read more >>
|  | Evan Pickworth The JSE said it is investigating trading activity in pharmaceutical stock Aspen, which took place ahead of last week's investor conference call and led to a major dip in the share price. Read more >>
|  | Aspen Pharmacare is attempting to eliminate uncertainty regarding its second-half earnings by saying certain comments made by its management team at a conference call last week were misconstrued and taken out of context. Read more >>
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 | James White As PR professionals within the healthcare industry, we have two main concerns: Establishing trust and spreading information. Read more >>
|  | Growth in membership of the Government Employees Medical Scheme (Gems) has led to a notable increase in medical aid membership generally. Read more >>
|  | Issued by RecruitGroup RecruitGroup has recently secured the contract to staff two leading private hospitals in South Africa with top registered nurses. Read more >>
|  | Issued by AHP - Africa Health Placements Saving lives. Reaching millions. Making a difference. These are some of the reasons health professionals choose to work in South Africa's public health sector. Read more >>
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