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Sandeep Agrawal Clinical dentistry is a complex area of medical practice. Dentists need to have exceptional problem-solving abilities in order to combine the information obtained from patients and their experience for proper diagnosis. Now, identifying specific dental ailments and conducting surgeries turns out to be extremely challenging for dentists. This is where Augmented Reality can add value into their practice. Read more >> | Ebola outbreaks have only occurred in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria, with the death toll continuing to rise but the media has given considerable attention to this recent outbreak, leading to a build-up of panic in Africa and beyond the continent's borders. Read more >> | GSK and Save the Children $1-million Healthcare Innovation Award continues to call for life-saving ideas for newborns and under-fives, as it has found that local ideas attract interest and support from national governments in developing countries. Entries close on 25 August 2014 at 11.59pm (GMT). Winners will be announced in December 2014. Read more >> |
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 | Katlego Maboe, the Expresso Morning Show presenter, has joined the wave of celebrities, including President Barack Obama, in the Ice Bucket Challenge, the latest viral campaign to promote awareness for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)... (video) read more>> | | |
 | Magnesium deficiency is widespread in the industrialised world, with 75% of the population at to a multitude of serious health issues. Statistics from the WHO show that South Africans are consuming only half the RDA of magnesium required. read more>> | | |
 | British doctor Mark Stevens wrote to the Health Professions Council of SA in 2009 asking how he could register to work as a gynaecologist in South Africa. read more>> | | |
 | A countrywide survey, conducted by Pharma Dynamics, that polled 1900 working people about this year's colds and flu season found 85% go to work when sick, even though 90% of their colleagues would avoid them. read more>> | |  | Jana Marais Africa's changing demographic over the next three-and-a-half decades could transform the continent into the next China, but only if its youthful population is educated and entrepreneurial. read more>> | | |  | LONDON, UK: - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will not leave the Ecuadorian embassy in London until he is guaranteed he will avoid extradition to the United States, his lawyer has confirmed. read more>> | |  | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Google's new company aimed at addressing problems of health and ageing has taken a step forward with its own website and mission statement. read more>> | | | More International | |
|  | Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has dismissed claims that the Ebola Virus Disease has arrived in South Africa. read more>> | | | | | More Government news | |
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