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Jim Carrey's anti-vax antics expose the tactics of internet cranks
[Michael J. I. Brown and Geraint Lewis] Jim Carrey flew his anti-vaccination colours on Twitter last week, railing against new Californian laws... read more>>



CSI
Raising 6,700 units of blood for Mandela Day
In marking Mandela Day, RSG and the South African National Blood Service (SANBS) have joined forces this July... read more>>
Emergency Procedures
Rugged computers a game-changer in critical field rescue situations

Jerker Hellström

New advanced technological solutions are changing the security, public safety, and law enforcement sectors to the very core and for the better.... read more>>
Medical Research
Shifting attitudes towards the body

Danette Breitenbach

Would you want to be a Cyborg in the near future? A Cyborg is defined as a human enhanced by technology; that is a person whose physiological functioning is aided by a mechanical or electronic device... read more>>
New cancer Pioneer Award for revolutionary ideas
Cancer Research UK has launched a new funding scheme inviting all innovative thinkers to submit potentially ground-breaking ?project ideas to help beat cancer... read more>>
Yale team finds why BRCA gene resists cancer treatment

Bill Hathaway

Medical Technology
Microchip that could reduce animal testing has designers excited

Donald Ingber and Dongeun Huh

One of the greatest challenges to our healthcare system today is creating effective new drugs. Despite ever-increasing investments in research and development, the number of drugs that win approval for clinical use each year has steadily decreased over the past 50 years. It now costs of more than $2.5bn (£1.6bn) to bring a single compound from the bench to patients. Because many have to be developed to find one that works, drug costs have become exorbitant. read more>>
Public Health
KZN on drive to reduce lifestyle diseases
KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Arts, Culture, Sport and Recreation, Ntombikayise Sibhidla-Saphetha handed over a R770,000 outdoor gym at Nhlalakahle Township in Greytown on Friday, 3 July 2015, as part of the roll out of the integrated healthy lifestyle programme in the province... read more>>
Nurses who moonlight strain the health system

Laetitia Rispel

Between 2009 and 2010, the government spent about R1.49bn hiring nurses for the public health sector from nursing agencies... read more>>
Africa
What's holding back Ghana's progress in reducing maternal mortality

Paul Mensah

Ghana has made significant progress in reducing the number of mothers who die from complications during labour and after childbirth in the last 25 years... read more>>
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Government news
Minister Zulu: SA values relations with the US
PRETORIA: South Africa continues to value its relationship with the United States, Small Business Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu said on Thursday... read more>>
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Business
Preparing financially for a job loss
We often welcome a fresh start with open arms and we've all heard the expression that a change is as good as a holiday. But if a new beginning comes unexpectedly in the form of a retrenchment or a job loss, it can turn your world upside down... read more>>
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Woman in Pharma High Tea
STAR Management Consultant - 15 Aug 2015, Johannesburg


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