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Should dignified death be allowed?
The Steve Biko Centre for Bioethics in collaboration with the Hospice Palliative Care Association of South Africa and the Wits School of Public Health will host a panel discussion on end-of-life decisions... read more>>



CSI
It's win-win when you Vote4Charity
MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet has kicked off its national Vote4Charity survey campaign, asking supporters to vote and win money for their favourite charity... read more>>
Exhibitions & Events
Remember the Nightingales this May
According to the World Health Organisation, nurses bring people-centred care closer to communities where it is needed most, thereby helping improve health outcomes and the overall cost effectiveness of services... read more>>
Infectious Diseases
Ebola outbreak highlighted need of patient safety
The Ebola outbreak has become a perfect case study on why more focus has to be placed on how the medical profession deals with infectious diseases and prioritises patient safety... read more>>
Medical Aid
Survey finds medical is there but not the aid
South African consumers feel that there expectations are not met by current medical aid schemes. This is according to the latest South African Customer Satisfaction Index... read more>>
Medical Research
Social network experiments create a tipping point to improve public health

Jim Shelton

Convincing a large group of people to change its behaviour is no popularity contest, a new study shows. read more>>
Public Health
Truth and survival on a toxic planet

Roger Metcalfe

On 11 March 2011 at 05h46 GMT one of the worst disasters in human history struck Japan. A massive earthquake measuring 8.9 on the Richter scale, unleashed a huge tsunami that critically disabled three reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant... read more>>
Surgical Procedures
South Africa's first robotic assisted nephrectomy a triumph
A state-of-the-art da Vinci Si robotic technology was used to assist in the surgical removal of the patient's cancerous kidney... read more>>
International
Jury selected for Lions Health, includes UN Foundation's Sherinian
The Lions Health, global Festival and Awards for creative excellence in healthcare, has selected its jury including United Nation Foundation's Aaron Sherinian who will also host a seminar... read more>>
HIV-positive blood used to print magazine

Shaun Smillie

AUSTRIA: Readers of an Austrian men's magazine are going to have blood on their hands once they have torn through the journal's protective plastic cover... read more>>
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