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Social healthcare innovations selected for further research

Following the Social Innovation in Health Initiative call to individuals and organisations implementing solutions to improve the lives of those affected by tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases, it has selected 25 solutions...

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Medicines Amendment Bill before National Assembly for approval

Neil Kirby

The Medicines and Related Substances Amendment Bill [B6 - 2014] is now before the National Assembly for approval...

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Former adman Conn Bertish makes cancer survival mobile

Leigh Andrews

Conn Bertish is known to some as the first South African ECD to take the leap from traditional to digital advertising. To me, he's the man who let me tap his brain through a hole in the back of his skull in a coffee shop...

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Ghd partners with PinkDrive
Good Hair Day (ghd) South Africa has announced a partnership with the PinkDrive breast cancer public benefit organisation in which PinkDrive will receive a percentage of sales on ghd's annual limited edition pink styler, as well as its support for the cause in relevant ventures for the next year... read more>>
Infectious Diseases
8th International Clinicians' Course for TB in South Africa

Issued by Continuing Education - University of Pretoria

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), in association with the University of Pretoria, is presenting the 8th International Clinicians' Course for TB in South Africa to be held from 13-16 August at no cost... read more>>
Medical Research
Link between excessive Vitamin E and prostate cancer
Vitamin E plays a number of important roles fostering human health; however, a particularly concerning study has revealed an association between high-dose vitamin E (400 iu or more per day) and an increased risk of prostate cancer... read more>>
New drug research to help fish farming industry
A young but world class team of researchers from Unit for Drug Discovery at Central University of Technology, Free State (CUT) have discovered a new drug to help fight aquatic animal infections caused by aquatic parasites... read more>>
Nutrition
Managing fasting as a diabetic
With the Muslim holy month of Ramadan expected to start around 18 June, an estimated 40 to 50 million diabetic Muslims around the world will be among those fasting from sunrise to sunset for a month... read more>>
Women's Health
Research in the news: ADHD drug may help cognitive problems in menopausal women

Bill Hathaway

Menopausal women often report some cognitive problems, but a new study suggests they can be lessened by taking stimulants such as those used to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder... read more>>
Single dose of vaccine may prevent cervical cancer
PARIS, FRANCE: A single vaccine shot, rather than the recommended triple dose, may be enough to protect women against cervical cancer, a study said on Wednesday, 10 June 2015... read more>>
Business
The latest trends in web design that are irresistibly awesome

Manas Kumar

Web technology marches on to the drumming sound of various cultures of innovation. With each beat, it makes progress and reforms the way the web is done... read more>>
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