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How mobile phones are making childbirth safer in Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA: In Ethiopia where almost nine in every 10 women give birth at home after pregnancies with little or no medical support, a mobile phone app is coming to the rescue with lifesaving guidelines when things go wrong... read


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Small donations can make a huge difference
Although generosity and giving in South Africa might not always be 'formal philanthropy', a 2005 study showed that 93% of South African respondents give either their time, money or in-kind contributions. If charity begins at home, then South Africans are giving enormous and incredibly generous amounts... read
Dentistry
Injection-free, pain-free dentistry now in South Africa
The revolutionary Biolase laser technology is now available in South Africa, providing consumers with injection-free and pain-free dentistry... read
Medical Technology
IT can revolutionise SA's healthcare service delivery

Johann Joubert

Although access to quality healthcare is considered a basic human right, the South African healthcare sector is facing numerous challenges that impede the delivery... read
Neurology
Alzheimer's disease starts earlier in women
Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is a disease that starts much earlier in women than supposed but is only diagnosed much later. It is associated with the elderly and is almost never diagnosed in young women and rarely in middle age women. read
Nutrition
Diabetes diets dos and don'ts
As National Diabetes Awareness Week runs from 12-17 November, the Nutrition Information Centre in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) of Stellenbosch University (NICUS) has published 15 dietary recommendations to prevent or treat diabetes... read
UN launches IYP 2016 to battle undernourishment
The United Nations has officially launched the International Year of Pulses 2016 (IYP) in Rome, Italy, at the Food and Agriculture Organisation... read
Oncology
Checking for skin cancer
With Christmas holidays just around the corner, people need to know how to protect their skin, as well as how to look out for the signs of melanoma... read
Business
Want to know three ways to increase sales immediately?

John Sanei

The old way of selling is well and truly dead, in fact the stereotypical sales (wo)men we all knew back in the 80's and 90's send shivers up and down all our spines... read
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