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Cancer on a Paleo diet?
Discovery of 1,7million-year-old foot bone is the oldest evidence of cancer in human ancestors... read


Healthcare
SANBS to digitise 30m blood donation records annually
SANBS to digitise 30m blood donation records annually
Processing 800,000 blood donations a year creates quite a paper trail, and considering that lives are literally at stake... read
Securing the connected hospital: making strides in patient care
Securing the connected hospital: making strides in patient care

Paul Williams

The internet of things and pervasive connectivity are changing the risk profile of hospitals, but simultaneously present improved productivity and patient care opportunities... read

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Eskom Foundation steps up mobile health services
Eskom Foundation steps up mobile health services
The Eskom Development Foundation has provided much needed primary mobile healthcare to thousands of people living in rural communities with little access to healthcare facilities. read

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Financial Services
Sugar tax: Thousands 'might lose their jobs'
Sugar tax: Thousands 'might lose their jobs'

Katharine Child

The proposed sugar tax will leave a sour taste in the beverage industry, which says it believes that the resultant drop in sales will result in thousands of job losses... read
Infectious Diseases
New cases thwart Nigeria's polio-free plans
New cases thwart Nigeria's polio-free plans
Nigeria's plans to be certified polio-free next year have been scuppered after two new cases of the disease have been reported... read
Malaria
Digicape brings first-of-a-kind technology that diagnoses malaria to Africa
Digicape brings first-of-a-kind technology that diagnoses malaria to Africa

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Digicape has announced a deal with xRapid, the London-based startup that has created a world-first mobile health solution that provides automatic diagnosis of malaria via an iPhone app... read
NPO
Faithful to Nature collaborates with Topic to confirm label claims
Faithful to Nature collaborates with Topic to confirm label claims
Organic online retailer, Faithful to Nature has entered into an industry safeguarding partnership with Topic, a consumer-led NPO that uses laboratory testing as well as farm and factory visits to establish whether ingredients are verified and label claims accurate. read
Nutrition
The foundation said that while Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi's
New regulations will mean less salt in your food
There'll be less salt in the processed foods South Africans eat from Thursday‚ but‚ the Heart and Stroke Foundation SA said‚ our eating habits still have to change... read
Pharmaceuticals
Pharma company hails new medicines control body
Pharma company hails new medicines control body
Despite concerns from the natural medicines sector about bias against them, one of the large generics pharma companies is definitely chuffed about SAHPRA... read
Public Health
Margaret Kenyatta and Markus Gemuen
#WomensMonth: Partnership to improve breast cancer care in Kenya
Kenya's government and Roche are collaborating on improving access to healthcare for patients with breast cancer... read
Sports Science
#Rio2016: Setting medical records
#Rio2016: Setting medical records
With around 11,000 athletes taking part in Rio, keeping track of their medical data could pose a logistical nightmare... read
Business
JSE CEO, Nicky Newton-King, Cape Town mayor, Patricia de Lille, and JSE chairperson, Nonkululeko Nyembezi-Heita, at the opening of the JSE Exchange Hub Cape Town.
JSE opens satellite office in Cape Town

Nicci Botha

The JSE Exchange Hub Cape Town, which was launched on 12 August, is part of the exchange's strategy to enhance its service to clients in the city and build new relationships... read
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