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Genomics can improve cancer survival rate
Genomics can improve cancer survival rate
The CSIR and UCT are looking at the genetic mutations that characterise some cancers and how this can improve treatment... read
Qedani Mahlangu
Health MEC must be accountable for deaths
The Gauteng health MEC resigned, following the ombudsman's findings on the deaths of 94 psychiatric patients... read
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Patents and access to medicine
[Nicci Botha] Rights activist group, Fix the patent laws, is taking a stand to get the South African law on medicine patents changed... read
Hospital Groups
Botswana begins the health accreditation journey...
Botswana begins the health accreditation journey...

Issued by COHSASA

Even a heavy downpour of rain could not stop the jubilant spirits of Botswana hospital and clinic staff as two hospitals and three clinics celebrated their two-year accreditation awards from COHSASA... read
Medical Aid
GEMS introduces new membership option
GEMS introduces new membership option
Last year the Government Employees Medical Scheme (GEMS), in common with other medical schemes, noted rising healthcare costs in the country... read
Medical Technology
Watch list: Four things that could change healthcare as we know it
Watch list: Four things that could change healthcare as we know it

NELISIWE MSOMI

Technology is fast changing the way we think about healthcare, from tailor-made medicines to genetic make-up and virtual doctor rooms... read
Nutrition
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Soft-drinks industry offers 'better' alternatives to sugar tax

Linda Ensor

The soft-drinks industry has proposed a raft of measures to reduce the daily number of calories consumed as an alternative... read
Oncology
#WorldCancerDay: Cancer Alliance speaks with one voice
#WorldCancerDay: Cancer Alliance speaks with one voice

Nicci Botha

A 2012 study by The Lancet predicted that South Africa could see a shocking 78% increase in the number of cancer cases by 2030... read
Pharmaceuticals
Why generics are money savers
Why generics are money savers
A lack of understanding about generics costs consumers and medical aids millions of rands each year... read
Public Health
Caution urged following avian flu outbreak
Caution urged following avian flu outbreak
Since November 2016, some 40 countries have reported avian flu, also know as bird flu, outbreaks in wild birds and domestic poultry... read
Surgical Procedures
Update: Separated twins making good progress
Following a six-hour surgery to separate them, Dr Marleen Engelbrecht, the paediatrician looking after the formerly conjoined twins says she is gratified with their progress. Born at 36 weeks, the two girls are no longer being fed intravenously and their bodily functions are all working healthily. read
International
Unhealthy foods must include negative labelling in Israel
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Business
How workspace design can affect the bottomline
How workspace design can affect the bottomline
According to Hassan Shaikh, founder of Revolve, a specialist corporate and retail interior design strategy agency, SA companies are getting workspace design wrong... read
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