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|  | The Department of Health has done a U-turn on its plan to scrap medical aid schemes... read |
|  | The WHO has mobilised to curtail an outbreak of Ebola in the DRC after a case tested positive for Ebola virus subtype Zaire... read |
|  | "The technology delivers powerful doses of precision-targeted radiation that acts as a surgeon's ‘scalpel'. This greatly reduces many of the risks associated with traditional cranial surgery." read |
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 | Although South Africa is renowned as a premium tourist destination and known to have world-class private medical facilities, the country has a very low key medical tourism industry... read | |  | If you're a healthy adult and there's nothing to complain about, you likely have no immediate plan to go for a checkup. However, serious conditions can be diagnosed during a checkup... read | | |
 | After Kagiso Modupe, champion of the Medical Male Circumcision (MMC) campaign branded #ZwakalaSkeem, called on 2,000 men to get medically circumcised with him, South African men has responded in droves... read | |
|  | Sindy Peters Leaders in the healthcare sector will meet at the seventh annual Africa Health Exhibition & Congress, 7-9 June 2017, at the Gallagher Convention Centre... read | |
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 | Claire Rostron Despite the high prevalence of the disease, it is often misunderstood. Here are some common misconceptions about diabetes... read | | |
 | Aimed at raising awareness of healthy living for school-aged children in South Africa, Merck recently announced the launch of its GEN100 programme... read | | |
 | If we are to develop and empower our managers and to step up as future leaders who will be responsible for the sustainability of the private healthcare industry and the South Africans that it serves... read | | |
 | The new initiative brings together thousands of scientists and volunteers from around the world to track and control mosquito-borne viruses, including Zika, yellow fever, chikungunya, dengue, malaria and the West Nile virus... read | | |
 | The genetic mutation responsible for a rare skin disease, colloquially know as Oudtshoorn skin, has been found after a 40-year search at Wits University... read | |  | Miners in South Africa face an epidemic of occupational lung diseases, but ODMWA autopsies are declining, especially among retired mineworkers, despite the benefits... read | | |
 | Issued by Pyrotec You just need to look at the list of news headlines on the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) website to realise the worldwide prevalence of counterfeit drugs... read | | |
 | “The truth is that the flu is actually a relentless and possibly life-threatening disease which kills hundreds of thousands of people worldwide every year.” read | | |
 | The City of Cape Town has warned all residents and businesses to cut... read | |
|  | Stellenbosch University currently seeks to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced principal administrative officer: Health Research Ethics (Ref. TGB00/144/0417). Applications close 31 May 2017. Read more >> |
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