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Women and diabetes in the spotlight this November
Over the past decades, the rise of diabetes around the world has been so prevalent and extreme, it is sometimes referred to as the epidemic of our modern times. In 2017, the diabetes focus theme is...
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Africa faces a sharp rise in diabetes prevalence
© Andriy Popov [[www.123rf.com 123rf.com]]</span>Diabetes prevalence in sub-Saharan Africa could increase by 156% over the next 30 years - the largest projected increase globally. Middle East and...
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For Gabon's sickly uranium miners, a long quest for compensation
Photo: </span>MOUNANA - "We are all sick. It's our health, and we are being conned," Moise Massala says angrily.Read more... | Send to a friend
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Sugar tax and its bitter economic aftertaste
[[www.123rf.com 123rf.com]]</span>The tax on sugary beverages is expected to commence on 1 April 2018. Is it really a measure to promote a healthier lifestyle among South Africans, or is it a...
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Driverless cars could be better or worse for our health - it's up to us
Driverless cars - autonomous vehicles - are coming. The topic is a constant presence in media; The New York Times Magazine recently devoted most of an issue to it.Read more... | Send to a friend
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In defence of the fruit fly
nuzree via [[https://pixabay.com/en/fruit-fly-fly-inset-wings-flying-219391/ pixabay]]</span>Generally, the term 'you have a mind like a fruit fly' is intended to insult. But funnily - quite...
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Putting money where the mouth is - sugar, public health and the advertising...
©rclassenlayouts [[www.123rf.com 123rf.com]]</span>Changing behaviour is difficult - particularly amidst million-dollar advertising onslaughts. So fiscal policies for health should involve...
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Eat green 2018: Sustainable consumption, plant-based foods the order of the day
Now is the time to join the green revolution, with sustainable food consumption on the rise and plant-based protein predicted to be one of the biggest food trends in 2018. Promoted by Humane Society...
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Shaping the future of African healthcare: Finalists for DHCT Accelerator...
©Andriy Popov via [[www.123RF.com 123RF]]_e_health</span>Digital Health Cape Town (DHCT) has announced the finalists for their inaugural accelerator programme designed to foster local e-health...
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#miningindaba18: Miners face delay in pact over silicosis class action
Graham Briggs. Photo: Towerstone</span>Hopes have been tempered of a quick resolution to the occupational lung disease class action including thousands of former miners afflicted with silicosis,...
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More patient education needed on respiratory conditions
There is a significant need in South Africa for education around respiratory conditions such as asthma and allergic rhinitis. This according to Dr. Shaunagh Emanuel, honorary secretary of the Allergy...
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Sugar tax is 'lite' in combatting obesity and diabetes
[[www.123rf.com 123rf.com]]</span>The sugar tax, to be enforced in South Africa from 1 April 2018, may help curb consumption slightly but there's more to be done. Dr Marion Morkel, chief medical...
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The big four - know your numbers
'South Africa is heading for a disaster if the number of people living with chronic lifestyle diseases does not change.' That's what both the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and the Medical...
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Health tax deterrent goes up in smoke
©mkphotoshu [[www.123rf.com 123rf.com]]</span>The increase in excise tax on tobacco products above the inflation rate, announced in the Budget Speech in February, was erroneously lauded by...
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World Primary Immunodeficiency Week 22-29 April 2018
'My future starts with early testing and diagnosis of Primary Immunodeficiency'Read more... | Send to a friend
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Educating children about asthma is the best way to manage symptoms
South Africa has the highest asthma death rate in the world - according to the World Health Organisation's (WHO) Detailed Mortality Database - and globally 334 million people are estimated to suffer...
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Diabesity on the increase in young African women
Dr Andre Kengne</span>Africa is a continent in transition. As more and more people embrace a Western way of life as opposed to more traditional customs, they expose themselves to a number of...
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The not-so-sweet consequences of sugar tax
Tertius Troost, tax consultant at Mazars</span>South Africans may not be able to fully appreciate how far-reaching the so-called sugar tax, which Treasury introduced on 1 April 2018, really...
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UCT research focus on combating poverty-related heart disease in Africa
©Pedro Antonio Salaverría Calahorra via [[www.123RF.com 123RF]]</span>According to studies, one of the leading causes of death in Africa and many developing countries is cardiovascular disease...
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Merck Foundation continues training oncologists in Africa to combat emerging...
Source: Merck Foundation</span>With the aim to increase the number of oncologists in Africa, Merck Foundation will continue the second stage of their Africa Oncology fellowship Programme....
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