Tue 16 July 2024: Manufacturers are prioritising profits over the lives of patients, says South African Medical Associations’s (SAMA) chairperson, Dr Mvuyisi Mzukwa. This as the public healthcare system ran out of insulin pens, crucial for those living with diabetes. Mzukwa was speaking in an interview with Salaamedia on Tuesday. He said the shortage of insulin pens […]
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Sat 13 July 2024: A comprehensive study analyzing over two decades of data from nearly 400,000 participants in the United States suggests that long-term daily multivitamin use does not improve longevity in healthy adults. Approximately 33% of US adults take daily multivitamins, believing they may help prevent disease and contribute to a longer, healthier life. […]
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Fri 12 July 2024: Despite heightened public awareness and intensive contact tracing efforts to control the spread of the Monkeypox disease, or Mpox, as it is known for short, South Africa has reported two additional laboratory-confirmed cases this week. This brings the total number of infections to 22 since the first case was reported in […]
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Fri 12 July 2024: Elon Musk, founder of Neuralink, revealed plans to implant a second human patient with the company’s brain chip device within the next week. Musk stated during a broadcast on social media platform X that the company aims to have devices implanted in a “high single digits” number of patients by the […]
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Thu 11 July 2024: The ongoing increase in HIV mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) in the Tshwane District has drawn concern from the City of Tshwane’s Health Department, SABC News reported. According to the City, during the first half of this year, 232 babies in Gauteng tested positive for HIV; nearly 40 of them were from Tshwane.a […]
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Mon 08 July 2024: Generation Z, born between 1997 and 2012, is the first cohort to grow up as digital natives. With the pervasive adoption of smartphones, there is heightened concern over digital addiction and its impact on mental well-being, especially on those aged 18 to 24. According to data from the Global Mind Project, which […]
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Colourised electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, showing mpox particles, (red) within an infected cell (blue), cultured in a laboratory in Fort Detrick, Maryland, US on May 25, 2023 [NIAID/AP] Sun 07 July 2024: A new variant of the virus is spreading through sexual contact and is affecting […]
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Sat 06 July 2024: The cancer agency of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday (Jul 5) classified talc as “probably carcinogenic” for humans. This comes a few weeks after a research claimed that it established a link between talcum powder use and ovarian cancer. In the latest development, WHO’s International Agency for Research on […]
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Fri 05 July 2024: Four additional Mpox cases have been reported in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, with infections expected to rise as contact tracing efforts are stepped up. This pushes the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases of Mpox in South Africa to 20 since the outbreak in May 2024. According to the Department of Health’s data, […]
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Thu 04 July 2024: Australia’s McDonald’s restaurants are cutting their breakfast hours due to a shortage of eggs brought on by a bird flu outbreak. Due to “current industry challenges” with securing eggs, the fast food giant said this week that it will temporarily stop its breakfast service at 10:30 a.m. instead of midday as […]
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