Sat 11 October 2023: South Africa will become the first African nation to introduce shared parental leave following a high court ruling that both parents must have the right to time off after the birth of their child or if they adopt a child. According to a report by The Guardian on Friday (Nov 10), […]
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Fri 10 October 2023: Multiple Personality Disorder, which is now more commonly referred to as Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), is a complex mental health condition characterized by the presence of two or more distinct identities or personality states within an individual. These different identities, often referred to as “alters,” can have their own unique names, personal characteristics, […]
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Thu 09 October 2023: Death rates in South Africa have declined slightly during the past few years. But the country faces a steady rise in both death and disability caused by increases in non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and cancer. According to the NCD Alliance, a civil society network, non-communicable diseases cause 71% of deaths globally. Of these deaths 85% occur in […]
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Tue 07 October 2023: South Africa has recorded over 7 400 malaria cases between January and October this year, with only 17% of these having been locally acquired. This means that more people got infected while out of the country, while the country logged at least 66 deaths during the same period. The Department of Health […]
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Sun 05 October 2023: Male sperm count has fallen by more than 50% globally in the past 50 years. Scientists have attributed this fall to many factors such as pollution and toxins in the food and water we consume. But now, scientists say there is one more reason that needs to be factored in, and that is […]
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Fri 03 October 2023: The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) is urging people travelling to malaria-endemic areas to take the appropriate precautions this summer. Summer generally marks the start of the malaria season due to higher temperatures and increased rainfall in the malaria transmission areas, the NICD said in a statement. “The malaria-endemic regions […]
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Mon 30 October 2023: Nearly half of us know someone who ended their life by suicide. Worldwide, 700,000 people die by suicide each year. In Canada, 12 people die by suicide each day — and another 200 attempt suicide. While the prevalence and destructiveness of suicide is clear, much less is known about why people die by suicide. Alcohol […]
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Sun 29 October 2023: A spider was extracted from the ear of a 64-year-old woman in Taiwan by doctors. A woman went to an ear, nose, and throat clinic after experiencing a weird sensation in her left ear, as well as persistent clicking and rustling sounds. The doctors figured it was a spider slithering around […]
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Tue 24 October 2023: An outbreak of avian flu – a highly contagious viral infection that affects wild birds as well as poultry – has hit poultry farms in South Africa. Two different strains are causing outbreaks in the country – A(H5N1) and influenza A(H7N6). A specialist in poultry health, Shahn Bisschop, answers some questions put to him […]
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Fri 20 October 2023: OpenAI’s AI chatbot, ChatGPT, may outperform primary care doctors in adhering to recognized treatment criteria for clinical depression while avoiding gender and social class biases that might occur in doctor-patient relationships, according to a new study, The study, which was published in the open-access journal Family Medicine and Community Health,, shows […]
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