Tue 20 June 2023: Health Minister, Dr Joe Phaahla, believes that South Africa is on track to meet the World Health Organisation (WHO) target to reducing Tuberculosis (TB) cases by 50% by 2025 based on the latest statistics. The Minister announced on Tuesday that the estimated TB incidence dropped from 644 000 to 304 000 […]
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. Advances in facial recognition technology may have useful applications in healthcare. Getty Images Mon 19 June 2023: Foetal alcohol syndrome is a lifelong condition caused by exposing an unborn baby to alcohol. It’s a pattern of mental, physical and behavioural symptoms seen in some people whose mothers consumed alcohol during pregnancy. Not all prenatal alcohol exposure results in the […]
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Thu 15 June 2023: Sri Lankan military physicians removed the world’s largest kidney stone from a 62-year-old former soldier on Wednesday. According to the army, the stone removed from ex-sergeant Canistus Coonge weighed 801 grams (28.25 ounces), which is more than five times the weight of a normal male kidney. Coonge’s kidney stone was 13.37 […]
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Sam Ogden/SPL Wed 14 June 2023: The shortage of effective chemotherapy drugs is posing a significant risk to cancer patients and their treatment outcomes. This shortage includes cheap, generic drugs that have been used in cancer medicine for many years. The number of active medication shortages reached 295 at the end of last year, representing […]
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Sun 11 June 2023: Broccoli soup has emerged as a smart food choice for individuals at risk of type 2 diabetes. A firm called Smarter Food claims that the ingredient in its packaged vegetable soup is a particular variety of broccoli that was initially identified growing wild in Sicily by the company’s chief scientist, Prof. Richard Mithen, […]
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Sat 10 June 2023: UK Police launch investigation into dozens of deaths at Brighton hospital Sussex Police are investigating approximately 40 deaths at a Brighton coastal hospital in the United Kingdom, which has fired two employees after they expressed concerns about the patients’ conditions, British media reported on Saturday. According to the Guardian, the police […]
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Fri 09 June 2023: The cholera death toll has now risen to 32 after a woman from Parys, Free State, succumbed to the waterborne disease. The Free State Department of Health on Thursday identified the deceased as a 42-year-old female, who was admitted at Boitumelo Hospital in Kroonstad. “The patient is confirmed to have died […]
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Thu 08 June 2023: Tobacco, a known hazard to human health for long, also causes major harmto the environment, starting from its production, according to a medical doctor and head of an advocacy group against the crop’s use and cultivation. “Tobacco cultivation deteriorates soil quality and hinders biodiversity. The use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers in […]
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Wed 07 June 2023: The number of women choosing to freeze their eggs in the UAE has “significantly” increased following changes to the law, reported Al-Arabiya News. UAE fertility clinics and in-vitro fertility (IVF) specialists across the country have observed a sudden increase in demand for information about the service and opting to access the […]
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Mon 05 June 2023: Even when the disease is caught early, breast cancer recurrence is relatively commonplace — and for survivors, the prospect can be daunting. A drug developed by Swiss pharmaceutical maker Novartis reduced this risk by a quarter in a large group of early-stage survivors of the most common type of breast cancer, […]
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