Sun 13 March 2022: Nutrition-related chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular diseases, remain a serious health issue. In the near future, these diseases are likely to become increasingly prevalent in developing countries like South Africa due to rapid and unplanned urbanisation. Urbanisation is the main driver of the obesity pandemic and associated chronic diseases. This […]
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Fri 04 March 2022: The World Health Organisation on Wednesday said that cases of anxiety and depression have surged by over 25 per cent globally as Covid has taken a severe toll on the mental health of people. During a scientific brief, the organisation revealed that there was a 25.6 per cent hike in cases […]
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Wed 23 February 2022: THE CONVERSATION In November 2021 the South African Medico-Legal Association joined other with leading healthcare organisations in South Africa in urging the government to review the culpable homicide law and its application in healthcare settings. The South African Medico-Legal Association represents medical and legal practitioners, many of whom also belong to the other healthcare bodies […]
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Tue 22 February 2022: The Department of Water and Sanitation has urged various municipalities to conduct the necessary drinking water analysis in their respective areas amid reports of typhoid cases. The department said it has been inundated with enquiries regarding the quality of drinking water in light of the increasing media reports of typhoid cases […]
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Thu 17 February 2022: Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft Corp and philanthropist, visited Pakistan on Thursday, meeting with Prime Minister Imran Khan to discuss polio eradication in one of the world’s last two endemic countries. “This is the final, and hardest, phase of the eradication effort, but by keeping up the momentum and staying vigilant, […]
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Wed 09 February 2022: The number of people dying each year from diseases caused by tobacco smoking is predicted to double in the next eight years, from more than 8 million now. Every year, Feb. 9 is designated as World Smoking Boycott Day by the World Health Organization (WHO) to raise awareness about the dangerous […]
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Wed 09 February 2022: Pfizer Inc said on Tuesday it expects 2022 sales of its COVID-19 vaccine and antiviral pill to top $54bn, but that fell short of lofty Wall Street estimates and its shares were off about 3 percent. Still, Chief Executive Albert Bourla said final sales for its oral COVID-19 antiviral, Paxlovid, could […]
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Sat 05 February 2022: The World Health Organization (WHO) urged for the availability of cancer care in high- and low-income countries to be addressed on World Cancer Day on Friday. According to the WHO, cancer is one of the main causes of mortality worldwide, with a projected 20 million people diagnosed and 10 million people […]
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Fri 04 February 2022: A region crossing the folded surface of the top of the brain, called the dorsal precentral gyrus, plays an essential role in how people use the sound of their voices to control how they want the words to sound, a new study shows. The ability to take cues from one’s own […]
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Sat 29 January 2022: The BA.2 subtype of the Omicron coronavirus variant appears to have a substantial growth advantage over the currently predominant BA.1 type, the United Kingdom’s Health Security Agency has said. UKHSA said on Friday there was an increased growth rate of BA.2 compared with BA.1 in all regions of England where there were enough […]
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