A meta-analysis spanning participants across diverse populations from 18 countries has suggested women develop dementia at ...

In recently shared findings, scientists have suggested that patterns of antibodies in people’s blood could predict the onset of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) a decade before diagnosis, reports The ...

In South Africa, tuberculosis is mainly diagnosed and treated in the public healthcare system. On paper, the private sector should also be able to deal with it, but in reality, TB care in this sector ...

Relentless efforts by an organised network of serial thieves to steal critical equipment from Free State hospitals is forcing the already strained facilties to outlay hundreds of thousands of rands in ...

Millions of people use cannabis as a form of sleep aid, but despite the widespread view that it can help you get a good night’s rest, the evidence is starting to suggest otherwise – with scientists ...

Global experts have warned that today’s decisions involving health, finance, climate, defence and security will determine how many years of good health future generations gain – or lose – to ...

A small trial has found that injecting saline around the trapped nerve could ease symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome for longer than a steroid injection, reports Science Alert. The condition develops ...

Prescription is frequently raised as a defence in medical negligence litigation, particularly where a patient experiences an adverse outcome or ongoing complications but only seeks legal advice ...

Judicial police in Guinea-Bissau seized doses of the hepatitis B vaccine from the offices of the controversial researchers linked to a proposed clinical trial – the Bandim Health Project – that would ...

The CSIR’s brand new research facility in Pretoria, launched last week, aims to reduce the country’s massive reliance on international supplies of active pharmaceutical ingredients, the importation of ...

Critical issues with the cooling systems at the Rob Ferreira Hospital in Mpumalanga are resulting in surgical postponements and unnecessary delays in theatre procedures, reports The Citizen. The ...

Big Pharma in South Africa and the US is calling for urgent crackdown on illegal medicines, especially unregulated obesity drugs like retatrudite, which is being linked to at least two deaths overseas ...