Migraine hits one in 10 people, resulting not only in pain but costs the world economy billions.
Research shows that the way doctors describe medical conditions can affect whether or not a patient demands antibiotics.
SA spends an enormous amount on preventative medicine but no one can tell where the failures are.
Instead of the care she sought, a vulnerable patient found further distress in a PE hospital.
A UCT study says counselling is needed to keep tuberculosis sufferers on treatment, without which they risk developing more dangerous forms of TB.
A Western Cape project is looking to make free vaccines available in private clinics, but the Eastern Cape has stopped the practice.
A centre employing only men has opened in Khayelitsha to address the needs of males uneasy about being seen at mixed-gender facilities.
Children who are exposed to gangsterism are at greater risk of becoming perpetrators of violence themselves, according to a study in Mannenberg.
The country has a high suicide rate, psychiatric illnesses are on the rise and stress has become normalised.
The "vasepididymostomy" has landed in South Africa – a method that greatly increases the success rate of reverse vasectomies.