Due to the high costs of litigation medical negligence claims could bankrupt a future NHI, say experts.
Although working conditions are tough in rural areas, doctors need to go where they are most needed, says a medical student.
Half of all SA smokers tried to quit last year –and failed. How can we raise the success rate?
Three people have been arrested after a Pondoland initiate who lost his penis and spoke out about it in public was beaten for "shaming the custom".
Statistics South Africa says mortality figures show Capetonians have a longer life span that Tshwane residents.
For the protection against cervical cancer, the provincial government has budgeted millions for the distribution of two doses of the HPV vaccination.
A new assessment of the evidence suggests putting on weight increases one’s risk of the disease.
The intellectual property policy, which will allow access to cheaper drugs, has yet to be finalised while patients are dying, say health activists.
Although it has been claimed that a nine-month-old baby in California was "cured" from HIV with the use of antiretrovirals, there is still no proof.
A single shot of antiretroviral drugs has protected lab monkeys from HIV for weeks, according to two US trials.