Where traditional beliefs are more real than textbooks, treating mental illness is a balancing act for sangomas and medical doctors alike.
Seven out of 10 women and four out of 10 men in SA have significantly more body fat than what is deemed healthy, shows a groundbreaking new study.
The Treatment Action Campaign has criticised the ANC for what it says is the party’s non-commitment to making condoms available at schools.
With over 400 000 new HIV infections occurring in 2012, South Africa ranks first in HIV incidence in the world, says an HSRC survey.
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".
Some have barely feasible healthcare ideas, others are in ‘populist’, ‘throwaway’ electioneering mode.
A Johannesburg director has taken up the continuing tragedy of botched circumcisions.
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.
According to a study, the discovery of how a woman’s body responded to her HIV infection by making antibodies may hold the clue to a cure for Aids.
We feature four HIV positive women in their 40s who fit the profile of a typical M&G reader.