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NHI: History repeats itself

Article Staff Reporter - 26 Aug 2011

Universal healthcare schemes traditionally have been met with fierce opposition.

Alzheimer’s: High price for a longer life

Article Sponsored Feature - 19 Aug 2011

Alzheimer's disease is not a natural part of growing old.

Don’t panic, it’s not a heart attack

Article Staff Reporter - 8 Jul 2011

Panic attacks are often mistaken for heart attacks, and even though they can't kill you they are more debilitating, and common, than you might think.

[From our archives] ‘I saw the world through the blurry lens of an oxygen tent’

Article Mia Malan - 8 Jul 2011

With the severe effects of the habit on the unborn child now widely known, why do pregnant mothers refuse to give up?

Dying in the line of duty

Article Mia Malan - 17 Jun 2011

The murder of an Mpumalanga doctor on duty has exposed the lax security at public hospitals.

Healing hope for brain injury

Article bogdan TagDiv - 21 Apr 2011

New research shows that the brain actively works to repair itself after traumatic injury, but subsequent impact can compound the damage.

Urgent need to expand drug roll-out

Article bogdan TagDiv - 15 Apr 2011

Universal access to antiretroviral therapy could have saved more than 4,37-million children in Africa from becoming orphans.

The foundation of health care

Article bogdan TagDiv - 8 Apr 2011

The opportunity exists for South Africa to develop its own health promotion foundation, built on the examples from across the world.

The economics of alcohol

Article bogdan TagDiv - 8 Apr 2011

The alcohol industry makes a substantial contribution to South Africa's gross domestic product (GDP).

Why South Africa’s health record is poor

Article Sponsored Feature - 28 Mar 2011

"As a country we spend 8,7% of our GDP on health in both the public and private sectors, yet we have little to show..."

Taking scientific approach

Article Sponsored Feature - 28 Mar 2011

One of the goals of the National Nursing Summit is to encourage research on nursing by nurses.

On the tip of the tongue

Article Alok Jha - 18 Mar 2011

Research has shown that speaking two languages improves brain performance.

Less is more

Article bogdan TagDiv - 18 Mar 2011

New research brings hope for less aggressive and invasive ways of treating breast cancer in patients.

Alarm over demand for designer vaginas

Article bogdan TagDiv - 4 Mar 2011

Medical experts have sounded the alarm over the soaring rates of labiaplasty.

Brits falling out of love with drugs

Article Leo Benedictus - 4 Mar 2011

The number of young people taking drugs has fallen by 30% in 15 years. Is the drop down to quality, bad celebrity PR or price?

The heretical idea of making people

Article Staff Reporter - 23 Feb 2011

The award of the Nobel prize, when it came in October 2010, was long overdue.

Coming to terms with schizophrenia results in revelatory tell-all

Article Staff Reporter - 15 Feb 2011

To Patrick Cockburn, it's an illness that has eaten away at his oldest child. To Henry Cockburn, it has been an inspiration.

No end to bickering over breastfeeding

Article bogdan TagDiv - 21 Jan 2011

Breast or bottle is one of the most intimate and essential decisions a new parent has to make.

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