Late onset (juvenile or adult) Pompe disease can be as early as the first decade of childhood or as late as the sixth decade of adulthood.
Some believe that proper palliative care goes a long way towards countering arguments for euthanasia, writes Thalia Randall.
Professionals trained in traditional methods are rescuing patients abandoned by budget cuts, writes Nellie Bowles.
Health is a critical element of social transformation, but the post-1994 health system has failed to deliver improved health to the citizens.
High-intensity training improves results and takes away the old excuse of no time, writes Sam Murphy.
Wayne Burns has shed half his body weight. But is he happy, asks Amelia Gentleman
Over 200-million people contract malaria each year. The M&G got up close to the Anopheles mosquito, the pest that spreads the disease.
The popularity of saniters has as much to do with health as fashion and the jury is out over their efficacy, writes Laura Barton.
In a letter to the president and the DA, the national co-ordination committee of the national Imbizo asks politicians to start using public services.
A C-section is a surgical procedure in which an incision is made through the mother’s abdomen and uterus to assist in the safe delivery of a baby.
Minister of Health Aaron Motsoaledi responds to Garth Zietsman’s article on his address at the National Editors’ Forum in Cape Town.
A lack of health service delivery to foreigners, which almost amounts to human rights abuses, costs South Africans far more than they realise.
New management system and text alerts vastly improve services for HIV/Aids patients.
Dealing with the sick takes empathy, sensitivity, tact, understanding and compassion.
A pilot project shows that reorganising staff and equipment can yield positive improvements.
While Japan, Canada and Australia hand out "baby bonuses" to encourage people to have children, couples in a part of India are getting cash to not.
In the absence of a basic drug such as paracetamol in Zimbabwe’s debilitating health care system, desperate patients have turned to traditional herbs.
The fallout from the dirty war being fought in South Africa’s R85-billion-a-year health insurance industry grew this week.
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Migrants face a multitude of health issues in Jozi inner city.
International study was delayed for years because
scientists failed to agree on its findings, writes <b>Ian Sample</b>.
There must be public and political acknowledgement of the degree of underfunding of the service across the board.
South Africa’s hospitals are in crisis, and will be at risk of collapse if doctors flee their shocking working conditions, a report said on Sunday.
Gauteng health and social development minister Qedani Mahlangu expressed disappointment on Thursday about glitches experienced by the sector.
Minister Barbara Hogan paid tribute on Friday to initiatives taken by health workers to overcome the problems they face while caring for patients.
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Liberia has just 122 doctors to treat its 3,5 million people, who desperately need at least 1 000 physicians, or almost 10 times that number.
Masa has advocated a radical reshaping of the way health care is provided and paid for in South Africa.