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‘Cancer-related insurance claims on the rise, post-Covid-19’
Cancer accounted for about 32.3% of all insurer Liberty’s claims for 2023 This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get Your Free Account The Mail &…
A ‘cancer causing’ herbicide has been found in South Africa’s bread and flour
About half of South Africa’s maize crop and 100% of the soya crop is genetically modified — it’s grown with the use of glyphosate. But Bayer South Africa disagrees that it causes…
Sports clubs eyed for low-cost housing in Cape Town
Sports clubs are paying the City of Cape Town less per year to lease prime land than it costs to rent a shack for a month
‘My mom was too scared to check what was wrong. In the end, doctors removed her womb’
Early screening for cervical cancer can be a lifesaver but are nonprofit organisations enough to fill the gap in KZN’s crumbling system?
Mo Bros face the figures – and it’s going to be a close shave
Will local facial hair campaigners be able to raise more than last year’s R7-million for men’s health issues?
Eat yourself healthy: your dose of cancer-busting foods
A healthy diet has been touted as an easier way to reduce the risk of falling ill from the the various cancers out there.
A life gone up in smoke
Tobacco is the only legally available product that kills people when it is used entirely as intended.
New look at cancer causes
Environmental factors may contribute to about 90% of all cancers. Belinda Beresford reports.