South African Medical Journal
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Teen pregnancies are dramatically dropping. But researchers aren’t sure why
New research shows a steep decline in adolescent pregnancy rates across all nine provinces from 2021 to 2025, reversing course from previous years. It’s good news, even if it’s…
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Obesity: the chronic disease that isn’t treated like one
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Vote like a mother: Five things moms should ask politicians this election
Women – many of them mothers – constitute more than half of the population. What should moms think of before casting their vote?