Successful prevention of Alzheimer’s disease by use of specific anti-herpes agents has now been demonstrated in a large-scale population study in Taiwan.
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Cause of Alzheimer’s disease:- Mounting evidence that herpes virus is a cause
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New Study Shows Escalating civil cases against private hospitals due to nursing malpractice
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Nursing malpractice has resulted in a significant rise in civil claims against private hospitals, according to a study by Professor Ethelwynn Stellenberg of the Department of Nursing and Midwifery at Stellenbosch University’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS).
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The big question is:- Why medical devices should carry warranties
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South Africa has a unique opportunity to become the global leader in the regulation of warranties for medical devices.
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Will the NHI just be another state-owned enterprise?
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A report by organisations collaborating under the umbrella of the People’s Health Movement South Africa was submitted to the UN Committee on Cultural, Economic and Social Rights (ICESER), interrogating, among other things the flaws and pitfalls of the country’s National Health Insurance (NHI) proposal.
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Wonderful News:- R500m to recruit health professionals, buy beds and linen
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Government will reprioritise funds to make R350m available to recruit new health professionals, says Finance Minister Tito Mboweni.
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Looking Into Assisted Dying: South African law and the right to die on your terms
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Assisted dying is in the headlines again after euthanasia advocate Sean Davison was arrested in September 2018 on a charge of murder, relating to helping a friend die.
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The National Health Insurance (NHI): Who’s in, who’s out and how much will it cost
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The NHI was the centre of this weekend’s Presidential Health Summit. Now the pressure is mounting for Treasury to figure out how to fund it.
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Kinkhoes (whooping cough) raak woes in die Baai – Port Elizabet
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HET jou kind griepsimptome met veral ’n hoes wat langer as twee weke aanhou?
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Suid-Afrikaners gewaarsku oor verhoogde malaria-risiko, veral in noordelike dele van die land
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Die Nasionale Instituut vir Oordraagbare Siektes (Nios) het Maandag gewaarsku dat Suid-Afrikaners bedag moet wees op ’n malaria-risiko, veral in die noordelike dele van die land wat nou die somerreënseisoen binnegaan. “Ongelukkig het ons nog nie die laaste van malaria in Suid-Afrika beleef nie wat volgens alle aanduidings ’n terugkeer maak,” sê dr. Peter Vincent..
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The Sugar Industry Regulations have been gazetted
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Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry has welcomed the gazetting of the Sugar Industry Regulations.
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