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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Looking Into Assisted Dying: South African law and the right to die on your terms
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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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MEDICAL RESEARCH:- Are probiotics boosting SA’s digestive health industry growth?
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Increasingly, health-conscious consumers are starting to follow their gut when looking for ways of mitigating the negative health effects of increasingly stressful lifestyles and unhealthy eating habits. A growing number of consumers are using probiotics to prevent and manage their digestive, as well as general, health issues.
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University of the Western Cape research identifies 130 new skin viruses
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A recent study, which set out to understand the genetic makeup of the many different phages that live on the bacteria living on the cells of our skins, found that no fewer than 130 entirely new species.
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National Health Insurance will cost more than R350 billion:- Solidarity
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“VAT will effectively have to be doubled,” says Solidarity. The Solidarity Research Institute has released a report detailing the enormous amount of funding necessary to effectively implement the National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme.
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South Africa does little to address depression and other mental illnesses:- World Mental Health Day
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As a country, not much has been achieved in building a society that embraces mental illness. For those who are distressed, help is available. Contact SADAG on: 011 234 4837.
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Need to know information:- What to look out for when choosing a medical scheme
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Are your health insurance costs too high? Try decoding your medical aid terms and conditions and associated costs to make sure that it works for you.
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