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'Aids-curing bed' under investigation
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A thermal massage bed, said to cure Aids patients after a 40-minute session, is reportedly under investigation by the department of health. (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - November 20, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Motsoaledi warns managers, CEOsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Health minister Aaron Motsoaledi has told hospital chief executives and managers to shape up or they will be removed. (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - November 19, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Caster's test results will remain a secretEmail this article to a colleague.
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Results of the gender tests carried out on Caster Semenya will be treated as a confidential matter and therefore will not be publicly released. (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - November 19, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Good news for KZN cancer patientsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Addington Hospital cancer patients are to get the most advanced cancer treatment available in the world. (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - November 19, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Tutu lauds caring staff at TygerbergEmail this article to a colleague.
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Singing a popular hymn, the Desmond Tutu Tuberculosis Centre Choir opened the ninth annual Tygerberg Children's Hospital Interfaith Thanksgiving Service. [GALLERY] (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - November 19, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
De Doorns refugees need our help - Red CrossEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Red Cross has appealed for aid to assist scores of xenophobia refugees at De Doorns in the Western Cape [GALLERY]. (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - November 18, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Survey reveals leading causes of deathEmail this article to a colleague.
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Although HIV and Aids is gaining acceptance as a cause of death in South Africa, the leading causes are tuberculosis, influenza and pneumonia, according to a report. (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - November 17, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
So how many people are dead, exactly?Email this article to a colleague.
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There is major confusion over the country's mortality rates, with government departments insisting that their 2008 figure is correct - and Aids researchers and actuaries saying the figures don't make any sense. (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - November 17, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Watch out for fake plastic surgeonsEmail this article to a colleague.
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South African women desperate to enhance their looks are paying a hefty price for their makeover. (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - November 16, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Initiate's death blamed on dehydrationEmail this article to a colleague.
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The death of an Estern Cape initiate four days after his circumcision is being blamed on dehydration, the police have said. (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - November 12, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Translating trans fatEmail this article to a colleague.
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Unpacking the myth that trans fats are fit for humans to eat means we need to read labels, writes Wendy Knowler. (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - November 12, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Tygerberg kidnapping: Woman sentencedEmail this article to a colleague.
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A conversation between two nurses was all she needed to strengthen her resolve. She then found the baby, took him in her arms and walked out as casually as she'd walked in ... (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - November 11, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Table Mountain to shine on World Diabetes DayEmail this article to a colleague.
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Cape Town will be a hive of activity this weekend with a number of events taking place in a show of support for World Diabetes Day. (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - November 11, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Controversial acne drug available in SAEmail this article to a colleague.
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While Americans have witnessed the sudden disappearance of a blockbuster acne drug, South Africans have no reason to worry. (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - November 11, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Medical staff refuse to perform abortionsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Provincial state hospitals and clinics performing abortions are battling to attract and retain staff due to a growing unwillingness among staffers to perform the procedure. (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - November 9, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
No shortage of condoms, says provinceEmail this article to a colleague.
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The provincial Health Department has denied there is a shortage of condoms in the city, after reports said the council was forced to ration condom supplies and scale back on outreach programmes. (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - November 6, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
What, no condoms?Email this article to a colleague.
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If you want free condoms in Cape Town, you might be out of luck. (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - November 5, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Baby Laila - hospital denies negligenceEmail this article to a colleague.
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The nurse who attended to baby Laila Subramoney is still on duty at the Life Wilgeheuwel Hospital. (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - November 5, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Polokwane fights choleraEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Capricorn District municipality in Polokwane has budgeted R30-million to install ventilated pit latrines in its villages in an attempt to curb the cholera outbreak. (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - November 4, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
New law 'offensive' to smokersEmail this article to a colleague.
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Tough new anti-smoking laws have not filtered down to Cape Town's smokers, who are still puffing away in clubs and pubs. (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - November 3, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Travellers cautioned on H1N1Email this article to a colleague.
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The health department has cautioned people travelling to other countries with high rates of swine flu to be on high alert. (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - November 3, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Truck with radioactive material crashesEmail this article to a colleague.
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A bakkie carrying radioactive material rolled on the N1, shutting down traffic in both directions for more than two hours yesterday. (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - November 3, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
'Baby blind, deaf after hospital bungle'Email this article to a colleague.
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A six-month-old baby went into a West Rand hospital to be treated for an ear infection, only to be discharged almost a month later nearly blind, and deaf in one ear. (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - November 3, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Is your doctor the real deal?Email this article to a colleague.
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The South African Medical Association has warned the public of bogus doctors who are bringing the profession into disrepute. (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - November 2, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
TAC praises Zuma for Aids speechEmail this article to a colleague.
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President Jacob Zuma's speech on Aids in Parliament marks the demise of state-supported denialism, the Treatment Action Campaign has said. (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - October 30, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Will you wear pink to the Currie Cup final?Email this article to a colleague.
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Former Springbok Rob Louw is battling cancer and to show support fans and some players have been asked to "dress up". Have your say... (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - October 30, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Zuma issues HIV wake-up callEmail this article to a colleague.
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President Jacob Zuma has said South Africans have to come to terms with the reality that the country is "not yet winning" the battle against the pandemic. (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - October 30, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Health officials face disciplinary actionEmail this article to a colleague.
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Twenty-five Eastern Cape health department senior officials face disciplinary action for irregular expenditure of R24-million. (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - October 29, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Hospitals owe millions to suppliersEmail this article to a colleague.
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Tshwane's hospitals owe more than a quarter of the R2.1-billion which the Gauteng Health Department owes its service providers. (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - October 29, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Suppliers owed millions by hospitalsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Gauteng health department has confirmed that the suppliers of 15 provincial hospitals are owed more than R500-million. (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - October 28, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
A first for soldiers living with HIVEmail this article to a colleague.
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A KwaZulu-Natal soldier has become the first known HIV-positive soldier to be deployed externally by the SA National Defence Force. (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - October 28, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Parents urged to sign measles consent formsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Gauteng health department urged parents on Tuesday to sign consent forms for their children to be inoculated against measles before the end of the month. (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - October 27, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nurse forgets to remove swabEmail this article to a colleague.
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A 19-year-old is traumatised after a nurse at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital in Durban forgot to remove a swab from inside her body after she gave birth. (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - October 26, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Measles outbreak: Joburg prison quarantinedEmail this article to a colleague.
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A ten-day quarantine has been declared at a Johannesburg prison with 51 cases of measles. (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - October 26, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Tutu Tester unit gets seal of approvalEmail this article to a colleague.
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The clearly proud Nobel Peace Prize laureate and human rights activist has proudly boarded the Tutu Tester - the Western Cape's first mobile HIV and Aids testing facility. (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - October 23, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
'For goodness' sake know your status'Email this article to a colleague.
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Using a condom can be the difference between being alive and not being alive, says Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu during the first birthday of the Tutu Tester. (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - October 22, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Medical aid costs to rocketEmail this article to a colleague.
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Medical scheme members will soon have to dig deep to pay double-digit increases. [SEE THE INCREASE FIGURES] (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - October 22, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Sisulu opens home for childrenEmail this article to a colleague.
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Albertina Sisulu and Princess Haya Al Hussein of Jordan have opened a "care home" for children who have undergone heart surgery. (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - October 21, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
'You can't fight a war without soldiers'Email this article to a colleague.
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South Africa's public hospitals are in a bleak state, Parliament has heard. (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - October 21, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
MEC pushes for health ombudsmanEmail this article to a colleague.
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Health MEC Theuns Botha has expressed his disappointment at the way community health centres were run in the Western Cape. (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - October 21, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
'This is a national problem'Email this article to a colleague.
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The University of the Free State's medical school is in danger of being closed down, its acting head has told Parliament. (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - October 21, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Measles: about 1 000 cases confirmedEmail this article to a colleague.
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There are 1 135 confirmed cases of measles in the country - and Gauteng is leading with the number of diagnosed people. (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - October 21, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Disease outbreaks - SA takes actionEmail this article to a colleague.
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South Africa is taking a "proactive" role in preparing itself for dealing with the outbreak of communicable diseases in aviation, officials have said. (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - October 21, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
My long wait - and fight - for treatmentEmail this article to a colleague.
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It is a normal practice to turn people away if they were late, said those who used the clinic regularly knew that "you have to be in the queue as early as 4am", says a sister at Nyanga clinic. (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - October 19, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Guevara siblings diagnose social illsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The children of Cuba's Ernesto "Che" Guevara say health care and education should be free for everyone. (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - October 19, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Guevaras moved by plight of doctorsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Aleida and Camilo Guevara, the offspring of revolutionary icon Che Guevara, have called for urgent action after visiting a day hospital in Khayelitsha, outside Cape Town. (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - October 18, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Measles kills fourEmail this article to a colleague.
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Four people have died of measles since an outbreak, according to the health department. (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - October 16, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Gauteng rolls out measles immunisationEmail this article to a colleague.
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Do you have a runny nose, cough, red eyes, fever and rashes? Having these symptoms could mean you have measles. (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - October 16, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Crime can make your blood boilEmail this article to a colleague.
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Young people across South Africa are being affected by the crime rate in a way that might surprise you. (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - October 15, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Fears of nursing shortage if ban is imposedEmail this article to a colleague.
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A ban on labour broking would cut the number of nurses available to hospitals and damage South Africa's health-care industry, says a labour broker. (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - October 15, 2009 Category: African Health Source Type: news
