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Preventing and managing chronic kidney disease, by Medshield

Noncommunicable diseases

Preventing and managing chronic kidney disease, by Medshield

Issued by Stone 15 Apr 2025

Source: Shutterstock.

Specialties

Home dialysis: The affordable solution for kidney patients in remote areas

10 Apr 2025

Source: Supplied. Professor Rajendra Bhimma, who practises at Netcare St Augustine’s Hospital.

Healthcare

Award-winning kidney specialist leads the fight against youth dialysis rates

10 Mar 2025

Healthcare

Why diabetes management is critical this World Kidney Day

10 Mar 2025

Image source: Yogendra Singh from

Circular Economy & Waste Management

‘Forever chemicals’ are polluting African waters: Lake Victoria, SA’s Vaal and Kenya’s Nairobi rivers are hotspots

Patrick Ssebugere, Ashirafu Miiro, and Nelson Odume 3 Dec 2024

Source: Supplied. The Ministry of Health of Ghana signing an MoU with AstraZeneca. Franklin Asiedu Bekoe, director public health, Ghana Health Service; Winfred Ofosu, Ghana Health Service; Deepak Arora, country president, African Cluster, AstraZeneca, and Ruud Dobber, executive vice president, BioPharmaceuticals Business Unit, AstraZeneca.

Public Health

Growth of AstraZeneca’s flagship health equity programme

3 Jun 2024

Source: iStock.

Public Health

Urgent call to action: Combatting chronic kidney disease crisis in Africa

18 Mar 2024

Source: Supplied. Life Healthcare.

Hospital Groups

Life Healthcare expands renal care services in Southern Africa

26 Feb 2024

Is it iron deficiency or anaemia? - Medshield

Noncommunicable diseases

Is it iron deficiency or anaemia? - Medshield

Issued by Stone 22 Nov 2023

Eating well to support kidney health

Healthcare

Eating well to support kidney health

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 31 Aug 2023

Source: Reuters.

Public Health

WHO says contaminated cough syrup sold in Cameroon

Leroy Leo 20 Jul 2023

Public Health

Illegal organ trade is more sophisticated than one might think - who's behind it and how it could be controlled

Frederike Ambagtsheer 13 Jul 2023

Symptoms of chronic kidney disease

Hospital Groups

Symptoms of chronic kidney disease

Issued by Intercare 27 Mar 2023

Noncommunicable diseases

Chronic kidney disease impacts 500 million individuals worldwide

14 Mar 2023

Plans to stop raw sewage being pumped into the sea off Cape Town

Infrastructure & Utilities

Plans to stop raw sewage being pumped into the sea off Cape Town

Steve Kretzmann 24 Feb 2023

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

National Renal Care opens specialised children's dialysis unit in Sandton

6 Dec 2022

Public Health

Dozens of child deaths prompt Gambia to suspend paracetamol syrup sales

Pap Saine 14 Sep 2022

Healthy eating for your kidneys

Nutrition

Healthy eating for your kidneys

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 1 Sep 2022

Measure your blood pressure accurately, control it, live longer!

Cardiology

Measure your blood pressure accurately, control it, live longer!

Issued by Stone 10 Aug 2022

Source: Supplied. Dr Peter Hsu, a nephrologist who practises at Netcare Milpark Hospital, was awarded his PhD following his completion of the largest known study on cardiovascular risk in chronic renal patients to date in South Africa.

Healthcare

Local study advances global understanding of CVD risk in renal patients

27 Jul 2022

Public Health

Covid-19 targets kidneys, study finds...

Katja Hamilton 20 Dec 2021

Source: ©Andriy Popov

Covid-19

Covid-19 diabetic patients risk similar to patients without diabetes

14 Oct 2021

Periodontitis - the silent killer!

Dentistry

Periodontitis - the silent killer!

Issued by Intercare 1 Oct 2021

The Lancet has published the results of an analysis of how critically ill Covid-19 patients did at 64 hospitals in Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, and South Africa. Illustration: Lisa Nelson

Covid-19

Africa has a higher death rate among critically ill Covid-19 patients than anywhere else

Elsabé Brits 21 May 2021

Effective management of water in dialysis augments better outcomes

Noncommunicable diseases

Effective management of water in dialysis augments better outcomes

Issued by GO Content Lab 3 Mar 2021

Nurses are the backbone of the health system. Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images

Noncommunicable diseases

Diabetes prevention and care needs more nurses with extra training and support

Sundeep Ruder 16 Nov 2020

Covid-19 has not been as devastating in South Africa as initially feared. Dino Lloyd/Gallo Images via Getty Images

Covid-19

Covid-19 and HIV: so far it seems the outcome is not what was feared

Burtram C. Fielding 21 Sep 2020

This electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (round gold objects) emerging from the surface of cells cultured in a lab. Image: NIAID-RML (CC BY 2.0)

Covid-19

Covid-19: How a Cape Town project saved many lives

Neal David 2 Sep 2020

Public Health

Technology can help people manage their diabetes - case study shows it's not being used

18 Aug 2020

People exercising in Ellis Park in Johannesburg, South Africa. Dino Lloyd/Gallo Images via Getty Images

NHI

South Africans must be healthier for universal healthcare to succeed

Jane Simmonds & Charles Parry 8 Jul 2020

Mary-Ann Davies

Covid-19

TB, HIV less likely to cause Covid-19 death than other comorbidities

Nicci Botha 10 Jun 2020

St Augustine's Hospital

Covid-19

Findings from St Augustine's Covid-19 outbreak

21 May 2020

A nurse in a hospital checks an IV. Wikimedia Commons

Oncology

Ghana needs a better policy to guide care for cancer patients

Yakubu Salifu 3 Mar 2020

Drug reduces kidney failure in diabetics

Pharmaceuticals

Drug reduces kidney failure in diabetics

17 Apr 2019

Chronic kidney disease needs to be redefined

Public Health

Chronic kidney disease needs to be redefined

18 Mar 2019

Salty and fatty foods are driving up obesity. Shutterstock

Noncommunicable diseases

Weighing up the costs of treating lifestyle diseases in South Africa

7 Feb 2019

Listeriosis outbreak traced to Enterprise Foods factory in Limpopo

Health & Safety

Listeriosis outbreak traced to Enterprise Foods factory in Limpopo

Lauren Hartzenberg 5 Mar 2018

Listeriosis outbreak reveals SA's need for a designated food control agency

Health & Safety

Listeriosis outbreak reveals SA's need for a designated food control agency

31 Jan 2018

Photo: Foodessence

Healthcare

Listeriosis outbreak: What you need to know

13 Dec 2017

Diabetes treatment goals still suboptimal

Noncommunicable diseases

Diabetes treatment goals still suboptimal

Issued by AstraZeneca 14 Nov 2017

2017 LOreal-UNESCO For Women in Science Sub-Saharan Africa regional fellowship recipients

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

African women recognised for role in science

13 Nov 2017

$129bn in extreme weather losses last year

Climate Change

$129bn in extreme weather losses last year

2 Nov 2017

Six eating habits for healthy kidneys

Noncommunicable diseases

Six eating habits for healthy kidneys

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 5 Sep 2017

Obesity in SA (Image Supplied)

Medical Research

Study finds large number of South Africans happy to be overweight

29 Aug 2017

Dietitian's urge South Africans to 'Eat Fact Not Fiction' June 2017

Nutrition

Dietitian's urge South Africans to 'Eat Fact Not Fiction' June 2017

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 12 Jun 2017