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Consumer Law

Producers, advertisers, retailers beware - stricter regulations for pet food packaging on the cards

Ashleigh Blair, Bernadette Lötter and Kenan Petersen 13 Sep 2024

Source: @LightUpScience/Twitter. Richard Slayman is seen here with the surgical team at Massachusetts General Hospital who performed his transplant, led by Tatsuo Kawai, MD, PhD and Nahel Elias, MD.

Healthcare

Man survives pig kidney transplant

8 Apr 2024

Palliative care

Unveiling the heroes: A look behind the scenes of integrating palliative care into SA's public health system

Katja Hamilton 14 Mar 2024

Healthcare

Eating well to support kidney health

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 31 Aug 2023

Public Health

WHO says contaminated cough syrup sold in Cameroon

Leroy Leo 20 Jul 2023

Pharmaceuticals

Grieving Gambian families take govt to court over mishandling of cough syrup

Edward McAllister 14 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

Public Health

Tanzania detects its first-ever cases of the highly fatal Marburg viral disease

Elias Biryabarema 22 Mar 2023

Public Health

Dozens of child deaths prompt Gambia to suspend paracetamol syrup sales

Pap Saine 14 Sep 2022

Nutrition

Healthy eating for your kidneys

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 1 Sep 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

Covid-19

Worrying trend as check ups drop off during pandemic

11 Jun 2020

Pharmaceuticals

Drug reduces kidney failure in diabetics

17 Apr 2019

Professor Annalise Zemlin. Photo: Damien Schumann

Noncommunicable diseases

Getting the balance right in detecting diabetes

Jorisna Bonthuys 10 Sep 2018

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Pollution killed nine million people in 2015: report

24 Oct 2017

Noncommunicable diseases

Six eating habits for healthy kidneys

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 5 Sep 2017

Noncommunicable diseases

Diabetes management under review at 19th annual CDE forum

3 Aug 2017

Oncology

Breast cancer specialist adds thyroid treatment to services

6 Mar 2017

Branding

When brands are a matter of life and death

Sarah Britten 20 Apr 2016

HIV/AIDS

Johns Hopkins performs first HIV+ liver transplant

Nicci Botha 31 Mar 2016

Exhibitions & Events

Kidney Awareness Week - are you aware of symptoms?

3 Sep 2015

Health & Social Welfare

"Don't let their dreams disappear"

Issued by Reach For A Dream Foundation 7 Jul 2015

Pharmaceuticals

Lifesaving medicines could compromise hearing

26 Mar 2013

Cardiology

Spin-off for your brain of protecting your heart

18 Oct 2012

Cardiology

Improved survival rates for mitral valve heart surgery patients

Karen N. Peart 11 May 2012

Travel

Healthy lifestyles can reduce healthcare costs substantially

23 Feb 2012

Public Health

Older patients barred from dialysis

Michael Kimberley 29 Sep 2011

CSI

2011 Shoprite Checkers Women of the Year: Health Care-Givers category finalists

13 Jul 2011

Medical Aid

Choosing the right medical scheme

Graham Anderson 25 Nov 2010

Medical Research

Research suggests lowering cholesterol can reduce benign prostatic hyperplasia

27 Oct 2010

Public Health

Love your scar on World Kidney Day

10 Mar 2010

Healthcare

Transplant recipient's second chance at life

Lebogang Tsele 27 Aug 2009

Medical Research

Combining two common medical tests provides new way to screen for serious kidney disease

9 Jul 2009

Public Health

Nigeria: Painkiller leaves 84 children dead

8 Feb 2009

Marketing & Media

Be careful what budgets you cut

Chris Moerdyk 26 Jan 2009

Medtech

No blood needed thanks to non-invasive blood monitoring device

29 Sep 2008

Noncommunicable diseases

Sri Lanka: Rising kidney disease among farmers puzzles researchers

16 Jul 2008

Women's Health

Cosmetic soft-tissue filler linked to renal failure

3 May 2008

Advertising

Just seeing ads isn’t good enough

Chris Moerdyk 5 Mar 2007

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