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Health & Social Welfare

Eczema and asthma in children: how household fuels are harming health in poor South African homes

Mandla Bhuda, Janine Wichmann and Joyce Shirinde 2 hours

Medical Aid

The wellness wave: Shaping a healthier South Africa through prevention

Issued by Medshield 4 Aug 2025

Public Health

How pharmacists are shaping the future of South African healthcare

Sello Malete 19 Sep 2025

Oncology

Vaping is not a safe form of smoking for youngsters (or adults) warns CANSA

Issued by CANSA 26 May 2025

Public Health

New MyDynamics portal offers free patient support and health education

8 May 2024

Pharmaceuticals

Exodus of SA doctors and nurses places more responsibility on pharmacists

29 Sep 2023

Public Health

Over half of participants in 12-week vaping trial quit smoking

Issued by Hook, Line & Sinker 11 Aug 2023

Occupational Health & Safety

Deadline for submissions on protection of community health workers extended

7 Feb 2023

Public Health

78 studies and 22,000 research participants prove e-cigarettes help smokers quit successfully

6 Feb 2023

Noncommunicable diseases

Hypertension, diabetes, stroke: they kill more people than infectious diseases and should get a Global Fund

Kaushik Ramaiya 30 Dec 2022

Public Health

SA's Tobacco Control Bill reaches major milestone on its path to law

3 Oct 2022

Healthcare

Are we about to see SA's tobacco bill go up in flames?

Kurt Yeo 19 Sep 2022

Medical Research

FIRST: Johns Hopkins receives grant for psilocybin research

26 Jan 2022

Oncology

Increased chance of cancer? Meat the risk profile

4 Nov 2015

Nutrition

Free diabetes recipe book launched

30 Oct 2015

Advertising

Call for ban on tobacco advertising

30 May 2013

HIV/AIDS

Quitting smoking reduces pneumonia risk in HIV patients - research

22 Jan 2013

Marketing

CANSA condemns tobacco's marketing tactics

25 May 2012

Research

Which ads are winners? Your brain knows better than you do

Stuart Wolpert 30 Apr 2012

Medical Research

Half of all cancers are preventable: study

30 Mar 2012

Public Health

Smokers with mental disorders, drug and alcohol problems need doctors' help to quit

26 Aug 2011

Public Health

Fight against tobacco gathers steam

29 Jul 2011

Mental health

Earlier memory loss tied to cardiovascular risks & Alzheimer's gene

11 May 2011

Paediatrics

Protect your unborn child from second-hand smoke exposure

1 Jul 2010

Paediatrics

Women who quit smoking during pregnancy will prevent infant deaths

9 Jun 2010

Medical Research

More reasons to quit smoking

Dr Ananya Mandal, MD 26 Apr 2010

Medical Research

Quitting smoking doubles survival chances in lung cancer patients

22 Jan 2010

Cardiology

Follow healthy lifestyle to overturn genetic predisposition to heart disease

23 Oct 2009

Medical Research

Testicular cancer survivors at risk of effective treatment

20 Oct 2009

Cardiology

Smoking, a matter of the heart, not just the lungs

23 Sep 2009

Women's Health

Fight heart disease amongst women

22 Sep 2009

Medical Research

Smokers twice likely to get erectile dysfunction, says study

26 Aug 2009

Medical Research

Survey stubs out SA smoking habits

20 Aug 2009

Public Health

Can computers help smokers quit?

26 May 2009

Pharmaceuticals

Nicotine replacement therapy added to WHO Model List of Essential Medicines

25 May 2009

Mental health

Yes, you CAN spread a little happiness

David Cameron 7 Jan 2009

Public Health

A male's key to a longer, better life...

21 Oct 2008

CSI

Incontinence: impacts on productivity and relationships

Issued by Magna Carta 8 Oct 2008

Pharmaceuticals

There's a light at the end of the tunnel - but it's not a light up

25 Jan 2008

Healthcare

Go red and fight heart disease in women

Issued by The Heart and Stroke Foundation SA 25 Jun 2007

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