Patients' rights to choose, and manage costs, are being restricted by medical aid schemes' use of designated service providers and penalty co-payments
People in need of hospice care in the country are often referred too late, with only 17% of the people needing the care receiving it.
Take heart, new evidence shows that physical activity or exercise may not necessarily protect you from gaining weight.
The “fear-mongering” tactics employed by the beverage industry against the proposed sugar tax have been “shocking” and “more than the norm”.
WITH the ongoing student protests over fee increases threatening the academic year, the ripple effects may also affect another ailing, yet critical sector – the ...
The Health Ombudsman is to investigate allegations of the deaths of 36 psychiatric patients in Gauteng
Voting was a family affair for many at Westview park voting station in Randburg
A Facebook post about a woman being discriminated against for breastfeeding during a flight has sparked much debate.
Comprehensive new strategy, developed by the International Aids Society published online in the journal Nature Medicine
In less than a month, Nkhensani Mavasa will talk about the realities of living with a virus that has silently ravaged many in her community
One woman's nine-year battle with renal failure has seen her take to an unexpected medium in the hope of getting a second chance at life
Mother of mentally ill 32-year-old can't get proper help from the authorities
According to recently released 2015 research on the socio-economic burdens of colds and flu, they cost the economy in excess of R2bn annually
It may seem harmless enough – skipping a day or three of work to snuggle up at home nursing a cough or a sneeze.
Despite mounting challenges in rural public health facilities, most newly graduated doctors are showing up for community-service work
The month-long Pikitup strike nearly intensified a human plague in Gauteng after a rat tested positive for antibodies.
DESPITE concerns that South Africa’s amended visa regulations would slump tourist arrivals, the Department of Home Affairs recorded a 7. 6 percent increase in foreign ...
IT sounded like just another gruesome crime incident: a 12-year-old boy shot dead by two robbers.
Professor Lee Berger and colleague John Hawks have hit back at their detractors.
It was like looking into a shark’s mouth –with its sharp teeth – only it wasn’t a shark,but a cave chamber with sharp rock edgesand a chute so narrow that experienced ...
Smartphone app offers healthy eating advice to combat obesity and other health problems.
Unprecedented environmental degradation is jeopardising the health of future generations, according to a new report.
Local researchers find key to dealing with brain disease.