KZN Health denies medicine shortage in the province
Cape Town — The Kwa-Zulu Natal (KZN) Department of Health has maintained that, while some patients have been turned... Read more
14 Feb
SIU want to recover R33m in Cuban medical company deal with Defence Dept
Cape Town — The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has uncovered an alleged procurement of irregularities in the South African... Read more
29 Jan
Health department to take medical approach to heroin crisis
Staff at TB HIV Care provide methadone at a drop-in centre in central Cape Town. Archive photo: David Harrison... Read more
15 Nov, 2024
Samsung to buy French medical AI firm Sonio
Seoul — South Korean tech giant Samsung said Wednesday it will buy French artificial intelligence (AI) company Sonio to... Read more
8 May, 2024
Study shows ChatGPT diagnoses ER patients ‘like a human doctor’
The Hague — Artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT diagnosed patients rushed to emergency at least as well as doctors and... Read more
14 Sep, 2023
OPINION | SA’s traditional medicines should be used in modern health care
Zelna Booth, University of the Witwatersrand Traditional medicines are part of the cultural heritage of many Africans. About 80%... Read more
30 Aug, 2023
UN sounds alarm on trafficked medicines in the Sahel
Dakar – Up to 50 percent of medicines in West Africa are substandard or fake, the UN warned Tuesday... Read more
1 Feb, 2023
Conjoined twins separated with help of virtual reality in Brazil
Rio de Janeiro – Conjoined twins born in Brazil with a fused head and brain have been separated in... Read more
2 Aug, 2022
Indian actress dies after ‘botched’ liposuction
New Delhi – A 21-year-old budding Indian actress died after what her family says was a botched liposuction procedure, according... Read more
18 May, 2022
As inflation bites, Nigerians turn to herbal medicines
Katsina – Despite his financial services job in the north Nigerian city of Kano, two years ago Usman Ahmad started... Read more
10 Mar, 2022
