Oxford University: Placebos work even when patient told they’re getting one
Jeremy Howick writes about the results of what he calls "open label" placebos -…
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Holding desperate cancer patients to ransom? Aspen rejects claim.
Aspen responded to UK reports which claim that it secretly planned to destroy life-saving…
A flu shot … or not?
It’s just about flu season so should you get a flu vaccination or not?…
At forefront of digital healthcare revolution: Discovery Health helps reinvent way medicine is practiced.
The digital revolution is changing the way doctors work. Within the next few years,…
Cigarettes and plain packaging – new dataset says it works
Derek Yach parts company with Yussuf Saloojee on e-cigarettes and harm reduction, saying it’s…
The ANC’s horrific record of maintenance and repair – Ed Herbst
The words ‘preventative maintenance’ are an anathema to most municipal managers, and other deployed…
Targeted strategies needed to stem global tsunami of lifestyle diseases
A new report released by Stats SA on mortality and causes of death in…
Harm reduction for tobacco addicts – plain packaging doesn’t work
In countries such as Canada, France, the United Kingdom, and South Africa, measures aimed…
Medical schemes: Time to kill another ‘racist invention’ that works only for the rich? Debate hots up
The South African healthcare system could do with some reform so that it works…
Esidimeni deaths; a symptom of insane policies driven by the inept
In the Esidimeni case, the people transferred also happened to be the most physiologically-challenged,…