Profiting at the expense of SA’s health: Competition report takes aim at private providers
The probe was initiated by the Competition Commission amid broader concern that private healthcare…
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Crunching SA’s healthcare numbers paints a dismal picture
A short study was done to see how external factors influence the performance of…
No province for cancer patients – KZN’s crisis of care. DA lays charges.
Public healthcare provision in KwaZulu-Natal has got so bad that hundreds of people –…
Depression, mental health costing SA billions. Better care desperately needed.
Mental health threatens to take over from HIV/AIDs as the leading cause of illness…
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 -…
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…