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Research has shown that excess salt intake is harmful to people’s health. It can lead to high blood pressure and increase the risk of heart disease and stroke.
Mauritius came out as the healthiest Sub-Saharan African nation with regards to health and South Africa literally fell off the list.
For decades now, GDP has been the standard measure of a nation’s well-being. But it is becoming clear that an economic boost may not be accompanied by a rise in individual happiness.
Scientists have come up with a ‘planetary health diet’ and although the recommendations are not quite vegan, the portions of meat, fish and dairy are minisicule.
Ignoring a raft of Treasury objections lodged earlier, the pair reportedly finalised a draft NHI submission to cabinet, due to meet next week.
The probe was initiated by the Competition Commission amid broader concern that private healthcare is only available to a minority of people who can afford it.
A short study was done to see how external factors influence the performance of a healthcare system on a country to country basis.
Public healthcare provision in KwaZulu-Natal has got so bad that hundreds of people – in this case cancer patients – have died through blatant lack of care.
Mental health threatens to take over from HIV/AIDs as the leading cause of illness in South Africa as medical aid claims have soared 80% in five years.
Jeremy Howick writes about the results of what he calls “open label” placebos – experiments where patients are actually told they’re being given a sugar coated shell rather than the real thing.