When Government Employees Medical Scheme (GEMS) member, Thuli Vilakazi,* was diagnosed with breast cancer, she believed she had been handed a death sentence. Confronted with the prospect of having to pay huge amounts for cancer treatment and highly specialised medical care, she began to grow despondent and lost all remaining hope of survival.
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For many of us epilepsy is just another medical condition. But for one in every hundred South Africans - well over 493 000 people nationally - epilepsy is a medical condition they have to live with and manage daily, often with very little support and understanding.
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Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are infectious diseases that you can get by having sexual intercourse or contact with a sexual partner who has an STI. Few of us think about the consequences of becoming infected with an STI, which can be very dangerous to your health and can even prove life threatening if not quickly dealt with and properly treated.
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Reproductive health involves the maintenance of an individual's reproductive health system and fertility. When we talk about reproductive health, we can refer to a wide range of issues such as birth control, sexually transmitted diseases (STIs) and your ability to become pregnant. Factors such as your overall health, your lifestyle and your age all influence your reproductive health.
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Most of us start the year with an impressive list of New Year's resolutions, promising to eat more healthily, exercise more regularly and stop smoking. About a month into the new year, however, our good intentions start to wane. The daily chocolate bar we swore we would stop eating seems to creep back into our diet and our visits to the gym become less frequent. It is probably not a coincidence, then, that February is Healthy Lifestyles Awareness Month, to remind us to keep on track and be proactive about our health.
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