The study, which was conducted by the University of KwaZulu-Natal on more than 600 diabetic patients attending a Pietermaritzburg clinic between 2012 and 2013, compared differences in glycaemic control or blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol levels between HIV-positive and HIV-negative diabetic patients. Read more>
The The Origin Family-Centred Maternity Hospital in Panorama‚ Parow aims to facilitate low-risk natural birthing methods. Gynaecologist and obstetrician Howard Manyonga‚ accredited facilitator for risk management for the Professional Protection Society and member of the independent clinical governance committee of Origin. Read more>
GEMS requires the services of a suitably qualified and experienced service provider to form an efficient hospital network for GEMS for a period of three years, commencing on 1 January 2017. Read more >
Apple has announced that its mobile software framework for health apps, CareKit, is going live with four health apps via GitHub's open-source community from today. CareKit is designed to allow developers to create health apps that enable people to actively manage their medical conditions. Read more>
Last year, the sudden 5 000 percent price hike by Turing Pharmaceuticals for Daraprim, an anti-infective treatment for a rare disease, caught hospitals and patients by surprise and spurred investigations and hearings in Congress. Read more>
The complementary medicines regulations, which were gazetted on November 15 2013, allowed firms to continue selling complementary medicines until they were called up for assessment by the council, starting with those deemed the most risky. Read more>
The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) has "parted ways" with its registrar/chief executive officer, chief operations officer and head of legal services. Read more>
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