The Krugersdorp Killers trial has taken yet another bizarre turn with claims that a journalist has become romantically involved with one of the accused.
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FOLLOW-UP ON KRUGERDORP MURDERS:- Journalist reportedly in love with accused
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A DNAlysis Review for you: How DNA tests can help personalise medicine
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DNA tests have gained in popularity over the last few years. They reveal a lot about us, but the data can be overwhelming. We tried one to find out how it all works.
You’ve probably seen it somewhere. Personalised DNA tests are a big trend in medicine. Genetic tests are still a bit lowkey in South Africa, but globally, it’s a booming business.
These DNA tests can tell us a whole bunch of things.
From which diet is best, which exercise we might respond well to and, perhaps most crucially, help us understand how we process medication. It can also help us track our heritage, but for the purposes of this article, we’ll focus on the health aspects.
Are we doomed by our genes?
Most of the outcomes are theoretical, based on correlation, not causation.
And there is some debate around whether some of this information should even be shared with consumers. The reports have loads of info on them. Some scary, some less so. Some experts fear th
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Let’s have a look at the School fees for 2019: These are the schools facing the biggest increases
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Some of Mzansi’s most well-known educational institutions are cranking up the school fees for 2019. Here’s what you need to know.
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Your money are being spend again:- South Africa’s prisons to be extended to alleviate overcrowding, but there are more and more ‘holiday’ seekers coming
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The Ministry of Correctional Services have announced the extension of four prisons in a bid to tackle overcrowding.
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WARNING:- Strand police are looking for suspects in latest cyclist attack (graphic content)
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The police say they are hot on the heels of the suspects who are attacking and robbing people on bicycles between Strand and Gordon’s Bay.
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The Gupta’s holiday is over:- South Africa and UAE sign extradition agreement
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South Africa has signed an extradition agreement with the United Araba Emirates (UAE), which brings the Guptas one step closer to justice.
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Time to go back to basics in the fight against childhood pneumonia
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Pneumonia is a respiratory infection that affects the lungs. The viruses and bacteria that cause the disease are spread through airborne droplets from a cough or sneeze. An infection can cause the lungs to fill with pus and fluid, making breathing and oxygen intake difficult.
And while anyone can get pneumonia, children with weakened immune systems or underlying illnesses are more susceptible. That’s why, pneumonia kills more than a million children every year across the world.
There have been some critical advances in preventing and treating the disease. These include vaccines, antibiotics and providing supplemental oxygen. In 2009, South Africa became the first African country to include the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in its routine infant immunisation programme. By 2012 an estimated 81% of one-year-old babies had received three doses of the vaccine.
South Africa has also reduced its pneumonia burden through the mass roll-out of antiretroviral therapy a
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The SABC employees pay the price for poor management decisions – Day zero coming
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Solidarity today said that employees must once again be on the receiving end of poor management decisions and plundering at the SABC that are paralysing the SABC.
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Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital:- Possible link between baby formula, deaths in Joburg hospital
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Two types of bacteria were found in baby formula tested at the Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital, but toxicology tests haven’t been done.
A possible link between baby formula and necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) in premature babies could explain the deaths of nine babies recently at Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital in Johannesburg, an expert has suggested.
But Stasha Jordan, director at SA Breastmilk Reserve, warned that while studies suggest a correlation between the use of formula in new-born babies and NEC – a medical condition – several factors had to be considered when such outbreaks occur.
After several infant deaths in hospitals around the country this year, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases couldn’t find the cause of the outbreak.
According to the institute, the presence of two types of bacteria were found in the baby formula they tested at the hospital. The testing revealed the presence of Bacillus and Streptococcus
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Malaria is still a major problem in Africa, now there are a novel approach that brings African scientists closer to a malaria vaccine
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Originally published by Faith Osier on The Conversation. There are over 200 million clinical cases each year and approximately half a million deaths.
There are different ways in which malaria can be controlled. Preventive measures include use of insecticides in bed nets or indoor spraying programmes. Medicines can also be used to prevent or treat malaria, but resistance often develops and drugs lose their effectiveness.
The World Health Organisation reported that progress in controlling malaria has stalled.
As an immunologist, I dream that one day we will have an effective vaccine that will help eliminate malaria. I think this is possible because for over a century, we have known that humans do become immune to malaria. In places where there is lots of malaria adults don’t succumb to the disease, but their young children do.
In experiments conducted over 50 years ago, researchers showed that blood could be taken from adults who had become immune and used
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Hospital News:- Rahima Moosa Hospital: “The hospital has violated the right of access to health” – says SAHRC
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The South African Human Rights Commission inspected the Rahima Moosa Mother & Child Hospital on 8 November.
The investigation at the Rahima Moosa Hospital followed after a necrotising enterocolitis outbreak at the hospital took the lives of nine infants from March to July 2018.
After the visit to Rahima Moosa Hospital , Buang Jones from the South African Human Rights Commission said in a press briefing:
“From what we’ve gleaned so far, the hospital has violated the right of access to health. [..] They’ve also violated Section 28 of the Constitution which says that’s the best interest of children are of paramount importance.”
The hospital, which assists in the delivery of the approximately 13,000 babies yearly, acknowledged the death of the infants in August, but the cause of the outbreak is still unknown. The outbreak was contained in August.
According to a tweet posted by Jacaranda News, the SAHRC’s investigation also revealed that the Rahim
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What a shock, look here how much the municipal top management earn, and you are paying them:- The ‘Fat Cats’ of this country’s Municipalities
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Senior municipal managers, those in charge of high ‘ranking’ areas, will indeed earn more than President Cyril Ramaphosa.
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And there goes the taxpayer’s money up in flames AGAIN:- MyCiti bus attacks cost City of Cape Town R10 million
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Vandalism and arson attacks on the MyCiti bus service have cost the City of Cape Town R10 million.
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Transport Minister, Blade Nzimande, says he is going to “moer” motorists who aren’t paying e-tolls
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Transport Minister Blade Nzimande has hit back at those calling for a boycott of the loathed e-tolls system.
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parents are livid in Gauteng, due to that the schools have reached it’s capacity
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The Gauteng Department of Education will go through the process of placing more than 700 students.
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