Former Springbok rugby player, Joost van der Westhuisen, has reached stage three of the terminal motor neuron disease which he was diagnosed with in mid-2011. Van der Westhuisen (43) is wheelchair-bound, cannot...
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Circumcision season usually starts from May and continues until around the end of the mid-year school holidays in July depending on the area. This is a difficult time for the young boys who go to initiation sch...
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The National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications has some very strict requirements and the producers of Dettol Disinfectant Liquid and Domestos Extended Germ-Kill learned that the hard way. These products w...
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After a long lasting obscurity about the lethality of the H7N9 bird flu virus, it has finally been confirmed by the World Health Organisation representatives in China that the virus is “one of the most lethal...
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Just over three months ago my aunt passed away due to diabetes and heart disease. When she passed away, my father (her brother) was in hospital. His legs and waist were swollen and he was coughing and strugglin...
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Smanga Kumalo — The number of HIV positive South African schoolgirls is significantly higher than that of boys, a recent report revealed. According to the report, at least 28% of South African schoolgirls a...
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If the statistics are to be accepted as accurate then it is safe to say that around 35 million people infected with HIV across the world will find hope in the story shared by USA Today. Doctors have reported wh...
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Millions of people die of cardiovascular disease every year. In 2008, at least 17 million died of this disease (Wikipedia). Scientists have developed a 10,000-RPM pump without a pulse and successfully used it t...
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The West African nation of Sierra Leone has declared a national emergency due to what is being referred to as the worst ever outbreak of Ebola. The president has committed to calling in the country’s national defence forces to quarantine so-called epicentres of the deadly virus in order to prevent further infection of the population. Sierra Leone’s president, Ernest Bai Koroma issued a statement, declaring the state of emergency throughout the country and expresse... Read more »
