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World Hypertension Day: The life-threatening link between work stress and hypertension
World Hypertension Day, celebrated on 17 May each year, is the ideal time to shine a light on the potentially life-threatening condition, known as...
Staff Writer
May 17, 2023
New HPCSA CEO/Registrar intent on restoring trust in the Council
AxessHealth editor, Marietjie van den Berg put 10 questions to Dr Magome Masike, the HPCSA’s new Registrar/CEO.
Marietjie Van den Berg
May 17, 2023
Malaria cases on the rise in SA, NICD warns
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has appealed to healthcare professionals to have a high degree of suspicion of malaria when...
Staff Writer
May 16, 2023
Lifesaving solution dramatically reduces severe bleeding after childbirth
A landmark study conducted in 80 hospitals across South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria and Tanzania has found that a new solution called E-MOTIVE, could...
Marietjie Van den Berg
May 15, 2023
Caring for the dying – hope as medicine
Hope is medicine and hugely bolsters the quality of life for patients facing their own imminent demise, a scientific study by a top Durban oncologist...
Chris Bateman
May 12, 2023
Dying to keep it together – hospice patients speak out
Fear of a loss of bodily control and function, growing dependence, abandonment by medical professionals and deep vulnerability are among the top...
Chris Bateman
May 12, 2023
WHO’s first mRNA technology hub facility in Africa opened in Cape Town
Over 200 international participants working with the mRNA Technology Transfer Programme met in Cape Town on Friday for their first face-to-face...
Staff Writer
May 12, 2023
Gas companies should play critical role in ensuring access to medical oxygen
After analysing access efforts from six of the world’s largest global gas companies producing medical liquid oxygen, the Access to Medicine...
Staff Writer
May 12, 2023
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