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A study from the University of California reveals that larger brain sizes, observed across generations, could serve as a protective buffer against age-related brain diseases like Alzheimer's and Dementia.
Alzheimer’s can be spread from human to human through rare medical accidents, research suggests. However, experts stressed there was no evidence the disease can be passed between people through everyday activities.
The implementation of NHI does not necessarily mean that medical aid and gap cover will no longer have a role to play.
The landmark donation would be used toward research that spans conditions from HIV and alcohol impact before birth to trauma, infection, epilepsy, stroke, dementia, and Alzheimer's disease in old age.
Stellenbosch University and police have turned to technology to help crack cold cases and find families find closure in the Western Cape.
Dr Naidoo received the award for her seminal scientific contributions to the treatment of patients with tuberculosis and HIV co-infection that has shaped local and international treatment guidelines.
The cannabis sector could be a catalyst in the development of rural economies and establish South Africa as a major player in the global medicinal cannabis industry if the right legislation is put in place, experts believe.
Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine student, Mohamed Hoosen Suleman, was counted among the Mail and Guardian’s Top 200 Young South Africans in its 17th Edition.
Tributes have continued to pour in for Professor Jerry Coovadia, who has been described as an icon in health and transcended boundaries.
The Nobel prizes, arguably the world's most prestigious awards, are to be announced this week, starting with the award for medicine or physiology on Monday. The prizes, with 11 million Swedish crowns (about $1 million) each, are also given for achievements in physics, literature, chemistry, and peace.
Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman contributed to the unprecedented rate of vaccine development during one of the greatest threats to human health in modern times.
French biotechnology company OSE Immunotherapeutics on Monday presented positive results from its Tedopi therapeutic vaccine in patients with advanced lung cancer, showing a reduced risk of death compared with chemotherapy.
The main symptoms of this rising sub-variant are similar to previous Omicron symptoms, including sore throat, runny nose and headaches.
According to Dr Bernice van Huyssteen, the Turtle Conservation Centre's turtle doctor, sea turtle males and females are genetically identical.
Gauteng, Limpopo, the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal are the most affected due to the unusually lengthy humid and wet conditions experienced this summer.
This is the first study to investigate the effects of maternal obesity and GDM simultaneously and to be carried out in a low-middle income country, where obesity and GDM during pregnancy have a substantial health and economic impact.
South Africa has the largest HIV epidemic worldwide, with 7. 8 million people living with HIV and one in every seven new infections occurring in this country.
The climate crisis is a health emergency which is threatening the lives and wellbeing of communities around the world in many ways – including the spread of infectious diseases.
A medical insurer has reported a spike in lifestyle conditions in those who survived Covid-19.
Her PhD explored a simple observational tool – the shared pleasure paradigm – for clinicians at grassroots level to screen for at-risk babies and their mothers with mental illness in SA.
Dr Sarena Maistry, a medical registrar in the Department, was recently awarded first prize for the Best Registrar Oral presentation at the congress.
Prof Novel Chegou’s immunology research focuses on the development of new tuberculosis diagnostic tests.
The Government of Japan has awarded the Fourth Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize in the Medical Research category to South Africa’s Dr Salim S Abdool Karim and his wife Dr Quarraisha Abdool Karim.
When you work out in the morning, you prioritise your health - and exercise becomes one less thing on your to-do list.
Computational modelling researcher at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Ridhwaan Suliman, made the complicated Covid numbers simple for us to understand. He shares how and why he took on this mammoth task.