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World Diabetes Day: Advances in vascular surgery provide new hope for diabetic foot complications
Minimally invasive techniques require only small incisions, reducing the likelihood of complications and promoting a quicker return to daily life.
Young people’s access to healthcare has been forgotten in Youth month
Young people refused to allow the state to impose Afrikaans as a language of instruction.
Study finds human brains growing larger, potentially lowering dementia risk
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.
Five ways medical aid could be made cheaper
There are factors that could help bring down the costs of medical aids, making private healthcare cover affordable.
UKZN student selected to present at World Federation of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology conference
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.
Dr Paul Nassif from E!’s hit series ‘Botched’ on the quest for beauty
The facelift and rhinoplasty didn’t really gain popularity until the 1970s and 1980s.
Government should consider building medical and mining schools in North West
OPINION: The graduates from the medical and mining schools will possess specialised knowledge and skills that will make them valuable assets to the province’s healthcare and mining industry, writes Olerato Carol Manyaapelo.
UKZN partners with ECHO India on nephrology outreach services in KZN - calls on private sector to join programme
The UKZN-ECHO programme aims to improve the health outcomes and quality of lives in patients at peripheral hospital sites.
KZN hospital celebrates 100th robotic-assisted othopaedic surgery
Lenmed celebrated a major milestone this week which revolutionises the care and treatment required for patients needing joint replacement surgery.
Alberlito Hospital gives paediatricians and obstetricians marching orders in favour of mental services
The medical specialists were told that their leases would not be renewed for 2023 as the hospital plans to swap the paediatricians and obstetricians services for mental health services.