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SA's consumers get as-you-go private healthcare app to fit their busy lifestyles

17 Apr 2024

Let's talk about SA women and obesity

Healthcare

Let's talk about SA women and obesity

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 4 Mar 2024

What to expect from a medical check-up

Healthcare

What to expect from a medical check-up

Issued by Intercare 5 Feb 2024

Source: Eli Lilly

Healthcare

Eli Lilly: Inaugural US telehealth platform delivers weight-loss drugs

4 Jan 2024

Healthcare

Diabetes is South Africa's second biggest killer disease: hiking the sugar tax would help

6 Nov 2023

How to feel good with food

Healthcare

How to feel good with food

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 5 Oct 2023

Dealing with diabetes

Healthcare

Dealing with diabetes

Issued by Bonitas 29 Aug 2023

Source: Supplied. Founder of Made To Thrive, Steve Stavs.

Healthcare

#Newsmaker: Unlocking the future of healthcare with biohacker Steve Stavs

Katja Hamilton 21 Jul 2023

Healthcare

Last day for public comments on food labels

21 Jul 2023

Source: ©tanialerro -

Retail

SA consumers called to comment on draft food labelling regulations

24 May 2023

Are you ready for the winter flu? Things you need to know - Medshield

Healthcare

Are you ready for the winter flu? Things you need to know - Medshield

Issued by Stone 5 May 2023

Let's talk testosterone. Are your testosterone levels driving you nuts?

Healthcare

Let's talk testosterone. Are your testosterone levels driving you nuts?

Issued by Intercare 2 May 2023

Changing conversations about overweight and obesity

Healthcare

Changing conversations about overweight and obesity

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 28 Mar 2023

8 vital health checks for men

Healthcare

8 vital health checks for men

Issued by Bonitas 7 Feb 2023

Reduce your risk of cancer - small changes for a big difference

Healthcare

Reduce your risk of cancer - small changes for a big difference

Issued by Intercare 1 Feb 2023

Dietitians weigh in on top 2023 nutrition trends

Healthcare

Dietitians weigh in on top 2023 nutrition trends

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 16 Jan 2023

Nutritional consultant, Vanessa Ascencao

Healthcare

Study shows type 2 diabetes reduces life expectancy

4 Nov 2022

Dealing with the 'Big C'

Healthcare

Dealing with the 'Big C'

Issued by Stone 3 Nov 2022

Prediabetes - what you don't know may kill you

Healthcare

Prediabetes - what you don't know may kill you

Issued by Intercare 1 Nov 2022

How to make healthy eating choices easier

Healthcare

How to make healthy eating choices easier

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 5 Oct 2022

Healthy eating for your kidneys

Healthcare

Healthy eating for your kidneys

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 1 Sep 2022

South Africa is determined to turn the tide on the obesity crisis

Healthcare

South Africa is determined to turn the tide on the obesity crisis

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 1 Mar 2022

More than a woman

Marketing & Media

More than a woman

Issued by Intercare 2 Aug 2021

Children are eating too much poor nutrient quality food and too little of good nutrient quality food. Shutterstock

Healthcare

South Africa needs to change direction on maternal health to solve child malnutrition

Chantell Witten & Shane Norris 9 Mar 2021

Why 'eat less, move more' is not obesity's silver bullet

Healthcare

Why 'eat less, move more' is not obesity's silver bullet

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 4 Mar 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused some 85,000 deaths among South Africans over 60. Image: NIAID-RML (CC BY 2.0)

Healthcare

Nearly 85,000 older South Africans have probably died from Covid-19

James Stent 26 Jan 2021

The rise of commercial milk formulas and why it matters for the world's women and children

Retail

The rise of commercial milk formulas and why it matters for the world's women and children

David McCoy, Julie P. Smith and Phillip Baker 5 Jan 2021

#OrchidsandOnions: Bringing home the bacon

Marketing & Media

#OrchidsandOnions: Bringing home the bacon

Brendan Seery 1 Dec 2020

Nurses are the backbone of the health system. Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images

Healthcare

Diabetes prevention and care needs more nurses with extra training and support

Sundeep Ruder 16 Nov 2020

Healthcare

Diabetes is a ticking time bomb in Sub-Saharan Africa

Chinwe Juliana Iwu-Jaja, Andre Pascal Kengne & Charles Shey Wiysonge 13 Nov 2020

This is the HIV combination treatment pill of choice (though this is only one of several brands) for newly diagnosed HIV patients in South Africa. The regimen has proven very effective at suppressing HIV, and patients tolerate it well, but it is associated with obesity in women.

Healthcare

Weight gain worries for newer HIV treatment regimens

James Stent 2 Oct 2020

Nutrition in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic

Healthcare

Nutrition in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic

Issued by University of the Free State 28 Sep 2020

Healthcare

Weekly injection could treat type 2 diabetes, new enzyme discovery suggests

Magdalene Montgomery & Matthew Watt 4 Sep 2020

People exercising in Ellis Park in Johannesburg, South Africa. Dino Lloyd/Gallo Images via Getty Images

Healthcare

South Africans must be healthier for universal healthcare to succeed

Jane Simmonds & Charles Parry 8 Jul 2020

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Healthcare

How deadly is Covid-19?

GroundUp and Spotlight staff 19 Jun 2020

Call for action to address malnutrition in all its forms

Healthcare

Call for action to address malnutrition in all its forms

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 17 Jun 2020

Mary-Ann Davies

Healthcare

TB, HIV less likely to cause Covid-19 death than other comorbidities

Nicci Botha 10 Jun 2020

The World Health Organisation has suspended the use of hydroxychloroquine in a global drug trial. George Frey/AFP via Getty Images

Healthcare

Why it's vital to look beyond the hype about repurposed malaria drugs

Marguerite Blignaut 8 Jun 2020

Lifestyle diseases and coronavirus

Healthcare

Lifestyle diseases and coronavirus

Issued by Bonitas 19 May 2020

Image source: @COVID_19_ZA

Healthcare

Lockdown has succeeded in flattening the curve

29 Apr 2020

New report presses for radical rethink on child health

ESG & Sustainability

New report presses for radical rethink on child health

20 Feb 2020

Pick n Pay joins global food waste initiative

Retail

Pick n Pay joins global food waste initiative

18 Dec 2019

Slum residents were said to do less exercise because of cheap motorcycle taxis. Boris Golovnev/Shutterstock

Healthcare

Bad habits drive health risks among Kenya's urban poor

Frederick Wekesah 13 Sep 2019

Lunch levels up - Blue Ribbon introduces all new health squares

Retail

Lunch levels up - Blue Ribbon introduces all new health squares

Issued by OLC Through The Line Communications 26 Jun 2019

Can precision health transform primary care? Look to Stanford's Humanwide pilot

Healthcare

Can precision health transform primary care? Look to Stanford's Humanwide pilot

Lloyd Minor 23 May 2019

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Tourism & Travel

Why chefs are key in promoting sustainable food systems

28 Mar 2019