Hundreds of thousands of women with recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs) are being misdiagnosed, according to some ...

Dishonest doctors and lawyers who deliberately lie and cheat to help patients and clients avoid testifying in court are unethical and a disgrace to their professions, writes Professor Pierre de Vos, ...

Natal, Hennie Hamilton lived with a Zulu family for four years – an experience, he tells Sue Segar for Spotlight, which ...

Rasonque, the new pancreatic cancer treatment from Revolution Medicines, illustrates the huge inflation in cancer drug prices ...

New guidance – the first update since 2012 – from the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) and the American Headache Society ...

Obsessing about sleep is becoming more and more common, with experts expressing concern and warning that the fixation can ...

The Gauteng Health Department is investigating claims of extortion and corruption at the Germiston Forensic Pathology Service facility, where officials have been accused of demanding money from ...

A study exploring the effect of both high BMI (body mass index) and greater waist circumference on all-cause mortality for over-65s found that a BMI indicating overweight was linked to a 46% reduction ...

A recent Cochrane review finds very low-quality evidence on lumbar supports for chronic low back pain, meaning that no strong recommendations can be made either for or against their use. Lumbar ...

One of Australia’s largest real world studies of younger adults with advanced bowel cancer has identified important differences between cancers diagnosed before and after 50, which could help doctors ...

A Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air report has revealed that pollution from Sasol’s Secunda plant can be linked to around 1 000 deaths and 260 new childhood asthma cases annually, creating a ...

Doctors and nurses are standing up against the continuing deterioration of South Africa’s public healthcare system, warning that crumbling infrastructure, critical staff shortages and medical supply ...