In March 2024, a pivotal clinical trial was launched to evaluate what might well become the first new tuberculosis vaccine on the market in more than a century. As anticipation mounts for the trial to ...
The plan for the reformation of Kenya’s universal healthcare coverage that was implemented in 2023 – passed and approved within a record six weeks – is almost identical to one the country tried to ...
Researchers have found a way to slash the processing time for 3D-printed zirconia crowns from as much as 100 hours to under 30 minutes. The advance could eventually let dentists print strong, ...
Experts say that shoulder imaging can over-diagnose common problems, and that asymptomatic structural changes in this area are common, especially with ageing, reports Medscape. In fact, conservative ...
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a new pancreatic cancer drug, a pill that nearly doubled patients’ average survival times for one of the deadliest cancers when taken instead of ...
Despite early cancer screening helping to save lives, most South Africans on medical aid who qualify for this have not used the benefits, and often get diagnosed late, leading to exorbitantly ...
A complex trauma scenario was resolved with remarkable skill and precision recently at Netcare Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital, after a steel rod impaled a man who’d fallen off a ladder but who ...
The work of a scientist in KwaZulu-Natal – who recently received the Distinguished Young Woman Researcher Award at the 23rd SA Women in Science Awards ceremony in Johannesburg – may breathe fresh and ...
Until now, it was unclear if statins – commonly prescribed for high cholesterol in people up to age 75 to lower heart attack and stroke risk – were effective in older people. But last week, research ...
An estimated 1.5m (29%) people with HIV were 50 and older – and the numbers are growing, according to The Lancet HIV Commission on Ageing’s 2026 report, highlighting how profoundly the global HIV ...
A British man who was facing blindness in his future has had his life transformed after London neurosurgeons performed the world’s first successful AI-assisted operation to remove his brain tumour, ...
The US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the use of a new single-biomarker blood test to help doctors look for signs of Alzheimer’s disease in people 55 and older with signs or symptoms ...
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