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Bedaquiline roll-out to drastically change TB treatment

Patients with Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) will now be able to receive life changing treatment as the Department of Health begins its roll-out of Bedaquiline. “The department has taken a decision to now make Bedaquiline available to all eligible Rifampicin Resistant Tuberculosis patients, ...
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Germ Alert: Six steps to protecting your family from cold and flu

Winter is here, and along with the colder weather comes cold and flu season. This can be a source of real concern for families, as sicknesses lead to time away from school and work, not to mention stress and discomfort for all affected. However, Dr Susan Louw, pathologist at the National Health Laboratory ...
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The Protection of Personal Information Act and the importance of proper practice terms and conditions

    Ulundi Behrtel*       The implementation of the General Data Protection Regulations by the European Union Parliament on 25 May 2018 serves as an important reminder for healthcare practitioners in private practice to ensure that they prepare for ...
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You can dodge the “man flu” this winter

“Man flu” has made it into both the Oxford and Cambridge dictionaries. Contrary to their snide definitions of the term, it turns out that man flu may not be a joke: The BMJ (formerly the British Medical Journal) has found that men may have weaker immune responses to certain viruses, so that ...
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EC Health’s plan to deal with medical lawsuits

Eastern Cape Health MEC Helen August-Sauls says the province is implementing a multi-pronged strategy to help tackle medico legal claims that have cost the province just over R1 billion over the past few years. August-Sauls spoke to SAnews shortly after briefing the Portfolio Committee on Health at ...
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