Women who accidentally fall pregnant while taking a GLP-1 treatment for diabetes or weight loss are not at increased risk of ...

In the first reported case of the autoinflammatory VEXAS syndrome in South Africa, J Damelin, J Jacobson, C Bam, L Pillay and ...

This week on Why Did I Become A Doctor?, in partnership with MedicalBrief, Dr Suhayl Essa talks medicine, comedy, burnout, ...

If R182m meant for an already buckling health system can be poured into PR with so few checks, imagine the risks when the NHI becomes the country’s single, centralised purchaser of healthcare, writes ...

A senior member of Congo’s ruling party was killed in a beating after taking part in a radio programme to raise awareness about the Ebola outbreak, reports Reuters – this as infections rise to more ...

Merck has announced that it will no longer manufacture or market the antibacterial combination drug Recarbrio as “part of an ongoing review of its portfolio and unrelated to any product safety or ...

Recent research by German scientists has suggested that people with diabetes reported better quality of life after days when their glucose stayed largely within a healthy range, even when levels ...

Women with peripheral artery disease are less likely than men to receive a timely diagnosis or recommended care, which can further jeopardise cardiovascular health, warn experts in The Washington Post ...

After a survey of more than 370 000 US adults comparing whole fruit and juice habits across cardiovascular diagnoses – with a closer look at which differences persist after adjustment – the ...

Kenya confirmed its first Ebola case on Tuesday after a Kenyan citizen who had travelled from the Democratic Republic of Congo died in Nairobi, making it the fourth country to record an infection ...

Medicine and surgery are not the answer for overweight children, the World Health Organisation has said, releasing its first guidelines addressing the escalating obesity among children and adolescents ...

Under a new health accountability framework endorsed by the 81st UN General Assembly (UNGA) last month in New York, African governments have committed to subjecting their progress on maternal and ...