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Medshield shares how nutrition shapes your health and happiness

Nutrition

Medshield shares how nutrition shapes your health and happiness

Issued by Stone 1 Apr 2025

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Competition Law

SA competition watchdog probes Novo Nordisk and Sanofi over insulin

Maggie Fick and Nqobile Dludla 5 Mar 2025

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

#World Obesity Day: Genetics play a role, but lifestyle is key, say experts

3 Mar 2025

Pharmaceuticals

Pharma Dynamics acquires MNI to expand in the thriving plant-based medicine market

6 Sep 2024

Public Health

Sanofi commits to affordable insulin pens for diabetic patients

20 Aug 2024

Source: Supplied. Alucia Mabunda, campus head at IIE Rosebank College Nelson Mandela Bay.

Healthcare

Infertility in the workplace: Navigating challenges, staying the course

6 Aug 2024

Source: Supplied.

Surgical Equipment & Products

Defective medical devices and implants can cause harm: How to claim compensation

27 May 2024

Source: Biotts.

Pharmaceuticals

Biotts makes history: Transdermal insulin delivery

2 May 2024

Source: Novo Nordisk.

Healthcare

The rise of Ozempic: how surprise discoveries and lizard venom led to a new class of weight-loss drugs

11 Apr 2024

HE Haitham Al Ghais, Secretary General of OPEC

Materials & Equipment

We face a transport and construction apocalypse if oil vanishes

Haitham Al Ghais 25 Mar 2024

Let's talk about SA women and obesity

Nutrition

Let's talk about SA women and obesity

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 4 Mar 2024

Source: Reuters.

Hospital Groups

Novo Nordisk's parent invests in India's Manipal hospital chain

Anna Ringstrom and Rishika Sadam 7 Feb 2024

Join aQuellé in the cause for diabetes - Let's beat diabetes, together

Noncommunicable diseases

Join aQuellé in the cause for diabetes - Let's beat diabetes, together

Issued by aQuellé 23 Oct 2023

Source: Reuters.

Pharmaceuticals

Novo Nordisk contracts Aspen to produce insulin for Africa

Maggie Fick 20 Sep 2023

Dealing with diabetes

Noncommunicable diseases

Dealing with diabetes

Issued by Bonitas 29 Aug 2023

Source: Supplied. Bada Pharasi, chief executive officer of Innovative Pharmaceutical Association of South Africa.

Mental health

Suffering in silence - the mind-body illness connection that many keep a secret

Bada Pharasi 26 Jul 2023

Challengers to Watch 2023: Mastodon

Social Media

Challengers to Watch 2023: Mastodon

Nick Geoghegan, Issued by eatbigfish 24 Jul 2023

Source: Supplied. Morgan Mkhatshwa, clinical executive of Bonitas Medical Fund.

Healthcare

How we're defying load shedding and its impact on patient medicine regimes -Bonitas

Morgan Mkhatshwa 4 Jul 2023

Hormone havoc: Navigating the symptoms of hormone imbalance

Women's Health

Hormone havoc: Navigating the symptoms of hormone imbalance

Issued by Intercare 3 Jul 2023

Understanding the impact of nutrition on autoimmunity

Nutrition

Understanding the impact of nutrition on autoimmunity

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 30 May 2023

Twitter blue ticks: 5 ways to spot misinformation without verified accounts

Technology

Twitter blue ticks: 5 ways to spot misinformation without verified accounts

Mikey Biddlestone, Jon Roozenbeek, Sander van der Linden 26 Apr 2023

Source: Supplied. Imke Erasmus, general manager of VitalAire Diabetes.

Healthcare

Advanced pharmacotherapies and technologies continue to improve diabetics' lives every day

6 Apr 2023

Pharmaceuticals

Lilly and EVA Pharma join hands to drive affordable insulin access in Africa

15 Dec 2022

Source: The South African Rooibos Council.

Medical Research

Department of Science and Innovation gives Rooibos research R4.8m funding boost

9 Nov 2022

Busting the diabetes food myths

Nutrition

Busting the diabetes food myths

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 2 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

Bonitas 2022 contributions continued for 2023!

Medical Aid

Bonitas 2022 contributions continued for 2023!

Issued by Bonitas 4 Oct 2022

What is the impact of an unhealthy heart?

Cardiology

What is the impact of an unhealthy heart?

Issued by Intercare 1 Sep 2022

Source: Dr Carolyn Chinsinga.

Healthcare

Real-time data monitoring drives superior hospital-at-home care

Katja Hamilton 9 Sep 2022

Emergency Medicine

Attacks on Ukrainian hospitals, ambulances increasing rapidly

11 Mar 2022

Food & mood - how nutrition affects mental health

Nutrition

Food & mood - how nutrition affects mental health

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 4 Nov 2021

Source: ©Andriy Popov

Covid-19

Covid-19 diabetic patients risk similar to patients without diabetes

14 Oct 2021

Diabetes is a leading cause of death in the country. PixelCatchers via GettyImages

Noncommunicable diseases

Our research shows gaps in South Africa's diabetes management programme

Patrick Ngassa Piotie, Elizabeth M Webb & Paul Rheeder 11 May 2021

Diabetes is a growing public health burden. Ververidis Vasilis/Shutterstock

Noncommunicable diseases

We're on the hunt for novel ways to assess the risk of type 2 diabetes

Cecil Jack Weale 14 Apr 2021

Customers are wanting personalised experiences from winning brands

CRM, CX, UX

Customers are wanting personalised experiences from winning brands

Haydn Townsend 24 Mar 2021

Noncommunicable diseases

Diabetes is a ticking time bomb in Sub-Saharan Africa

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

Noncommunicable diseases

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

Magdalene Montgomery & Matthew Watt 4 Sep 2020

Public Health

Technology can help people manage their diabetes - case study shows it's not being used

18 Aug 2020

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

Covid-19

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

Marguerite Blignaut 8 Jun 2020

Lifestyle diseases and coronavirus

Covid-19

Lifestyle diseases and coronavirus

Issued by Bonitas 19 May 2020

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Medical Research

'Ageotypes' provide window into how individuals age

Hanae Armitage 31 Jan 2020

Unicef carers at a creche for children whose parents are being treated for Ebola. Building health infrastructure is crucial to stopping the next outbreak. Epa/ Hugh Kinsella Cunningham

Public Health

Investing in health systems is the only way to stop the next Ebola outbreak

Emma Glennon & Freya Jephcott 22 Oct 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Medtech

#HASA2019: Keeping hackers out of healthcare

28 Aug 2019

The links between stress, digestion and nutrition

Nutrition

The links between stress, digestion and nutrition

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 14 Jun 2019

New device administers medication remotely

Medtech

New device administers medication remotely

1 Feb 2019

Deon Kotze, head of technical marketing at Discovery Health

Trends

#BizTrends2019: Medical technology to watch out for

Deon Kotze 7 Jan 2019