by Chandré Blignaut | Sep 21, 2020 | Featured, News
Healthier lifestyles can prevent or delay dementia – Get off the couch and delay dementia in old age More than 50-million people globally live with dementia, a figure expected to treble in the next 30 years,1 but up to 40% of cases could be prevented or delayed by...
by Chandré Blignaut | Sep 11, 2020 | Featured
Honour the “brave”: celebrating the next generation of healthcare professionals Johannesburg, September 9, 2020 — The 2020 Sponsors of Brave campaign – a partnership between Adcock Ingram OTC and News24 – aims to celebrate the unsung heroes and brave...
by Chandré Blignaut | Sep 7, 2020 | Featured, News, SAJCN
South Africans should prioritise gut health as a focus area for intervention to achieve their nutrition and health goals The One Health Summit themed Your Gut’s Instinct took place on the 27th of August 2020. The event, hosted in webinar format given the current...
by Chandré Blignaut | Sep 7, 2020 | Featured, News, SAPA
COVID-19 places supply chain management under spotlight warns Ikhaya As the pharmaceutical industry eagerly anticipates the creation and distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine and the pandemic itself shines a spotlight on health and safety issues, companies will need to...
by Chandré Blignaut | Sep 3, 2020 | Featured, News, SAGP
Raising a red flag about angina – an under-recognised and under-treated disorder Johannesburg, 3 September 2020: The burden of cardiovascular disease continues to grow in South Africa.1 The age-standardised death rates for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in South...
by Chandré Blignaut | Sep 1, 2020 | Featured, PNT
World Alzheimer’s Month: Understand the 10 warning signs and symptoms of dementia Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia, and this September, for World Alzheimer’s Month, Livewell aims to encourage understanding, reduce stigma, and raise...
