by Chandré Blignaut | Sep 22, 2020 | Featured, JEMDSA, News
South Africans at increasing risk of vision loss With an ever-growing number of South Africans diagnosed with diabetes and an ageing population, loss of vision due to diabetic eye complications and age-related visual conditions is on the rise. Diabetic retinopathy, a...
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...
by Chandré Blignaut | Sep 1, 2020 | Featured, News, SAJGO
New hope for SA cancer patients JOHANNESBURG, September 2020 – The approval of a breakthrough cancer medicine for a wider range of conditions offers renewed hope for South African patients battling this dreaded disease. KEYTRUDA® previously used to treat metastatic...
