Health

  Children whose parents or caregivers receive South Africa’s child support grant are less likely to be overweight or suffer from obesity. They’re also more...

There are two bean shaped organs in the body, one to the left and the other to the right in the pelvic region, and...

About 20 people have died of Malaria in Gauteng in the past five months, according to Dr Chike Asomugha, a senior advisor for Public...

The Gauteng Health Department aims to vaccinate one million children between the ages of six months and 59 months following an outbreak of measles...

When it comes to reporting the number of sex partners or how often they have sexual intercourse, men and women both lie. While men...

There is so much debate currently about how best to provide health insurance coverage in our country that we risk losing sight of what...

Molecular insight into our own DNA is now possible, a field called personal genomics. Such approaches can let us know when we might have...

The Republicans’ controversial effort to repeal the perhaps optimistically named Affordable Care Act because of rising premiums may be fatally stalled. But there are...

Spring is just around the corner, and with it comes another growing season. Eating a diet rich in fruits and vegetables can help lower...

The resistance of malaria parasites to antimalarial drugs and insecticides is a growing global public health concern. The Conversation Africa’s Health and Medicine Editor...

The news that cycling is good for your health is unlikely to come as a surprise. However, the extent to just how significantly a person's health could be...

It will take effective prevention, accurate and timely diagnosis and treatment to successfully eliminate malaria. But none of this will help if the causative...