Uncertainties over funding deny patients life-saving treatment

Uncertainties over funding deny patients life-saving treatment

Johannesburg, 1 August22: Medical aids are taking advantage of the inefficient and poorly capacitated appeals process facilitated by the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS)...
ADSA 2022 World Breastfeeding Week

TOWARDS A PRO-BREASTFEEDING CULTURE IN SOUTH AFRICA

South Africa has one of the lowest rates of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) for infants from 0 to 6 months on the continent.  At a...
Normalise this: Open, no holds barred conversations about sexual health result in an increased uptake of HIV

Normalise this: Open, no holds barred conversations about sexual health result...

South African NPC selected to present its success in normalising sexual health conversations with vulnerable young women, as part of an HIV prevention and...
Reboot your sleep to recharge your life

Reboot your sleep to recharge your life

Nothing is right when we haven’t had enough good sleep.  The brain is slow and foggy, mood is irritable and the mind, troubled.  For...
Lesego Mothowamodimo

THE DIMENSIONS OF WELLNESS AND THEIR IMPACT WOMEN’S MENTAL HEALTH AND...

As a mother, wife, businesswoman and professional life coach, Lesego Mothowamodimo shares her opinion on why it is imperative to prioritise your mental health...
VitalAire strengthens its home healthcare offer with an acquisition to support diabetic patients in South Africa

VitalAire strengthens its home healthcare offer with an acquisition to support...

VitalAire, Air Liquide’s entity specialized in home healthcare services for chronic patients, is broadening its range of services with the acquisition of the diabetes...
Do alternative vitamin and mineral supplements work? Or are you flushing your hard-earned cash down the toilet?

Do alternative vitamin and mineral supplements work? Or are you flushing...

Complementary and alternative health and wellness supplements are used by millions worldwide. More than 10 million South Africans use vitamins and minerals regularly to...
Corporate Wellness

CORPORATE WELLNESS: EATING WELL IN HYBRID WORK TIMES

Two years have passed since corporate employees around the world made a sudden, mass exodus from their workplaces.  Today, there is a widespread return...
The top 7 prominent vaping myths debunked

The top 7 prominent vaping myths debunked

There’s no smoke in vaping Scientific evidence continues to demonstrate that vaping is less harmful than smoking.  Despite the evidence, vaping continues to be plagued...
Early psoriasis intervention can save lives

Early psoriasis intervention can save lives

“Early treatment intervention with new technology will not only save lives and improve patients’ quality of life, but it makes longer term financial sense...
Putting your best foot forward!

Putting your best foot forward!

Our feet get forgotten in the colder months, due to them being covered up all the time, and that saying “out of sight, out...
4 Companies Adding Value on the Health Front

4 Companies Adding Value on the Health Front

We’ve seen companies innovating and adding value in amazing ways over the past few years to save lives, improve the health of populations and...