Health
What is HIV?
HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus and is the virus that causes Aids.
How does HIV work?
Your immune system is your body's natural defence against infection and illness. Part of our immune syst...
It is estimated that one in 12 people worldwide live with some form of chronic hepatitis. Although the mortality rate is less than 1%, the public knows little about the illness and its effects.
Dr Jeffrey Mphahlele, of the University of Limpopo's vi...
 Each year about 1.9-million people die as a direct result of physical inactivity. The World Health Organisation estimates that if an adult does just 30 minutes of moderate activity five days a week, he or she can reduce the risk of contracting non-co...
If you want to stay fit and healthy, regular checkups are a must.
Doctors recommend that you have a routine medical examination at least once a year. April is National Health Awareness Month - the perfect time to book an appointment.
Dr Charles Mel...
Research indicates that Autism, a complex brain development disorder that impairs social interaction and communication, is on the rise and it is estimated that each year 5000 children are born with affliction in South Africa.
Autism is a lifelong, ...
Each year thousands of South Africans are infected with tuberculosis. March has been declared national TB awareness month to coincide with World TB day on March 24.
TB of the lungs, or pulmonary TB, is the most common form of the disease, but it is ...
Learners at a school in Johannesburg have been given preventative medication after a fellow pupil died of meningitis this week.
The 15-year old girl from Willow Crescent Secondary in Southern Johannesburg is the third youngster to die of the disease...
More than 600 learners at a school in Johannesburg have been give prophylaxis treatment after an outbreak of Meningitis claimed the life of a fellow pupil.
The 15-year-old female learner from Mondeor High School passed away earlier this week after b...
 The South African Optometric Association (SAOU) has partnered the national department of education to address poor eyesight experienced by large numbers of learners across the country.
Called Sight-4 School Eye Care in Education, the programme will...
January is skin cancer awareness month and, as 80% of skin damage occurs before the age of 18, children are at high risk of contracting skin disease.
Unprotected sun exposure can lead to skin cancer, which is a serious threat to children. The immedi...
 One pregnant woman in 100 had HIV in 1990; today it is almost one in three. Every week thousands more South Africans become infected with the virus and at present about 5,4-million people in this country are living with the virus.
Despite having kno...
The uninformed may think teaching is a cushy profession, with short working hours and a generous amount of holidays.
Think again. Educators are on duty all the time. When they are not in class they prepare lessons, mark books, coach sports teams, g...
September is national heart awareness month and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of South Africa (HSFSA) hopes to use this opportunity to increase awareness of cardiovascular disease.
HSFSA has chosen the theme: "Know Your Numbers" for this year's he...
Every day 3 000 units of blood are transfused to patients in dire need of it. If it was not for donors who give their time and blood, blood transfusions in South Africa would not exist.
During June, which is National Blood Donor Month in South Afric...
The advent of winter will bring an array of influenza viruses. The viruses change continually, which means your body cannot build up an automatic immunity against the flu.
In South Africa hundreds of thousands of people get the flu each year and, wh...
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