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Many OTC diet supplements contain potentially harmful drugs - Medical Brief Potentially harmful pharmaceuticals not listed on product labels were found in more than 700 over-the-counter OTC) dietary supplements, researchers report. Reuters Health reports that the pharmaceuticals, which were found in so-called natural products, were most likely to appear in supplements marke...

Cancer@Work - eHealth News ZA Addi Lang is a 52 year-old woman living with cancer who is on a mission to address occupational health policies when it comes to the disease.

Adolescent mental health Watching a film or listening to radio is a way for adolescents to use the media to further their knowledge about how to keep healthy.

Wearable Sensors Monitor UV Exposure - eHealth News ZA Scientists at RMIT University in Australia have developed colour-changing wearable sensors that can help people monitor their UV exposure.

New Partnership to Reduce Child Deaths from Drug-resistant Infections - eHealth News ZA GARDP and Novartis have partnered to accelerate the development and availability of generic antibiotic treatments for children in LMIC.

Biohacking Could Help Prevent Disease - eHealth News ZA An innovative new concept called biohacking is helping people take care of their own health by better understanding and monitoring their bodies.

Eating oranges may protect against macular degeneration, finds 15-year study - Medical Brief An Australian study over 15-years suggests an independent and protective association between dietary intake of flavonoids and the likelihood of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), with cohort studies needed to validate the findings. A study has shown that people who regularly eat oranges are les...

Wits team claims breakthrough in Alzheimer's research - Medical Brief A breakthrough by a team of researchers at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) could see patients with Alzheimer’s using a nasal spray to slow down the progression of the disease, the main cause of dementia, reports The Citizen. Until now, there has been no cure for Alzheimer’s, which att...

Link between electronic cigarette use and myocardial infarction - Medical Brief Daily e-cigarette use is linked to increased odds of myocardial infarction. Dual use of e-ci******es and conventional ci******es – the most common use pattern among e-cigarette users – is more dangerous than using either product alone, US researchers have found. The researchers wrote in an Ameri...

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The 8 Types of Waste in Healthcare - eHealth News ZA Ahead of the Lean Summit Africa 2018 Tshepo Thobejane talks about the different types of waste in healthcare and the counter measures leaders can apply.

More accurate method of estimating body fat developed - Medical Brief Cedars-Sinai investigators have developed a simpler and more accurate method of estimating body fat than the widely used body mass index, or BMI. Called the relative fat mass index, or RFM, it was chosen from more than 300 possible formulas after validation against a database of 12,000 US adults. .....

First South African Digital Health Conference Announced for October - eHealth News ZA UCT's Faculty of Health Sciences, together with Digital Health (Pty) Ltd, are hosting the first South African Digital Health Conference on 2 October 2018.

Low vaccination rates blamed for 'dramatic' surge in measles in Europe - Medical Brief A huge surge in measles across Europe has been reported by the World Health Organisation, which says low MMR vaccination rates are to blame. More than 41,000 cases of measles have been reported in region between January and June, up from nearly 12,000 in all of 2017. The Guardian reports that last y...

Melanie Da Costa: On Strengthening SA’s Healthcare System - eHealth News ZA Melanie Da Costa talks about the HASA 2018 Conference's role in stimulating debate about ways to strengthen South Africa's healthcare system.

APIs Are the “Missing Piece” for Healthcare App Interoperability Using APIs to improve healthcare app interoperability can help organizations add new digital tools to their IT infrastructure quickly, and integrate them with existing tools.

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Overcoming E-scripting Resistance - eHealth News ZA Head of Health-Soft, Hannes Robberts, explains how if adopted, e-scripting could go a long way in reducing errors and improving patient safety.

New Pilot Programme Launched to Expand Access to Care for NCDs - eHealth News ZA Lilly, AA&D and the SAMRC have announced the launch of a new pilot programme that aims to increase access to care for NCDs in South Africa.

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AI Improves Stroke and Dementia Diagnosis Using CT Scans - eHealth News ZA Scientists in the UK have developed new AI software that can accurately detect and measure the severity of small vessel disease (SVD) from a CT scan.