Health systems in chaos
28/11/2008 |
A kidney transplant scandal, stirrings in the medical scheme industry, chaos in the Free State, and the cholera situation worsens – all in a week's news.
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The amazing stem cell windpipe
21/11/2008 |
A landmark windpipe transplant, a battle over traditional healers, and vitamin supplements failing a major test – all in a week's news.
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Intimacy, sex, and placebos
14/11/2008 |
Intimacy fights stress, a gel for better sex, bone marrow to 'cure' Aids, and fake acupuncture beats the 'real thing' – all in a week's news.
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Sex, death and resurrection
7/11/2008 |
Sex as a sleeping aid, no fostering for smokers, how South Africans die, and long-dead mice resurrected – all in a week's news.
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The real superstars
31/10/2008 |
Prostate supplements fail test, red apparently makes men amorous, vaccines save millions, and a case for earlier ARVs – all in a week's news.
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Firing the good doctor
24/10/2008 |
A crazy dismissal ruled to be unfair, 330 00 died unnecessarily, a prostate from a single cell, and a vaccine for smokers – all in a week's news.
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Hogan's big speech
17/10/2008 |
A landmark speech, smoking tied to memory trouble, economic woes impacting on hunger, and a 22cm spatula left in a patient – all in a week's news.
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New arms and a mystery killer
10/10/2008 |
A Nobel prize, a drug company in the dock, a double arm transplant, and a mystery illness – all in a week's news.
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One week later
3/10/2008 |
An embarrassing report finally released, Hogan serious about HIV, calls for a circumcision programme, and SA mags getting it wrong – all in a week's news.
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End of an era
26/9/2008 |
This week health care in South Africa might have undergone its most significant change in decades as the architects of government's controversial HIV/Aids policies were ousted.
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