Elderly women who received the first roll-out of HIV treatment in 2005 and who are still alive have been “swallowed” by the healthcare system, with little long-term support available.

Due to extremely low insulin reserves, patients with this form of diabetes may develop dangerously low blood sugar when given insulin.

“I used to see homeless people every day in South Beach, and it broke my heart,” says Yolanda Zikhali (47). “Some were hungry, weak and sick, while others had no one to care for them. I then thought I ...

Pieterburg Hospital has a long waiting list for surgery. (Photo: Supplied) A Limpopo man who was left with broken bones after a serious car crash in February is still waiting for orthopaedic surgery, ...

We are surrounded by daily noise that affects our hearing, without realising it. We often accept loud noise in traffic, shopping centres, restaurants, sports matches and music concerts as normal. The ...

A Friday night youth church gathering was supposed to be like any other for me. Instead, on this night in 2024, it ended with me collapsing in a bathroom and waking up in a hospital bed at Netcare ...

Every month, 65-year-old Joseph Ntshala* visits Finetown Clinic in the south of Johannesburg to collect his hypertension medication. And at every visit, he has to prepare to spend the whole day at the ...

Hantaviruses are a group of viruses carried by rodents like rats and mice, and can cause severe disease in humans. Not all hantaviruses cause disease in people, and only a small number like the Andes ...

Taking such pills without proper medical assessment can be risky for those with underlying health conditions. (Photo: Sandile Mbili) What started as a quick fix to improve his sexual performance ...

Hantavirus is not Covid-19. It is not easily spread; in fact, it’s unusual for the disease to spread from person to person. This is according to Professor Lucille Blumberg, an infectious disease ...

A few years ago, during the implementation of the Tshwane Insulin Project, we encountered a troubling reality. Across our primary healthcare facilities, we saw patients living with diabetes presenting ...

When Boitshwarelo Moholo from Atamelang, Dellerayville in the North West, first learned that her son Kamogelo, who was three years old at the time, had autism, her world shifted instantly. Moholo says ...