A new study reveals that e-cigarettes are proving to be a more reliable deterrent for people to quite smoking.
Medical researchers may are testing a new injection therapy that could make surgery heart transplants a thing of the past.
With the Banting diet taking over the trends of weight loss at the moment, it is only natural that it should come under some rather critical discussion. While Tim has defended his stance, there is more to the debate than meets the eye.
Ebola virus spreading rapidly. State files final Oscar arguments. How Russia sanctions can bite back. Argentina defaults. Zuma orders corruption probe. Battery charges cellphone in 15 mins. Barrymore sister dead.
What exactly is the reason that tattoos are able to remain on our skin after years and years of skin cells shedding?
Phew! Pres. Jay Z seems to back to his usual charming self… or is that a front? He has insisted, in this video posted to the ANC’s YouTube channel, that he is so healthy it would make younger people jealous! Did he take it a bit far there…?
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Young woman becomes a Facebook sensation after posting a different bikini selfie than that you’re probably used to seeing.
After YEARS of being cautioned against having babies in your late thirties or early forties, we are now learning that it is all a myth!
A newly-developed app can assist in delivering marijuana directly to your door, saving you having to go out and get it yourself, but there’s a catch to the new invention…
This is different… explicitly advertising how many calories your product contains instead of trying to make it sound healthier than it is? That’s what you call embracing criticism and putting a positive spin on it….
Nothing like a little bit of inter-species love to put a smile on everyone’s faces. This is what you call going the extra mile! Any paramedic will tell you CPR is not the most gentle procedure so for this guy have managed to resuscitate a squirrel without hurting it takes quite some skill. Let’s all […]
A decade or two ago, this could have been true in almost any country but with increased focus on the health hazards of smoking, rates are on the decrease almost everywhere… except here. Think you know where this is?
Because we know Thursdays are stressful, we decided to spoil you with a little glimpse of the US Pres in the gym. No glamour, no filters, just good old sneaky cell-phone footage. Work those weights Barack!
Apple has introduced HealthKit, a system that organises your relevant health metrics from smart devices, including Nike+ gadgets, and it’s ready to kick your future fitness plan into gear.
A new diet is on the scene and here to cut out all your guilty pleasure and the good stuff you love! But, there are some serious pros to the no-wheat diet, according to top cardiologist Dr William Davis, who believes his new diet can help lean-up your tummy and rewind some years on your skin.
The daily quality of our lives can be dramatically improved by our conscious intake of pure Superfoods, and this can help you strengthen your immune system and ultimately prevent common symptoms of disease from arising.
This week’s diet tip is not an exotic fruit or some weird metabolism booster. It’s something we take sort of for granted really…
Sure, a hospital is a business- but is patient care really just customer service?
The dude that is topmost responsible for calling doctors who work for the Department Of Health when private hospitals call in to Mouldmed looking for last-minute staff, is a guy that goes by the name of Joseph Maarman.
Here’s the shocker: he only has a Grade 12, and NO medical background whatsoever.
Social smokers, Drunken smokers, every-Monday-morning quitters and anyone else who just isn’t as in love with that cigarette smell as you used to be, this is a must-read for you!
Scientists are constantly working on new ways to combat this devastating auto-immune disease. In the case of a certain Stacey Erholtz, she tried something with her doctor out of sheer desperation
Canada has great schools, doctors and low levels of crime. Now there’s another reason to consider hopping across the pond to the land of Mounties and maple leaves.
Radio frequency fields emitted via mobile phones are carcinogenic. You ever heard that before? It’s something that most of you are probably vaguely aware of . At some point in your life you would have definitely heard that talking on your cell phone too much might give you brain cancer. However, like other nasty, illness-type […]
Yet another reason to love being cape-townian! Not only do we have the most beautiful scenery as the view from our bedroom windows and the sea and the mountains a hop, skip and a jump from our front door but now we are surrounded by the latest treatment for breast cancer.
Why not hand over our health to a clever algorithm? Believe it – there’s one out there. and while it’s not quite ready to take the place of a flesh and blood GP, it’s a great add-on to a real life doctor. Introducing Hello Doctor. Catch Tech Report every Thursday evening at 21h30 on eNCA […]
Thank you science! A new experiment using mice has shown us that there might be a way to keep us young….FOREVER. New Studies published in Science & Nature Medicine show us that when scientists took the blood out of young and spritely mice and injected it into the bloodstreams of old and creaky rats, the old rats […]
Aeroplane travel. Most of us safely assume that because planes have been built by ENGINEERS and that pilots have spent a million hours completing flight school that we must be in good hands. Right? Actually what happens in the cabin of an aeroplane is not always as sanitary and efficient as you may think. There […]
That is correct. When your city is striving to provide you with only the best artisanal water that mother nature can provide, it is simply not acceptable to introduce hipster urine to the supply. This, from Time: The Portland Water Bureau got pretty pissed off when cameras caught 21-year-old Josh Seater from Molalla, Oregon, urinating […]
The BBC reports that there has been a sharp rise in the purchase of fake HIV test results in Uganda. Persons testing positive for HIV are compelled to purchase negative test results from health professionals in order to secure work. Infection carries a heavy social penalty in Uganda.