Doctors have turned to scientific studies for guidance on talking with patients, but the results have largely left them guessing. I’m afraid I have some bad news. The above sentence probably wasn’t pleasant to read. Maybe it gave you a sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach or made your blood pressure spike. But..
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What does your doctor think when they say, ‘I’m afraid I have some bad news’
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Discovery says:- ‘Without waiting periods, medical aids couldn’t survive,’
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Would you join a medical aid if you were perfectly healthy? Most won’t. That’s why we need waiting periods, says Discovery CEO Jonathan Broomberg. Discovery Health Medical Scheme and all other open medical schemes apply to wait periods if a member has had a break in membership of more than 90 days before joining/re-joining a..
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Less than 2000 state ambulances nationally may be on the road
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The national health department says it is against outsourcing emergency services. But with a grave shortage of ambulances, it may have no choice.
Just 1971 state ambulance vehicles are on the road nationally, a Bhekisisa survey reveals.
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Be careful, your favourite birth control might put you at risk of HIV?
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We could be just months away from knowing whether Depo-Provera use is linked to a higher risk of HIV infection in women. For more than a decade, obstetrician Coceka Mnyani’s conversations with her patients followed a script.
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The National Health Insurance (NHI): Who’s in, who’s out and how much will it cost
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The NHI was the centre of this weekend’s presidential health summit. Now the pressure is mounting for Treasury to figure out how to fund it.
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Why are the private sector remaining wary of universal healthcare
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Globally, one in four private healthcare groups surveyed won’t work with governments.
Whether the National Health Insurance (NHI) succeeds or fails will depend on public-private partnerships. But the scheme will have to overcome more than just money woes to get the two sectors to settle old quarrels if new research is any indication.
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The National Health Insurance (NHI): Who’s in, who’s out and how much will it cost
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The NHI was the centre of this weekend’s Presidential Health Summit. Now the pressure is mounting for Treasury to figure out how to fund it.
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The Showdown at the UN: SA takes on the US for cheaper drugs
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When the US went to bat for Big Pharma in the fight against this killer disease, South Africa wasn’t having any of it. Here’s what happened next.
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Constitutional Court Ruling:- You can get high now in private
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In a unanimous judgement, the Constitutional Court on Tuesday ordered that the private consumption and cultivation of cannabis be decriminalised.
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Hospices close doors nationwide after funding cuts: Dying of the light
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Hospice isn’t just a place to die but funding cuts – and that perception – could be killing our chances of a kinder death as refuges close. The morning sun cuts through half-open blinds and filters into a deserted ward at HospiceWits, the Soweto branch.
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