Every month should be diabetes and blood pressure "month" - find out the symptoms and think about being screened or tested. 1. DIABETES The WHO (World Health Organisation) estimates that diabetes was the seventh leading cause of death in 2016. While the cause of Type 1 Diabetes is not currently known nor preventable, the majority [...]
Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by bacteria (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) which affects the lungs. TB is spread from person to person through the air. When people with lung TB cough, sneeze or spit, the TB germs are propelled into the air and people inhaling it can become infected. Key facts TB is one of the top 10 [...]
According to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of South Africa, 80% of heart diseases and strokes that happen before the age of 70 years can be prevented by living a healthy lifestyle and treating conditions such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes. Given the fact that the lifestyles of South Africans are steadily [...]
Let's make 2019 the year of healthy eating! According to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, South Africa was recently listed as one of the countries projected to have the highest number of children with obesity by 2025. A key contributing factor is the ease of access to unhealthy foods compared to the healthier options. If [...]
Will you and your family be enjoying a staycation these December holidays? The Vat increase, combined with extreme fuel price hikes this year, have impacted negatively on all of our monthly budgets, and so a holiday at home may be just what your wallet (and you) need to unwind. What’s great about a staycation is [...]
South Africa has one of the highest monitored ultra violet levels globally, resulting in the country’s population having one of the highest skin cancer rates in the world. This is according to the Cancer Association of South Africa, CANSA. The 2013 National Cancer Registry recorded the diagnosis of 23 704 incidents of skin cancer (13 [...]
In November 1938, het Mnr Davis en Fanie Minnaar reggestaan vir besigheid. Die apteek sou ‘n steunpilaar in die gemeenskap met ‘n gesonde reputasie word. Eienaarskap het oor die jare verander, maar beide klante en personeel kom reeds ‘n lang pad saam. Otto Tamson was hierna eienaar, gevolg deur Cyril Gordon en Ruben Rudolph. [...]
World Diabetes Day takes place on 14 November to raise awareness of the escalating health threat posed by diabetes. ₁ According to the World Health Organization (WHO), diabetes is a major cause of blindness, kidney failure, heart attack, stroke and lower limb amputation. What is diabetes? The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) defines diabetes as a [...]
How valuable is your sight to you? What would you do if one day you lost your sight, or your vision became blurred, and there was something you could have done to prevent this from happening? The South African National Council for the Blind says the prevalence of sight disability in South Africa is the [...]
Tourism Month is celebrated in South Africa each year in September with the intention of encouraging South Africans to explore their own country. The annual event is co-ordinated to line up with World Tourism Day on 27 September. Generally, when one thinks of travel, an international destination is the first place that comes to mind [...]
