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Sugary drinks are a killer: a 20% tax would save lives and rands in South Africa

Sugary drinks are a killer: a 20% tax would save lives and rands in South Africa: Non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular conditions account for over 70% of global deaths annually. In South Africa, non-communicable diseases cause more than half of all deaths. Diabetes ranks as the second leading cause after tuberculosis. A …

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Antimicrobial resistance is a silent killer that leads to 5 million deaths a year. Solutions must include the poor

Antimicrobial resistance is a silent killer that leads to 5 million deaths a year. Solutions must include the poor: Microbes such as bacteria, viruses, parasites and fungi form part of our everyday lives – they live in us, on us and around us. We need them for healthy digestion, immune function, and the synthesis of …

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Diabetes is South Africa’s second biggest killer disease: hiking the sugar tax would help

Diabetes is South Africa’s second biggest killer disease: hiking the sugar tax would help: Death rates in South Africa have declined slightly during the past few years. But the country faces a steady rise in both death and disability caused by increases in non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and cancer. According to the NCD Alliance, …

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A mystery disease hit South Africa’s pine trees 40 years ago: new DNA technology has found the killer

A mystery disease hit South Africa’s pine trees 40 years ago: new DNA technology has found the killer: An unidentified fungal killer swept through a South African pine plantation in the 1980s. Rodger Shagam In the 1970s and 1980s, pine trees growing in various forestry plantations in South Africa’s Western Cape province began to die …

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HIV remains a leading killer in Africa despite medical breakthroughs – how to eliminate it

HIV remains a leading killer in Africa despite medical breakthroughs – how to eliminate it: Shutterstock About 38 million people around the world are living with HIV. About 70% of them live in Africa. This shows that there is no solution to the AIDS pandemic without a solution in Africa. In 2021, there were 1.5 …

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Tech firms face more regulation after moves to stop ‘killer’ acquisitions – but innovation could also be under threat

Tech firms face more regulation after moves to stop ‘killer’ acquisitions – but innovation could also be under threat: Regulators are increasingly concerned about the impact of larger firms acquiring smaller rivals. Shutterstock One way to eliminate the competition in business is simply to buy them out and shut them down. And that means less …

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Wayne Couzens: Sarah Everard’s killer is appealing his whole-life sentence – what does that mean?

Wayne Couzens: Sarah Everard’s killer is appealing his whole-life sentence – what does that mean?: High-profile murderers, including Wayne Couzens, have lodged appeals with the UK’s Court of Appeal against whole-life sentences they are currently serving. Couzens was sentenced in 2021 after pleading guilty to the rape, kidnap and murder of Sarah Everard. Another appellant, …

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Killer whales taking food from fishing lines reveal something intriguing about human evolution

Killer whales taking food from fishing lines reveal something intriguing about human evolution: Who would go off to try and catch a fish if a sushi buffet had been laid on? Not me. Nor killer whales, according to new research that vividly illustrates the allure for these animals of the easy pickings provided by longline …

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A killer app for the metaverse? Fill it with AI avatars of ourselves – so we don’t need to go there

A killer app for the metaverse? Fill it with AI avatars of ourselves – so we don’t need to go there: Ready avatar one? Athitat Shinagowin Big numbers coming. Microsoft’s US$ 75 billion (£55 billion) acquisition of Activision Blizzard has landed – true to Call of Duty vernacular – “like a bomb” on the US$ …

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