From painkillers to antibiotics: five medicines that could harm your hearing: DC Studio/Shutterstock When we think about the side effects of medicines, we might think of nausea, fatigue or dizziness. But there’s another, lesser-known risk that can have lasting – and sometimes permanent – consequences: hearing loss. A wide range of prescription and over-the-counter drugs …
South Africa’s traditional medicines should be used in modern health care: South African traditional healer Gogo Kamo uses technology to treat her patients remotely. Getty Traditional medicines are part of the cultural heritage of many Africans. About 80% of the African continent’s population use these medicines for healthcare. Other reasons include affordability, accessibility, patient dissatisfaction …
Fake medicines are a dangerous threat in Africa: 3 ways to spot them: A Ministry of Health employee takes part in an operation to empty shops selling fake medicine at the Adjame market in Abidjan. Issouf Sanogo/AFP via Getty Images At the end of a long day, you realise you’re starting to get a headache. …
500-year-old horn container discovered in South Africa sheds light on pre-colonial Khoisan medicines: Both the Khoi and the San believed in a mythical animal, resembling a cow, whose horns were thought to have medicinal attributes. Rodger Smith In 2020, a chance discovery near the small South African hamlet of Misgund in the Eastern Cape unearthed …
The warning lights are on for malaria medicines in Africa: Medicines, insecticides and nets may deliver short-term anti-malaria goals. Shutterstock Reports of sporadic resistance to modern malaria drugs have begun appearing in recent years, and are now confirmed in Rwanda and Uganda. The Conversation Africa’s Ina Skosana asked infectious diseases experts Deus Ishengoma and Fredros …
South Africa needs to tighten controls on substandard and counterfeit medicines. Here’s how: People need a constant supply of affordable, safe and efficacious medicine. Riccardo Mayer/Shutterstock Substandard and counterfeit medicines can be extremely dangerous. They are fraudulently manufactured to deceive buyers about the product’s quality, authenticity and effectiveness. These medicines don’t meet quality and regulatory …
South Africa in the news: India, Russia, Brazil & S Africa to repurpose SARS CoV2 replicating enzyme to develop covid-19 medicines: The approach which could inhibit both maturation and propagation of viruses during the infection in the host cells can help produce new covid-19 medicines with improved production methods …: “South Africa” – BingNews Cheap …
South Africa in the news: Digital Medicines Market Benefit by 2027 | i2Morrow, Ginger.io, Akili Interactive Labs: A new business intelligence report released by COHERENT MARKET INSIGHTS with title Global Digital Medicines Market Research Report with Opportunities and Strategies to Boost Growth COVID 19 Impact and …: “South Africa” – BingNews SANDF faces R15 billion …
Intellectual property and COVID-19 medicines: why a WTO waiver may not be enough: A medic administers a COVID-19 vaccine in Mumbai. India and South Africa have led efforts to get a waiver on intellectual property rights. Pratik Chorge/Hindustan Times via Getty Images The COVID-19 pandemic, and the race to make vaccines and other useful technologies …
Explainer: how South Africa regulates medicines and vaccines: Clinical trials with human volunteers done in South Africa must get approval from the health products regulator. Felix Dlangamandla/Beeld/Gallo Images via Getty Images COVID-19 has raised public awareness about the role of national medicines regulatory authorities in enabling access to safe, effective and quality-assured medicines. This includes …
South Africa in the news: Medicines regulator in talks with vaccine-makers over ‘potential modifications’ to safeguard against variants: Scientists at pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, which worked with Oxford University to produce one of the leading vaccines against coronavirus, have already started investigating …: “South Africa” – BingNews Two New Giant Radio Galaxies Discovered, Researchers Say: Astronomers …
Black market meds: how nuclear analysis can fight trafficking of counterfeit medicines: The trafficking of counterfeit and illegal medicines is a growing global challenge, with many criminal organisations involved and huge amounts of cash changing hands. In our recent research, we propose a new method for testing and tracing illegal counterfeit medicines. The solution is …
East African countries should prioritise their essential medicines for drug registration: Antimicrobial resistance is a real threat. GettyImages The World Health Organisation (WHO) introduced an essential medicine list in 1977. The aim was to help countries prioritise which medicines to make available for public use. Every two years the WHO publishes a model list which …
Existing medicines could help improve immune function in vulnerable older adults: Our immune cells become less able to fight off infections as we get older. Viktoriia Hnatiuk/ Shutterstock As we age, every major organ system progressively declines – including the immune system. Ageing causes our immune cells to become less able to fight off infections. …
Elite sport: time to scrap the therapeutic exemption system of banned medicines: PA, CC BY-SA Four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome’s positive test for high levels of the asthma drug salbutamol in September during the Vuelta a Espana race has prompted much debate on the rules surrounding medicines in sport. In essence, some drugs …