News from the medical world

 

February 2022

Skin hyperpigmentation due to minocycline - Tue, 02/01/2022 - 12:45

December 2021

1 December, International AIDS Day: where do we stand? - Wed, 12/01/2021 - 10:15
Secondary antibiotic prophylaxis for latent rheumatic heart disease - Wed, 12/01/2021 - 10:15

November 2021

Travel Medicine, James Bond-style - Tue, 11/02/2021 - 08:15
COVID-19 vaccination: What’s new? - Tue, 11/02/2021 - 08:15

October 2021

‘Polypills’ for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease - Fri, 10/01/2021 - 09:45
Predictors of the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa - Fri, 10/01/2021 - 09:30

September 2021

HIV Prevention: what’s in the pipeline? - Wed, 09/01/2021 - 13:15
Drug-drug interaction risk prediction - Wed, 09/01/2021 - 13:15

August 2021

Prospective cohort study of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines (Pfizer and Moderna): good results - Mon, 08/02/2021 - 10:30
Ivermectin for COVID-19: Cochrane review concludes there is insufficient evidence at present - Mon, 08/02/2021 - 10:15

June 2021

What’s new in HIV and TB? Paediatric FDCs - Wed, 06/30/2021 - 14:00
COVID-19 treatment and prophylaxis: ivermectin - Wed, 06/30/2021 - 14:00
New SA childhood asthma guidelines 2021 - Wed, 06/30/2021 - 13:45
COVID-19 vaccination: the facts - Tue, 06/01/2021 - 10:30

April 2021

FDA modifies advice for NSAID use in pregnancy - Fri, 04/30/2021 - 12:30
Safety of short courses of oral steroids - Fri, 04/30/2021 - 12:15
Fall-related mortality and drugs that increase fall risk - Thu, 04/01/2021 - 09:15

March 2021

Updated Primary Healthcare Guidelines/EML - Mon, 03/01/2021 - 08:00
COVID-19 vaccine uptake: counteracting vaccine hesitancy with facts - Mon, 03/01/2021 - 08:00

February 2021

Better post-surgery care = improved cancer survival - Mon, 02/01/2021 - 13:00
Opioid-related adverse events in hospitalised patients - Mon, 02/01/2021 - 12:45

December 2020

Newly published: ADRs in SA - Thu, 12/03/2020 - 06:45
New use for an old medicine: colchicine - Tue, 12/01/2020 - 11:30
Updated CDC guidelines on mask-wearing - Tue, 12/01/2020 - 11:30

November 2020

Scorpion envenomation - Sun, 11/01/2020 - 11:15
Perceptions of polypharmacy - Sun, 11/01/2020 - 11:15

October 2020

Azithromycin and the risk of cardiac events - Thu, 10/01/2020 - 11:00

September 2020

Honey for URTI symptom relief - Tue, 09/01/2020 - 08:30

August 2020

Prophylaxis for COVID-19 - Sun, 08/02/2020 - 14:30
Dexamethasone for severe COVID-19 disease - Sun, 08/02/2020 - 14:15
Dolutegravir and neural tube defects - Sun, 08/02/2020 - 12:15

June 2020

Post-operative antibiotic prophylaxis - Tue, 06/30/2020 - 19:00
Ondansetron teratogenicity - Tue, 06/30/2020 - 18:45
New addition to contraceptives: a vaginal gel - Mon, 06/01/2020 - 09:15
Good news in the field of HIV/TB: a new combination INH/cotrimoxazole/pyridoxine tablet - Mon, 06/01/2020 - 09:15

May 2020

Good news! We have newly updated HIV Guideline posters for you - Sat, 05/02/2020 - 10:15

March 2020

Acid suppressant use and intestinal colonisation with multidrug-resistant organisms - Sun, 03/01/2020 - 11:00
Possible future treatment for chronic, unexplained cough - Sun, 03/01/2020 - 11:00

February 2020

SAMF 13th edition now available - Mon, 02/03/2020 - 10:45

January 2020

Probiotics for infant colic - Thu, 01/02/2020 - 11:45
Possible new treatment for Alzheimer’s disease: cautious optimism - Thu, 01/02/2020 - 11:30

December 2019

New research shows that perhaps latent TB doesn’t last for life - Sun, 12/01/2019 - 12:45
New HIV Guidelines launched - Sun, 12/01/2019 - 12:30

November 2019

Improved cognition from hormone therapy - Mon, 11/04/2019 - 08:45
Repeated febrile convulsions linked to epilepsy and psychiatric disorders - Mon, 11/04/2019 - 08:45
Is timing of BP medication important? - Mon, 11/04/2019 - 08:30
Is timing of BP medication important? - Mon, 11/04/2019 - 08:30

September 2019

Safety of sunscreens - Sun, 09/01/2019 - 16:30
Pretomanid for highly drug-resistant TB - Sun, 09/01/2019 - 16:30