Tag: alternative health

If we feel stressed on an ongoing basis, our stress hormones are activated all the…

Health24 probes the dangers of a drug concoction involving cough syrup, pills, cool drink and…

Kids are full of seemingly endless energy, but it can be difficult for a parent…

The Peninsula School Feeding Association (PSFA) announced that this year’s Blisters for Bread charity walk…

Ten-year-old Philasande Dladla from KwaZulu-Natal is the first child in Africa to undergo a lifesaving…

The Gauteng Department of Health has denied the claims of an East Rand family that…

A study found that people with atrial fibrillation have a higher death risk in the…

Research has suggested that certain vitamins and vitamin deficiencies may be important in migraine, but…

The reason heart disease and type 2 diabetes are linked is partly because obesity and…

Tonsillectomy. Sore throat. Ice cream. Check how much you really know about the tonsils and…

Here’s why it is so important to take note of any heart rhythm disorders you…

When patients’ private records with sensitive information from a local clinic were found strewn across…

A large study suggests a link, but it’s not clear how overwork, and issues such…

Over 6000 South Africans die of flu every year. Here’s why it’s not too late…

Treadmill assessments found that older runners burned oxygen at a similar rate as younger runners…

A study finds that clinicians need to carefully weigh the elevated risk of staph infections…

According to a US government report, the health behaviour of many American teenagers is improving. …

Plastic surgery is big business in the US but other countries are also seeing a…

A local woman is trying to help rural people find other ways of managing common…

Banetsi Andreas Mphunga, a psychology graduate started a mobile counselling clinic for residents in Khayelitsha. …

A study finds that kids with ADHD tend to sleep less and take longer to…

Dr Estelle Wilken, Health24’s Digestive Health Expert, has her finger on the pulse of current…

New drugs block a chemical in the nervous system that causes inflammation and blood vessel…

Researchers are optimistic that a DNA technique will offer women the possibility of reducing the…

Genetic variations might play a role — albeit small — in how well someone does…

Mosquitoes that are unable to transmit disease are ‘on the horizon’. Already, a California laboratory…

The FDA reports that there are more and more people developing infections from contaminated tattoo…

Tens of thousands of asthma sufferers have swallowed live fish smeared with a yellow herbal…

Obesity rates for men and women in the US had been roughly the same for…

Researchers discovered that women with ovarian cancer have a different bacterial population in their ovaries…

Abusers of anti-diarrhoea drugs are reportedly trying to achieve heroin-like highs by taking massive doses…

According to the WHO, Thailand’s routine screening and universal free medication for pregnant women with…

You may have heard that depression is the result of a simple imbalance of brain…

Ever wondered what happens to the blood you donate? This video shows you what happens…

Gout is a type of arthritis which usually affects only one or two joints in…

Images like smoke emerging from a hole in the neck, smoke-ravaged lungs, badly stained teeth,…

Hypoglycaemia (low blood sugar) is a serious potential complication of diabetes treatment. Source: Health 24…