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Stay informed! Visit the SA Department of Health's website for COVID-19 updates: sacoronavirus.co.za

MEDICAL PROTECTION COLUMN

Coping with power outages – advice for healthcare professionals

Dr Tony Behrman, Medicolegal Business Consultant for Medical Protection, writes on the challenges of load shedding for South African healthcare… [More]

EDITOR’S PICKS

Avocado consumption may improve belly fat distribution in women — UK trial

A small UK trial found that daily consumption of avocado changed abdominal adiposity distribution among females, but had no influence… [More]
Salt substitute reduces stroke, CV events and mortality risk — SSaSS trial

Among those with previous stroke or older than 60 and with high blood pressure, the rates of stroke, major cardiovascular… [More]
Antibiotic use linked to increased risk of colon cancer — large Swedish analysis

There is a clear link between taking antibiotics and an increased risk of developing colon cancer within the next five… [More]

TALKING POINTS

PANDA’s ‘misleading and pseudoscientific’ claims drive vaccine hesitancy

Actuary Nick Hudson heads PANDA, the most high-profile group driving vaccine hesitancy in South Africa, writes Nathan Geffen, editor of… [More]
Denmark scraps all restrictions, thanks to a COVID ‘super-weapon’

For Danes, COVID-19 is officially over. Last Friday (10 September), the country lifted all of its last pandemic restrictions, with… [More]

MEDICO-LEGAL ANALYSIS

Only aspect of Compensation Fund that worked now ‘duplicitously' destroyed

The Compensation for Occupational Injuries & Diseases Amendment Bill debated in Parliament last week is a duplicitous attempt to prevent… [More]
Employees turn to constitutional protections to avoid mandatory vaccinations

Foreshadowing what’s likely to happen in South Africa, as more US employers move to mandatory vaccination for staff, the vaccine-sceptical… [More]

HARM REDUCTION

FDA delays Juul e-cigarettes’ decision but culls almost a million products

The Food and Drug Administration last week put off a long-anticipated ruling on whether Juul Labs and other major e-cigarette… [More]
BMJ: New clinical guidelines for medical cannabis in pain relief

People living with chronic pain should be offered a trial of non-inhaled medical cannabis or cannabinoids if standard care is… [More]
Medical cannabis – SA’s high hopes of a cash cow that blunts pain

The medical cannabis industry is a godsend for pain sufferers and could be the same for the economy and job… [More]

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