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Meat-heavy low-carb diets can 'shorten lifespan': study

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Meat-heavy low-carb diets can 'shorten lifespan': study

By AFP

Secret ‘Space Force’ conversation in the White House imagined

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Secret ‘Space Force’ conversation in the White House imagined

By J Brooks Spector

Four killed in shooting in Canadian town: police

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Four killed in shooting in Canadian town: police

By AFP

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10 dead in Ebola flareup in eastern DR Congo

By AFP

Managing pain, not death – how hospice helps

HEALTH-E NEWS

Managing pain, not death – how hospice helps

By Amy Green

Heroin hits South Africa along the ‘highway to impunity’

ISS Today

Heroin hits South Africa along the ‘highway to impunity’

By ISS Today

DRC: New Ebola virus outbreak days after previous epidemic ends

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DRC: New Ebola virus outbreak days after previous epidemic ends

By AFP

Medical cannabis weans you off pills without getting you high

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Medical cannabis weans you off pills without getting you high

By Geoff Hindmarch

The land question is linked to the burden of disease and disability

OP-ED

The land question is linked to the burden of disease and disability

By Lieketseng Ned

Breaking a taboo

GROUNDUP

Breaking a taboo

By GroundUp Editors

Amsterdam’s sex work and drugs policy could provide answers for countries battling HIV

HEALTH-E NEWS

Amsterdam’s sex work and drugs policy could provide answers for countries battling HIV

By Kerry Cullinan

Time to make Aids political again

OP-ED

Time to make Aids political again

By Anele Yawa

Scientists report setbacks in quest for AIDS cure

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Scientists report setbacks in quest for AIDS cure

By AFP

Helping the ‘PrEP Shop Boys’ to get Aids drugs

HEALTH-E NEWS

Helping the ‘PrEP Shop Boys’ to get Aids drugs

By Kerry Cullinan

Why the Aids conference still matters at this point in the HIV Epidemic

Op-Ed

Why the Aids conference still matters at this point in the HIV Epidemic

By Linda-Gail Bekker

J&J ordered to pay $4.69 bn damages in talc cancer case

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J&J ordered to pay $4.69 bn damages in talc cancer case

By AFP

Newsdeck

Half of Americans trying to lose weight: study

By AFP

Healthworkers say they are undervalued and poorly equipped

GROUNDUP

Healthworkers say they are undervalued and poorly equipped

By Kimberly Mutandiro for GroundUp

Your basic right to minimum medical benefits

Private Health Care Inquiry

Your basic right to minimum medical benefits

By Greg Nicolson

How your health issues are manipulated to serve the interests of big medical business

PRIVATE HEALTHCARE PRICING

How your health issues are manipulated to serve the interests of big medical business

By Greg Nicolson

We need National Health Insurance now more than ever

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

We need National Health Insurance now more than ever

By Daily Maverick