by 4B3-M3D1C4L | Apr 15, 2021 | Bulletin Board
Do you wake up exhausted? Does your partner complain about your snoring? You may be one of up to 6% of people who suffer from sleep apnea – in obese people that number is 77% – and you may not know you have it. Get more information on our website dedicated to sleep...
by 4B3-M3D1C4L | Jan 11, 2021 | Bulletin Board
By Ruan Jooste• 6 January 2021 (Photo: Rawpixel) Just like retirement reform regulations, the Medical Schemes Act pays more attention to actuarial models than human behaviour or unforeseen circumstances. And surely human behaviour is the point of insurance. One of...
by 4B3-M3D1C4L | Nov 1, 2020 | Bulletin Board
Consulta has published its latest South African Customer Satisfaction Index (SAcsi) for the local medical aid industry, showing which of the largest medical schemes are keeping their customers happy. The global Covid-19 pandemic which hit in 2020 thrust medical care...
by 4B3-M3D1C4L | Oct 15, 2020 | Bulletin Board
COVID-19 is slightly more communicable than the common flu and less communicable than the most highly infectious viruses, like measles. Vitamin C levels in white blood cells (immune cells) are ten times higher than in plasma, which indicates functional role of the...
by 4B3-M3D1C4L | Aug 17, 2019 | Bulletin Board
By Mark Heywood• 16 August 2019 Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize. (Photo: Deaan Vivier / Media24) 316 Reactions Minister of Health Dr Zweli Mkhize appears surprisingly calm for a politician at the centre of a tsunami. That can mean one of two things: either he...
by 4B3-M3D1C4L | Aug 17, 2019 | Bulletin Board
While the government is eager to show it is doing something about the country’s health-care crisis, the practicalities of its proposed plan for National Health Insurance remain murky 15 AUGUST 2019 – 05:00 TAMAR KAHN Picture: FINANCIAL MAIL/JACKIE CLAUSEN Does the...
