Archives

2011

Vol 101, No 10 (2011)

• HR crisis - overwhelmed not an option
• South Africa’s drug policy should be revised
• Addressing problem gambling
• Silver for burns - when cheap is expensive
• Knowing cost of lab tests saves expenditure

Vol 101, No 9 (2011)

• Caring for public health managers reaps dividends 618
• Screening for prostatic cancer 634, 642
• HIV and antiretroviral therapy 645, 651, 655
• Can reactive vaccination control cholera outbreaks? 659
• Detecting hearing loss in the newborn 665

Vol 101, No 8 (2011)

Testing Aaron’s hearing skills
Cataract surgery – failing to meet its targets
South Africa needs more doctors
Lessons from the 2009 measles epidemic
Evaluating paediatric pain incidence and management

Vol 101, No 7 (2011)

NHI: Does state need private sector help?
A blinding abdominal pain
Optimal sizes of hospitals
HIV/AIDS increases use of blood products
South African Indian genetic disorders

Vol 101, No 6 (2011)

• Anti-corruption torchbearers in health
• Immediate HIV treatment saves costs
• Dilated cardiomyopathy
• Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
• MRSA increase in Botswana

Vol 101, No 5 (2011)

• Nowhere to hide for hospital managers
• Does vaginal delivery require consent?
• Drug administration errors
• Antimicrobial resistance patterns
• Stroke diagnosis and management

Vol 101, No 4 (2011)

Indemnity cover hikes
Cryptococcal meningitis
Reducing malaria deaths with parenteral artesunate
Race in biomedical research
Does testing TB patients for HIV improve access to ART?

Vol 101, No 3 (2011)

Jo'burg's tertiary hospital - belt tightening chokes efficacy
Trauma - and more trauma
Disclosure of child murder - an ethical research dilemma
The rat lung-worm in South Africa
Phaechromocytoma - 30-year audit

Vol 101, No 2 (2011)

Gender dysphoria - attitudes and ignorance
The research that led to heart transplantation
TB - control failure and prison effects
Burnout of junior doctors
HIV, low BMI and cardiomyopathy

Vol 101, No 1 (2011)

HIV/AIDS in Zimbambwe dropping like a stone
Informed consent for vaginal deliveries?
Appropriate medical education
Down syndrome
Ecological factors and blindness

2010

Vol 100, No 12 (2010)

NHI - sufficient human, financial and management capacity?
South Africa's health priorities - policies and practice
Prenatal alcohol exposure and abruptio placentae
Optimal use of blood cultures
Diagnosis and treatment of chronic pancreatitis

Vol 100, No 11 (2010)

MPS regulatory drama
Research ethics guidelines: SA versus the USA
Maternal deaths associated with eclampsia
helicobacter pylori in the Eastern Cape
Stroke guideline

Vol 100, No 10 (2010)

Quo vadis health care quality assurance?
MPS and the new medical indemnity regulations
Rethinking home testing for HIV
Mental health requires advocacy
Shallow-water diving injuries

Vol 100, No 9 (2010)

Porn - a threat to child development?
Ethical issues raised by the SAPIT study
Gender-based violence
Where is the 'planning' in family planning services
Clinical prediction of a low CD4 count

Vol 100, No 8 (2010)

No 'political deals' for unlucky few striker-doctors: HPCSA
Haiti: South Africa reflections
The four pillars of rheumatic heart disease control
Paradoxical reduction in upper genital tract infection
Canada's health care system for South Africa?

Vol 100, No 7 (2010)

Gauteng - corruption in health services
Subcutaneous fractionated heparin in venous thrombo-embolism
Anaemia in children in Limpopo
Testicular cancer in an African developing country
Snakebite in India

Vol 100, No 6 (2010)

Neglect of South Africa's water and sanitation system
Somerset Hospital - South Africa's oldest hospital
Mercury exposure and small-scale goldmining
HIV, TB and warfarin-induced skin necrosis
Cryptococcal meningitis - inadequate prophylaxis

Vol 100, No 5 (2010)

Pupils hooked by hookah smoking
Imported malaria
Dosage adjustment in renal impairment
Caessarean section - local anaesthetic pain relief
Acute viral bronchiolitis guideline

Vol 100, No 4 (2010)

Vuvuzelas blast hearing
HIV progress: Nurse-initiated treatment and provider-initiated testing
Sex and the soccer World Cup
Rugby cervical spine injuries
Community health care workers at risk for TB

Vol 100, No 3 (2010)

Air in the wrong place is dangerous
Bloemfontein bugs - allergens in the Free State
Is endoscopy outreach worthwhile?
Herpes zoster and Hutchinson's sign
Investigating South African smokers and drinkers

Vol 100, No 2 (2010)

Does the vuvuzela harm hearing
Improving rural perinatal outcomes
FAST scanning assists trauma management
Brits Hospital move compromises patient care
Malaria control: DDT safe for liver

Vol 100, No 1 (2010)

Did Julius Caesar have a brain tumour?
Cosmetic contact lenses and bacterial keratitis
HIV vaccine trials: HIV prevention responsibilities
Helicobacter pylori: Prevalence and treatment susceptibility
Trichomoniasis treatment in pregnancy and infant outcome