Many strokes can be prevented through healthy lifestyle changes and working with your health care team to control health conditions that raise your risk for stroke. You can help prevent stroke by making healthy lifestyle choices. Prevention steps and strategies Choose healthy foods and drinks Choosing healthy meal and snack options can help you [...]
Cancer is a diagnosis being faced by many today, and surviving it can be very challenging. But one of the things most survivors have in common is a strong will to live, and a steadfast hope that they’ll get through it. Here are some survival tips from those who’ve travelled the road: Guide your [...]
World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) is commemorated on 10 September to promote worldwide commitment and action to prevent suicides. On average, almost 3 000 people commit suicide daily. For every person who completes a suicide, 20 or more may attempt to end their lives. In South Africa, 23 deaths out of 100,000 people are because of suicide; [...]
The cervix is the lower, narrow end of the uterus (the hollow, pear-shaped organ where a foetus can grow). The cervix leads from the uterus to the vagina (birth canal) below. Cervical cancer is the 2nd most common cancer among South African women, after breast cancer. Women in South Africa have a 1 in 41 lifetime [...]
