1.3m Maternal Orphans in South Africa

South African Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has said the Country has about 1.3 million maternal orphans. Delivering his Budget Vote in Parliament, where he focused on maternal and child mortality, Motsoaledi said most mothers lost their lives while...

South Africa Must Change to a Preventative Healthcare Delivery Model

South Africa’s model of healthcare delivery has to shift from being hospi-centric to a more preventative one if the country is to win the fight against disease.

Alcohol, Mood And Me (not You)

Thanks in part to studies that follow subjects for a long time, psychologists are learning more about differences between people. In a new article published in Current Directions in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological...

Social Development Minister Calls for Alcohol Free Easter Weekend

South Africa’s Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini, in her message ahead of the Easter holiday, says it is possible to have fun without alcohol.

Study Finds Cholesterol Regulator Plays Key Role in Development of Liver Scarring, Cirrhosis

UCLA researchers have demonstrated that a key regulator of cholesterol and fat metabolism in the liver also plays an important role in the development of liver fibrosis — the build-up of collagen scar tissue that can develop into cirrhosis. Cirrhosis,...

South African Government Draws the Line on Alcohol Abuse

The South African government is taking a fresh approach in dealing with the scourge of alcohol abuse, especially amongst pregnant women. It has challenged the liquor industry to re-evaluate the type of advertisements that portray drinking alcohol as prestigious...

Addictions Can be Overcome, But Not Quickly

Millions of Americans suffer from severe addictions that can ruin lives and are extremely difficult to control. Nearly 2 million enter roughly 12,000 addiction treatment programs in the U.S. each year. And each month, some 15,000 people turn to Adi Jaffe’s...

Why Drunk Drivers May Get Behind the Wheel

A new study shows the impact of alcohol intoxication on reasoning and problem-solving abilities and may explain why some people feel they have recovered enough to drive after drinking. The research, led by Peter J. Snyder, Ph.D., vice president of research...

Difficult Childhoods Lead to Teenage Drinking

An African study has found a link between a difficult childhood and alcohol consumption as a teenager. Researchers writing in BioMed Central’s open-access journal Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health studied the association between...