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Keeping young South Africans in school: A 'social vaccine' against AIDS
A study published today in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health suggests that secondary school attendance is linked to lower risk of HIV infection among young people in rural South Africa. view more (2008-01-17)
Asian families in obesity probe
Researchers at the University of Leicester have launched one of the biggest studies into childhood obesity in the UK, funded by the British Heart Foundation. The key aim of the £100,000 two-year project is to determine the prevalence of health diet and physical activity behaviour in children of South Asian origin and to evaluate an action... view more... (2003-01-29)
New Research Shows Rural South Africa Faces Stroke Crisis Similar to Affluent Western Countries
Debilitating strokes are an increasing threat and burden to rural South Africa and the health care services of poor developing countries require urgent adaptation to control the coming epidemic of vascular disease, reveals a new report "Prevalence of Stroke Survivors in Rural South Africa", by Professor Margaret Thorogood from the... view more... (2004-03-09)
Healthcare Partners Accelerate Local Employment Drive
Three healthcare education providers have joined forces to boost the number of nurses and other NHS professionals in South West London. Kingston University, St George's Hospital Medical School and Croydon College have signed a progression agreement to provide training opportunities for local people to enter allied health professions such as... view more... (2004-08-04)
The moon's south pole: Very high resolution, radar images find rocks abundant, but no ice sheets
Using the highest resolution radar-signal images ever made of the moon - images from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Arecibo Telescope in Arecibo, P.R., and the NSF's Robert C. Byrd Telescope in Green Bank, W.Va. - planetary astronomers have found no evidence for ice in craters at the lunar south pole. view more (2006-10-19)
Water at Martian south pole
Thanks to ESA's Mars Express, we now know that Mars has vast fields of perennial water ice, stretching out from the south pole of the Red Planet. Astronomers have known for years that Mars possessed polar ice caps, but early attempts at chemical analysis suggested only that the northern cap could be composed of water ice, and the southern cap... view more... (2004-03-18)
One-Third Of Child Rape In South Africa Committed By School Teachers (pp 274, 319)
Results of a national survey in South Africa of more than 11,000 women aged under 50 years-detailed in a research letter in this week's issue of THE LANCET-suggest that child rape is becoming more common, with a third of rape of girls perpetrated by school teachers. Sexual abuse of girls is a problem worldwide, and a growing concern in sub-Saharan... view more... (2002-01-23)
Protea plants help unlock secrets of species 'hotspots'
New species of flowering plants called proteas are exploding onto the scene three times faster in parts of Australia and South Africa than anywhere else in the world, creating exceptional 'hotspots' of species richness, according to new research published today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). view more (2008-12-23)
Discovery of 450 Million Years Old 'Missing Link'
A 15-year search for fossils in Africa has led to the discovery of eight fish specimens that are 450 million years old - 50 million years older than any previous fish fossil on the continent and amongst the oldest in the world. view more (2005-04-27)
Postcode Lottery for Birds
Scientists from the University of East Anglia (UEA) have discovered that it's not only people who can suffer from 'postcode lottery' syndrome, but birds too can have radically different life spans depending on where they live. The research, published today (26 July) in the international journal Nature, shows for the first time that black-tailed... view more... (2001-07-23)
Gene study supports single main migration across Bering Strait
Did a relatively small number of people from Siberia who trekked across a Bering Strait land bridge some 12,000 years ago give rise to the native peoples of North and South America? view more (2007-11-27)
NASA sees into the eye of a monster storm on Saturn
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has seen something never before seen on another planet - a hurricane-like storm at Saturn's south pole with a well-developed eye, ringed by towering clouds. view more (2006-11-10)
Increasing access to antiretroviral drugs would drastically cut AIDS deaths in South Africa
More that 1.2 million deaths could be prevented in South Africa over the next five years by accelerating efforts to provide access to antiretroviral therapy (ART), according to a study released online today by the Journal of Infectious Diseases. view more (2008-03-27)
Study of African traditional medicine will begin world-first clinical trial
Described as a hotspot of botanical diversity, there are more than 20,000 indigenous plant species in South Africa. Several thousand of them are used by traditional healers every day in that country for treating a range of problems from the common cold to serious diseases such as AIDS. view more (2007-12-07)
Thin is beautiful - Zulu men now prefer Western-looking women
Black South African women have once more been flagged up as being on the brink of an eating disorder crisis, as the latest research reveals that their male counterparts, who once idolised fuller-figured females, now prefer thinner, Western-looking women. view more (2004-08-31)
Salty oceans provide early warning for climate change
Monitoring the saltiness of the ocean water could provide an early indicator of climate change. Significant increases or decreases in salt in key areas could forewarn of climate change in 10 to 20 years time. view more (2007-06-11)
Caribbean frog populations started with single, ancient voyage on South American raft
Nearly all of the 162 land-breeding frog species on Caribbean islands, including the coqui frogs of Puerto Rico, originated from a single frog species that arrived on a sea voyage from South America. view more (2007-06-11)
Korea offers participation in the ITER fusion experiment
After the USA and China South Korea also recently offered to participate in the ITER international fusion test reactor (Latin for "the journey"). The research project was jointly prepared by European, Japanese and Russian scientists. As stated in a letter from the Korean minister of research, Ho-Koon Park, to the other ITER partners, Korea wants... view more... (2003-07-03)
Ambitious Fundraising for New Medical School
"Like Eden, the Peninsula Medical School is a ground-breaking project and an exciting development for the region," said the Right Honourable Lord David Owen CH, speaking with regard to the first new school of medicine to be launched in the UK for 30 years and the first for over a century to be located in Devon and Cornwall. "The... view more... (2002-01-30)
Scientists Discover 'giant fossil frog from hell'
A team of researchers, led by Stony Brook University paleontologist David Krause, has discovered the remains in Madagascar of what may be the largest frog ever to exist. view more (2008-02-20)
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