Picture-perfect gardens can sometimes be green deserts. They may have manicured lawns, colourful flowers and razor-sharp edges, but beneath the surface the soil is struggling, invasive plants are taking over, and there is little shelter or food for the birds, pollinators and other small creatures that make a garden feel alive. International Day for Biological […]
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This year’s World Asthma Day theme was “Access to anti-inflammatory inhalers for everyone with asthma – still an urgent need”. Asthma affects more than 260 million people worldwide and causes over 450 000 deaths each year. Asthma care should not begin only when symptoms become severe. People living with asthma need access to the right
Is your asthma really under control? Read More »
Wellness Warehouse is now available on the Mr D app, making it easier than ever for customers to access trusted natural health and lifestyle essentials with the effortless convenience of Mr D. From leading supplements, clean fitness solutions and natural foods to conscious beauty products and eco home and life essentials, customers can now shop
Wellness made effortless: Wellness Warehouse is now on Mr D Read More »
It’s a familiar moment for many: You arrive at the pharmacy to collect your prescription, only to be told that you need to pay a ‘levy’. For many medical aid members, this moment – the unplanned co-payment – is one of the most frustrating parts of managing their health. What makes it worse is that
The pharmacy surprise: Why you’re paying extra for prescriptions, and how to avoid it Read More »
South Africans are counting the cost of extreme weather after devastating storms, floods, winds and even snowfall battered several provinces in recent weeks. The Western Cape, Eastern Cape and other parts of the country have experienced widespread flooding, damaged homes, power outages, road closures and displacement of families, leading to the declaration of a national
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One minute you’re driving to work, fetching the kids or running errands. The next, your car’s at the workshop needing a major repair, with a quote you weren’t expecting. For those with a motor warranty, that’s usually the moment they breathe a sigh of relief and expect their cover to kick in. But when a
Claim and simple: 7 reasons car warranty claims get rejected Read More »
As ‘fake dimple’ clips flood TikTok, Facebook and Instagram feeds, medical professional Professor Chrysis Sofianos is warning South Africans not to mistake cosmetic procedures for harmless social media beauty hacks. What many online videos present as a quick enhancement may, in reality, be a medical procedure that can carry serious physical, emotional and financial consequences
Fake dimples: A harmless trend, or recipe for permanent facial damage? Read More »
It’s 9 p.m. You’ve finally got the kids down, or finished the work email you swore you wouldn’t open, or wrapped up the call that ran 40 minutes late. You sit on the edge of the bed and pick up your phone, because that is what we do now. Twenty minutes vanish into a feed
Real self-care isn’t a bath but… sometimes, it kind of is Read More »
When most people think about ‘too much salt’, they picture someone heavily seasoning chips or pouring copious amounts of salt on their food at the dinner table. But the sodium that is quietly influencing your blood pressure comes from sources far less obvious, including the ‘healthy’ wrap grabbed between meetings, the sports drink after gym,
The hidden salt raising your blood pressure – and it’s not the saltshaker Read More »
Every year, more than 7 300 South Africans are diagnosed with blood cancer. That is more than one person every hour. More than 21 000 are battling it right now, and nearly 5 000 people die from it annually. World Blood Cancer Day, observed annually on 28 May, is trying to change that. This year,
One person diagnosed every hour: The blood cancer facts most of us don’t know Read More »