by Women's Health | Aug 19, 2025 | Physical Health
Fact: diabetes is the number one cause of death among South African women, according to Statistics South Africa’s latest data. The only thing overshadowing it is Covid-19, which only reflects the year in which the stat was captured – 2021. Diabetes is now...
by Women's Health | Aug 14, 2025 | Health
Sadly, fake health info is as common in our world as barbells in a CrossFit box. Misinformation is widely documented as a recurring problem in South Africa’s public health environment – researchers and fact-checkers flagged persistent health myths after the COVID-19...
by Women's Health | Aug 6, 2025 | Mental Health
Forgetting what you did yesterday and putting a pair of spectacles in different areas of the house so you’re never without them doesn’t have to be your endgame. “Cognitive health refers to maintaining and optimising mental functions – things like memory and...
by Women's Health | Jul 28, 2025 | Mental Health
Although autism can be reliably diagnosed by age two, in practice, Dr Birgit Schlegel, a paediatric neurologist at Mediclinic Constantiaberg in Cape Town, says most children are only diagnosed around the age of five – and some not until adolescence or adulthood....
by Women's Health | Jul 23, 2025 | Physical Health
A woman sits over a sink that is filled with water. Her feet are submerged. Excitedly, she brings the phone camera to focus on the water and zooms in. There, squirrelling and squirming, are long, dark strands. They’re worms, she says, the evidence of a successful...