defined in the U.S. as an illness that affects fewer than 200,000 people nationwide — with more such diseases being identified every day. Ninety-five percent of them have no known therapies. They are overlooked by most scientists, and some illnesses may be untreatable, even if they are understood. And what research there was has largely…
(Jaco Marais, Gallo Images, Netwerk24, file) Fifty shacks were gutted in Alexandra on Thursday.The shacks destroyed were inside and outside an old building.The cause of the fire is being investigated.Fifty families in Alexandra have been left homeless after their shacks were gutted in a fire on Thursday.Johannesburg emergency medical services spokesperson Robert Mulaudzi said they…
Bereaved family members wait for the bodies of their loved ones at the KwaMhlanga Hospital’s mortuary in Mpumalanga. (Balise Mabona, News24) The families of nine people, who died in Mpumalanga, have to wait before they can bury their loved ones as their bodies were stored with the body of a person who had died of…
An emotional Andrea Amos, sister of Mikhail, at the memorial service in Parkwood for her brother killed in a drive-by shooting last weekend. At least two families buried their loved ones on Tuesday, after the deceased were killed in separate shooting incidents recently.There have been several fatal shootings in areas on the Cape Flats in…
Garden of Remembrance unveiled for slain Cradock FourCalata said he was three years and eight months old when his father was buried, and the big funeral was the only memory he had of his father."Next month, on June 27, it will be exactly 35 years since he was killed. Imagine if we can get some…
Credit: CC0 Public Domain In the United States, 1 in every 250 people has inherited a genetic variant that leads to dangerously high cholesterol levels from birth. If high cholesterol isn't lowered early, people with this genetic condition, called familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), have a high risk of having a heart attack or stroke as early
I was officially diagnosed with Lupus in May of 2021. I say officially because my symptoms started long before that, I just didn't know it. Lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease that can cause inflammation and pain in different parts of the body. Your immune system is meant to help your body fight infection. But
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