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Shanelle Dawes thought she had food poisoning. The business owner and mom, 35 at the time, finished cooking a spaghetti dinner, then was hit by a wave of nausea that left her grey T-shirt drenched in sweat. “I didn’t know what was going on,” she recalls. She ran to the bathroom and threw up. When […] More
It’s worth noting that most of this evidence is anecdotal at this stage, but there are enough reported cases that medical professionals are saying a loss of smell or taste should be considered a symptom of COVID-19. “We propose that these symptoms be added to the list of screening tools for possible COVID-19 infection,” reads a […] More
One of the hallmark symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder is intrusive thoughts. All my life, I’ve felt their constant bombardment. My mind is like a crowded room, and the voices are all shouting different things. I now see this inner monologue on the faces of everyone around me (who of course, are standing more than a metre […] More
This week marked World Tubercolosis Day, and while COVID-19 has clogged up headlines across SA and abroad, it’s important that we don’t forget about the one disease that’s been killing thousands of South Africans every year. We’ll get to the relationship between TB and COVID-19 in a sec, but for now, let’s begin with looking […] More
Medical science recognises obesity as a condition that leads to other diseases such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes and joint disease. But it isn’t always someone’s fault – it can be caused by genetics. And no one should be stigmatised or discriminated against based on their weight. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), obesity […] More
While the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread, causing running races — and many other large events — to be postponed and cancelled, you might be wondering what you should do for your own personal health and how this could affect your training. We tapped Dr David Nieman, a health professor at Appalachian State University and director of the Human […] More
With about 173 344 confirmed cases of COVID-19, aka the novel coronavirus, and about 7 019 confirmed deaths across the globe (according to the World Health Organization as of 00:00am, 17 March) — ‘Coronavirus’ is probably all you’ve been hearing about, reading about, tweeting about, posting about, annoyed about… but still talking about. In South Africa, […] More
As more businesses and communities put measures in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19, scientists are working as quickly as possible to learn all they can about the disease and the novel coronavirus that causes it. New research is being published almost daily, including recent studies that suggest the virus might spread differently than […] More
