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Once again, our team of doctors find ourselves treating scores of patients with flu, or influenza A, to be more precise. The patients are acutely unwell,...
“So you have diabetes? Remember, diabetes isn’t a disease. It’s a condition that will make you live healthier.” These are the first words my traumatised parents...
An avalanche of panic calls, contact questions, and quarantine-bound disappointed families was certainly not what I expected in the last week of November. I have, once...
The overarching emotion that signified the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic was fear. I remember a palpable fear that permeated the community before the first case...
The drop in cases of new COVID-19 infection in the community in the past week is like the loosening of a noose around the necks of...
If you struggled to imagine what was going on in Wuhan in March 2020 as I did at the time, June Gauteng 2021 is your opportunity...
With the plummeting temperatures across South Africa, our community has once again descended into concern and despair as new COVID-19 infections skyrocket. This round seems even...
Every time we drive our vehicles into the streets in South Africa, we embrace real risk. The Automobile Association of South Africa has previously quantified that...
The myalgia I awoke to this morning isn’t unfamiliar to me. It’s the common achy feeling we all experience at the onset of a touch of...
This week, a balloon of hope that thousands of healthcare workers would be well on their way to long-awaited immunity against COVID-19 was deflated as the...
Since its arrival, COVID-19 has challenged physicians to gather evidence and make firm decisions. This isn’t a behaviour to which good evidence-based doctors are accustomed. A...
Enraged by the Rage outbreak, and ambivalent about upcoming “simple” travel plans, patients have increasingly contacted me this week, enquiring as to the safety of going...
Only 21% of Israelis reported that they would agree to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in the first round of a vaccine rollout, according to a study...
A diabetic man enters my office, and instead of unveiling his quarterly collection of diabetes questions in order to receive reassurance, today he has only one...
A palpable sense of anticipation has begun to permeate our homes. This isn’t uncommon for the latter part of August, for the renewal of spring and...
A couple of years ago, a telephone call to your GP was a pre-emptive stab at whether you were on the right track with a problem....
