Ozone | Salvagente

My tap water tastes funny

Posted by admin
/ May 9, 2012 / Leave a comment

Water Affairs assures us our tap water is excellent and stringently tested, so why does it sometimes look cloudy or brownish, or taste or smell peculiar? South Africa’s tap water is considered to be of world-class quality, at least if you live in one of the bigger metropolitan areas. Occasional variations in...
Melanoma (Skin cancer) rates on the rise

Posted by admin
/ April 4, 2012 / 1 Comment

New research highlights a dramatic increase in the rates of melanoma, a potentially fatal form of skin cancer, among young adults, with young women being hit the hardest. According to the study, the incidence of melanoma increased eightfold among young women and fourfold among young men from 1970 through 2009. The findings...
50% of cancers can be prevented

Posted by admin
/ March 30, 2012 / 2 Comments

Half of all cancers could be prevented if people just adopted healthier behaviours, US scientists have argued. Smoking is blamed for a third of all US cancer cases and being overweight leads to another 20% of the deadly burden that costs the United States some $226 billion per year in health care and...
Being CEO is bad for your health

Posted by admin
/ February 20, 2012 / Leave a comment

According to Steve Tappin, author of The Secrets of CEOs, the vast majority of the average Chief Executive Officer’s (CEO) week is dominated by 12 emotions of a possible 34 000 including intense stress, frustration, disappointment, irritation and overwhelm. “In response to these emotions, the body secretes an increased amount of...
Cancer: don’t become a statistic

Posted by admin
/ February 6, 2012 / 5 Comments

Cancer is a global epidemic, so much so that the international and South African cancer communities created an international day of awareness - 4th February is World Cancer Awareness Day - in an effort to highlight the issues and bring about change. This is a treatable disease after all! In an effort to address the...
Saliva HIV test passes the grade

Posted by admin
/ January 26, 2012 / Leave a comment

A saliva test used to diagnose the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), is comparable in accuracy to the traditional blood test, according to a new study led by the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) and McGill University. The meta-analysis, which compared studies worldwide, showed that the saliva HIV test,...
Broken heart boosts risk of cardiac attacks

Posted by admin
/ January 25, 2012 / 1 Comment

Grief over the death of a loved one can cause a huge spike in a person’s risk of heart attack, especially in the early days after the loss, said a US study. The research tracked nearly 2,000 adults who survived a heart attack and found that among those who had...
No equipment in Gauteng hospitals

Posted by admin
/ January 20, 2012 / Leave a comment

Medical suppliers cannot afford to buy equipment for Gauteng hospitals because the health department owes them money, the SA Medical Device Industry Association (Samed) said. “Some suppliers have notified the Gauteng Department of Health that they will put orders for medical products and services on hold, which will affect health services in...
Why some people live to 110

Posted by admin
/ January 10, 2012 / Leave a comment

People who live 110 years or longer have as many disease-associated genes as those in the general population, but they may also be blessed with protective genes that help them live so long, researchers report. The team of US scientists noted that super centenarians, as they are called, are extremely rare,...
9 foods that keep you awake

Posted by admin
/ January 6, 2012 / Leave a comment

Do you dread bedtime, because you spend hours tossing and turning? If you have difficulty falling asleep, or difficulty getting back to sleep, or wake up exhausted every morning, your diet may be to blame. The nine foodstuffs often associated with insomnia include: bacon cheese sugar and sweet foods ham tomatoes...

Add a new article to our Blog

Tags