Healthcare / General

Medical schemes – the muddy truth

Perceptions rule in the medical aid scheme sector and it doesn’t take long for unsubstantiated facts which are used out of context to become a ‘universal truth’ that is accepted by everyone in the industry.

Severe Illness cover makes the road to recovery a little easier

A crisis of consciousness - are we making our children fat?

With October focusing on national obesity and nutrition, it is a sobering statistic to hear that currently there are 43 million children worldwide under the age of five who are already overweight or obese.

Stressful lifestyles leading to increased diagnosis of mental disease among SA professionals

Increasingly stressful lifestyles as well as a growing awareness of the impacts thereof has led to a significant rise in the diagnosis and treatment sought for mental disorders such as anxiety, depression and bipolar mood disorder, particularly among professional South Africans.