A recent conference on work, stress and health (sponsored in part by the US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) included research on family-supportive workplace and the influence of supervisors - good or bad - on employee health.

Emotional abuse is damaging to the soul. It often leaves a vague feeling of pain, a sense of something wrong that is hard to identify. Since it is so difficult to define, the victims often doubt their own perceptions. The emotional abuse of someone keeps the partner on an emotional roller coaster. They keep their partners off balance so he/she does not trust their own sense of reality. 

Described by Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi as a ‘tsunami’, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) pose a growing threat to the health and welfare of South Africans. What is required is an active promotion of healthy living and educational strategies in order to ensure that the public is informed of associated health risks.

A preliminary investigation into the cause of the severe diarrhoea that claimed the lives of two children has revealed that the rotavirus has spread through the city, health officials in eThekwini recently said.

Two HIV/Aids patients have reportedly been taken off their HIV drugs after bone-marrow transplants seemed to clear the virus from their bodies. Doctors remain intrigued.