We love thinking about our childhood, especially all the good times. Today is Youth Day and to help celebrate the day, we thought it would be a great time to see you can remember a few things from your youth. Take our quiz and see home many of these South African classics you can recall. Continue reading “Do you remember these South African classics?”
Category: General knowledge
Are these weird diseases real?
Let’s take a look into the weird and wacky world of health. Can you tell if these conditions exist or if they’re too weird to be real?
What do you know about eye colour?
How well do you know your eyes? Take our quiz and find out!
Are you as smart as your GP?
Ready to test your medical knowledge? In this quiz we’re going to test your knowledge of sore throats! Continue reading “Are you as smart as your GP?”
Overcoming the odds: Dealing with rare diseases
Stares. Whispers. Insulting comments. How would you feel if this was part of your everyday life? You’d probably feel miserable and angry, right? This is exactly what Lizzie Velasquez has been dealing with her entire life Continue reading “Overcoming the odds: Dealing with rare diseases”
Human kidneys – Two for the price of one!
Now wouldn’t that be something? Walking into your local grocer and simply ringing up 2 new organs when yours start to fail you. Imagine a world where you can replace your kidneys, your heart, and your liver as easily as the milk that’s gone bad in your fridge!? Continue reading “Human kidneys – Two for the price of one!”
Can you guess the illness?
Are you an April Fools’ victim?
Instead of pranking you with a fake article, we thought we’d test your knowledge about health myths. Can you tell what’s real and what’s a hoax? Take our quiz and find out! Continue reading “Are you an April Fools’ victim?”
Strange, but true health factoids
So, you thought the minds of writers of medical TV shows had brought you all of the strangest medical facts and conditions on the planet? Think again! Continue reading “Strange, but true health factoids”
What you asked our doctors this year
Each week we receive a number of questions from users on our Facebook page. These questions come from people from all over the world, and you’d be surprised to see how many people have the same problems. We took a look at 5 of the most commonly asked questions and had one of our doctors answer them. Take a look: Continue reading “What you asked our doctors this year”
We answer your top 10 health questions
We gave your top 10 most popular health questions to our resident doctor to answer – this is what Dr Thomson came back with: Continue reading “We answer your top 10 health questions”
Can social media help us in emergency situations?
Social media has changed many aspects of how we live and interact with each other, but can it (or should it) change the way we behave in an emergency?
A cell-phone or, better yet, a smartphone, is a powerful tool that can be used to save a life. Downloadable first-aid apps, being able to speed-dial an emergency line and even using a GPS to locate the nearest hospital or clinic are all things you can use in the case of a dire emergency. Continue reading “Can social media help us in emergency situations?”