A gourmet evening spiced up by the finest Shiraz from four prominent winemakers, paired with delicious food and great company, awaits wine lovers at Holden Manz in Franschhoek on Wednesday, 28 March 2012.

The Nourish Dry skin care range by Natralia is proven to hydrate your skin with its naturally derived ingredients, for up to 24 hours.

The City of Cape Town has a number of activities and events planned throughout the city to mark World Aids Day on 1 December. World Aids Day is observed around the world annually to raise awareness about HIV/Aids.

Spring is in the air and love is all around us! It’s time to throw away those winter woollies and expose those gorgeous curves. Sadly for most of us, it is also the ideal time to get the body into shape and get rid of the love handles and cellulite that somehow latched onto us this winter!

Headaches have become an ordinary occurrence for students around exam times and many of them feel helpless when dealing with this problem. Students are so overwhelmed by the pressure of assignments and exams that they completely forget about the effects this is having on their health.

Skin cancer is a growing concern and widespread condition in the United States and elsewhere. In the US there are over 1 million people diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma and 50,000 people diagnosed with melanoma every year.

Beating Diabetes

Diabetes Mellitus is an abnormally high blood glucose (sugar) level caused by the inability of the body to either produce or respond to insulin properly.

By Karen Robinson (National Social Development Manager Epilepsy South Africa)

We all want to live a Shweet life, but often this sweetness can cause more harm than good. What a relief to know that you wont have to give up your two sugars please just because you are diabetic or are watching your weight. Safe artificial sweeteners are the way forward for health conscious girls on the go who dont want to sacrifice their Shweet side.

As part of a series of articles examining heartburn, this article examines a number of conditions which are linked to and can be the cause of heartburn.

Like many other Western countries, many South Africans suffer the risk of high cholesterol.80% of westernised South Africans have raised blood cholesterol, of which 20% have levels that place them at high risk of developing heart disease, according to the Heart and Stroke Foundation.

By Frank Graewe, Professor and Head: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Stellenbosch; Justus Apffelstaedt, Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Stellenbosch and Head: Breast Clinic, Tygerberg Hospital; Dr. Rika Pienaar, Oncologist in Private Practice in Cape Town

September 2004, was a time when my world as I knew it – changed. I had always enjoyed an active sporting life, having completed numerous marathons and ultra-marathons.

Women are generally divided into two categories of thought when it comes to delivering their babies safely.

So losing weight is a matter of eating the right food. Right? Wrong. There are numerous factors involved in losing weight the least of which is food.

The Cape Kidney Association is a Grassroots Non-Profit Association that was started in 1978 by a group of concerned Doctors, Nephrologist and nurses.

Fifteen years after the groundbreaking 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), the FIGO World Report on Women’s Health 2009 takes stock of progress made and vital work still to be tackled,” said Professor Gamal Serour,

Are mammograms really painful? Do smokers actually run a higher risk of developing breast cancer? With so many myths and preconceived notions on the internet and in our minds, it is often difficult to determine what is fact and what is fiction.

Why water is no. 1 for the body.

Snacking as part of weight management . Nothing is worse than that burning feeling of hunger in your stomach, especially when you are trying to lose weight.

More people are starting to take their health seriously! Often this means having to make huge lifestyle changes and unfortunately, sacrifices! The benefits of stopping smoking, for example, will not only prolong our lives, but will also make it possible for our bodies to fight a better fight when attacked from the inside.

The International Day for People with Disabilities is celebrated annually on 3 December, and in South Africa we observe 16 days of Activism for Crime against Women and Children in the same period. Because of this we want to present advocacy issues and ask you to help fight crime against people with epilepsy.

In Holistic healing one must always look beyond the physical pain and suffering - which is a symptom of the actual illness; the actual illness could be a result of mental, emotional, or psychological stress.

As the year draws to a close, it is rather sad to note that most people have the opportunity to enjoy a good holiday along with some good food and a bit of luxuries.

Remember I bumped into you at Milnerton Medi-Clinic about 2 weeks ago. Well I was diagnosed with ductal breast cancer.