Health24.com | Good news for potato lovers - especially diabetics

A recent study shows that people with type 2 diabetes have a better nocturnal glycaemic response after eating potatoes.

from Health24 News https://www.health24.com/Medical/Diabetes/News/good-news-for-potato-lovers-especially-diabetics-20201113

Health24.com | Cold truth: South Africa won’t be able to store Pfizer’s Covid vaccine. Here’s why.

Making sure a potential Covid-19 vaccine gets to people who need it – and is effective once they get it - is a feat for which South Africa is ill-equipped, experts say.

from Health24 News https://www.health24.com/Medical/Infectious-diseases/Coronavirus/cold-truth-south-africa-wont-be-able-to-store-pfizers-covid-vaccine-heres-why-20201113-4

Health24.com | Coronavirus morning recap: 'Hidden gene', SA's tracing app, and black market for Covid tests

"Hidden" gene discovered in Covid-19 virus; legal and ethical aspects of SA’s Covid-19 tracing app; and there's a global black market for negative Covid test results.

from Health24 News https://www.health24.com/Medical/Infectious-diseases/Coronavirus/coronavirus-morning-recap-hidden-gene-sas-tracing-app-and-black-market-for-covid-tests-20201113-2

Health24.com | Researchers develop special cotton face mask that can be disinfected by the sun

A new type of cotton face mask created by scientists is more than 99% effective against viruses and bacteria upon activation by daylight.

from Health24 News https://www.health24.com/Medical/Infectious-diseases/Coronavirus/researchers-develop-special-cotton-face-mask-that-can-be-disinfected-by-the-sun-20201113-6

Health24.com | There’s a new hack to remove arsenic from rice while keeping its nutrients

After trialling four different methods, researchers concluded that parboiling with absorption (PBA) is the best and safest method to cook rice.

from Health24 News https://www.health24.com/Diet-and-nutrition/News/theres-a-new-hack-to-remove-arsenic-from-rice-while-keeping-its-nutrients-20201112-3

Health24.com | OPINION | Needed: Kindness

Friday, 13 November is World Kindness Day. And don’t we just need a wee bit of kindness in a world that is becoming more and more brutal by the day, writes Lizette Rabe

from Health24 News https://www.health24.com/Columnists/opinion-needed-kindness-20201113

Health24.com | OPINION | Unpacking the legal and ethical aspects of South Africa’s Covid-19 track and trace app

Research models have found that the more people use these apps, the more transmission of the disease can be reduced and the more scope there is to ease quarantine measures.

from Health24 News https://www.health24.com/Medical/Infectious-diseases/Coronavirus/opinion-unpacking-the-legal-and-ethical-aspects-of-south-africas-covid-19-track-and-trace-app-20201112-3