Health Matters SA

There's A LOT going on in the air! If your nose is disrupting your life, you need to listen to the next episode of Health Matters featuring Dr Shaunagh Emanuel. Subscribe now to get it as soon as it releases.

Dr Shaunagh Emanuel is a medical doctor with a special interest in allergy and asthma, and joins us to talk about how these conditions can affect someone throughout their life. In part 2 of our look at these conditions, we find out how they affect a teenage boy named Kyle. Full episode out soon. Listen back to part 1: https://bit.ly/3kisVzd

Change of season means there's a LOT going on in the air! If your nose is disrupting your life, you need to listen up, because we have the doctor who 'knows' best about it. Dr Shaunagh Emanuel, a medical doctor with a special interest in allergy

“Oh my GERD!” - our favourite gastroenterologist is back! GERD might be the word...do you know what it is? Thankfully Professor Mashiko Setshedi, Head of Medical Gastroenterology at Groote Schuur Hospital joins us again to discuss something this digestive condition.

GERD might be the word... but Ryan O' Connor doesn't know what it is! Thankfully in the next episode of Health Matters with Cipla, he's joined by  Professor Mashiko Setshedi - Head of Medical Gastroenterology at Groote Schuur Hospital - this digestive condition. Full episode out soon, so subscribe now!!

Asthma is a complex disease. We know it affects the lungs - causing wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and coughing. We also know it is one of the most common long-term diseases affecting children, but that adults can have asthma too. So what don't we know about it - or more importantly, what do we THINK we know, that simply isn't true? In Health Matters this week we're joined by Professor...

In a new episode of Health matters out this Wednesday, Professor Claudia Gray talks to us about the complex disease called Asthma. Join us as we  dispel some common asthma myths. Get the episode first by subscribing now.

As medicine and healthcare evolve through the ages, expertise and technology are constantly improving - and this creates some amazing contributions to this field. Dr Riaz Motara is our special guest this week on Health Matters, and he's here to tell us more about BrandMed, which provides digital products and solutions to doctors and their practices. Dr Motara is a Physician and Cardiologist, and t...

As medicine and healthcare evolve through the ages, expertise and technology are constantly improving - and this creates some amazing contributions to this field. Dr Riaz Motara joins us in the next episode of Health Matters to talk about BrandMed. OUT SOON.

With the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine in South Africa there’s been a lot of uncertainty about the possible implications for people living with HIV. In this episode of Health Matters we're joined by Professor Francois Venter from the University of the Witwatersrand to discuss HIV, Covid-19 and vaccination.

With the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine in South Africa, there’s been a lot of uncertainty about the possible implications for people living with HIV. In the next episode of Health Matters, OUT ON WEDNESDAY, Professor Francois Venter discusses this topic in more depth.

We all know that familiar feeling when your head hurts, and it can be extremely disruptive to our lives. This week we delve into the complex world of headaches - because there isn’t simply one type of headache, and there are often different ways to treat them too. Rheumatology fellow at Groote Schuur Hospital, Dr Ramona Govender, joins us again on Health Matters to discuss more.

We all know that familiar feeling when your head hurts, and it can be extremely disruptive to our lives. In the next episode of Health Matters we delve into the complex world of headaches with Dr Ramona Govender. Join us for this episode OUT ON MONDAY 6 September.

It’s the most controversial discussion topic in the world. People every where are asking, “Have you done it yet?” and “Which one did you get?”. Your friends, family and colleagues are proudly declaring that they’ve done it, and berating those who don’t want to do it! Of course we're talking about the Covid-19 vaccine and in this episode of Health Matters, Ryan O' Connor gets some facts from someon...

Your friends, family and colleagues are proudly declaring that they’ve done it, and berating those who don’t want to do it! It’s the divisive topic of Covid-19 vaccines and in the next episode of Health Matters Dr Jeremy Nel, Head of the Infectious Diseases division at Helen Joseph hospital and Wits University, gives us the facts.

It’s in the news, it’s all over our social media, and nowadays when people ask “how are you?” - it’s not just a formality anymore! Our mental health is being tested in these strange and difficult times and the fact is life is pretty challenging for many of us at the moment. In the next episode of Health Matters we're joined by Jeanie Cavé, a clinical psychologist who works with individuals, couple...

It’s in the news, it’s all over our social media, and nowadays when people ask “how are you?” - it’s not just a formality anymore! Our mental health is being tested in these strange and difficult times and the fact is life is pretty challenging for many of us at the moment. In this episode of Health Matters we're joined by Jeanie Cavé, a clinical psychologist who works with individuals, couples, f...

For some of us, traditional or “Western” medicine isn’t the only way to deal with health issues. This is particularly true when it comes to stress and mental wellbeing. So what are our best options? Dr Suresh Vassen is a medical practitioner and the Director and Founder of the PRANA Centre of Wellbeing in Cape Town... he’s also a Lecturer in Human Excellence, Life Coaching, Yoga Practice & Phi...

A still mind is a creative & healing mind.  In the next episode of Health Matters, Dr Suresh Vassen shares the importance of the mind/body connection. Out on Wednesday 4 August.

The word ‘arthritis’, conjures up mental images of old people with gnarled fists and maybe even a walker, struggling to move.  But this is not necessarily the case ... did you know that arthritis can affect people of all ages- even children? In this episode of Health Matters, Ryan O' Connor chats to rheumatology fellow at Groote Schuur Hospital, Dr Ramona Govender about arthritis. You can lea...

Did you know that arthritis can affect people of all ages- even children? In the next episode of Health Matters, Dr Ramona Govender joins Ryan O Connor to talk more about arthritis.  Get it on Wednesday 28 July.

If you’ve been listening to this podcast for a while, you will know that wellness can actually be quite a complex thing, with many factors affecting it … and not all of them are necessarily physical. Our mindset and mental perspective have a big influence on how we cope with day to day stresses and challenges. In this episode we speak to someone who has an uncanny ability to see things differently...

Next up on Health Matters we discuss wellness and mindfulness with the renowned author, speaker and future strategist, John Sanei. You don't want to miss this one as his message is needed now more than ever. Out on Wednesday 21 July.

In this episode of Health Matters, we’re taking a look at inflammation.  Ryan O' Connor is joined by Dr Ramona Govender, a rheumatology fellow at Groote Schuur Hospital, to talk about a condition that most of us have heard of, but probably don’t know a lot about.

Up next on Health Matters, we’re going to look at something that most of us have heard of, but probably don’t know a lot about, and that is inflammation. Ryan O Connor will be joined by Dr Ramona Govender in the next episode of Health Matters out on Wednesday 14 July.