Elections 2024 : Episode 9: "They've played a trick on us by keeping the power on"

Doctors are urging South African parents not to pass-up one of the most powerful weapons we have against cervical cancer. The H.P.V vaccine can protect children against high-risk strains of the virus that's responsible for most cervical cancers. And specialists say vaccination — combined with screening later in life —…

Doctors are warning women in their late 30s and early 40s not to automatically dismiss sudden anxiety, poor sleep, brain-fog or changes in their periods as stress. Perimenopause can begin years before a woman's final period — and the first symptoms may have nothing to do with the hot flushes…

A Johannesburg midwife is warning that too many women are prepared for childbirth — but far less prepared for what happens after they bring their baby home. From sleepless nights and breastfeeding challenges to dramatic hormonal changes and the risk of postnatal depression. She says new mothers need knowledge, realistic…

Doctors are urging women to start thinking about healthy ageing long before they consider themselves old. They say the foundations for heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis and physical decline can be laid decades before symptoms appear. But importantly — many of those risks can also be changed. HOT1027's Tara Penny reports…

Women are being urged to stop treating sleep as a luxury. A leading Johannesburg sleep specialist says many women are sacrificing hours of sleep every night to juggle work, children and household responsibilities - without realising the damage it's doing to their health. HOT1027's Tara Penny reports…