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    If you're in the process to stop smoking, get your e-cigarettes from a pharmacy. The Medicines Control Council says that the product is subject to medical scheduling and can only be sold at pharmacies.

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E-waste: a growing epidemic

Ever wondered where and how to get rid of your old electrical, household appliances, computers, cell phones, video machines, etc? If you didn't know and dumped them with your normal household garbage you contributed to the e-waste epidemic!

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Bees – no pests but also no pets

The average person can survive the poison of about 500 bee stings but beware, if you are allergic to bee stings, only one sting can be fatal! In the world there are 20 000 different bee species of which 3000 are found in Africa, among them the infamous original African killer bee!

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Malaria update 2012

According to the Department of Health, South Africa has made significant strides in reducing malaria morbidity and mortality and has adopted an elimination programme to reduce local transmission of malaria to zero cases by the year 2018.

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Baggage malaria: the uninvited guest in your suitcase

People all over the world and in the most unlikely areas have recently been diagnosed with malaria even though they did not set foot in a malaria area. Here's how those pesky mozzies made the journey to get to them.

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Current global impact of malaria

Malaria remains the world's most important tropical parasitic disease.

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