Female Forward: Episode 21: Insulin Resistance & Diabetes

A young woman’s dream of becoming a teacher is back on track, five vulnerable girls are getting the everyday essentials they need and clinics and hospices are receiving specialised medical equipment — all thanks to the kindness of HOT1027 listeners. It’s been another rewarding week making a meaningful difference through…

Women are being urged to pay less attention to the number on the bathroom scale — and more attention to the muscle they're carrying. Health experts say maintaining muscle becomes increasingly important as women get older... not only for strength, but for metabolism, mobility and our ability to remain independent…

Doctors say outdated fears around hormone replacement therapy are still influencing how women approach menopause... more than two decades later. A major study in the early 2000s triggered widespread concern about H.R.T and breast cancer. But specialists say our understanding of both menopause and hormone therapy has changed significantly since…

A Johannesburg psychiatrist is urging new mothers and their families to learn the warning signs of postnatal depression — after revealing she failed to recognise the condition in herself. As part of our focus on health this Women's month, we're also looking into the emotional upheaval that comes with having…

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 —…