Oz Healthcare Communications

26/08/2024

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝟰 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰.It was intended for the treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes, but Oze...

26/02/2024

February 26 – March 5, 2024 is National Eating Disorders Awareness Week.
A week-long campaign that aims to shed light on the complexities of eating disorders, including anorexia, bulimia, binge eating and others.

When participating in Eating Disorders Awareness Week and sharing your support on social media, these hashtags can help you engage in meaningful conversations and promote understanding:
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We can help journalists and media to portray eating disorders responsibility by offering access to comments by and interviews with medical professionals, sharing information and reports on eating disorders and by providing case studies.

Contact Lynne Zurnamer @ Oz Healthcare Communications: Lynne@oz.co.za

04/09/2023

Medical representatives x 3: Gauteng, Western Cape and KZN: to call on private pharmacies, wellness stores, selected General Practitioners, Gynaecologists and Naturopaths - detailing and direct sales of a beautiful, new, one of a kind range of women's health non-script brands. Excellent Basic plus com. and fuel allowance. Applications close Friday 15 September 2023. Starting date 01 November or as agreed. Please send your CV or an email to Lynne@oz.co.za

Call now to connect with business.

11/07/2023

I'm attending the World Orphan Drug Congress Europe 2023 from 30 October to 2 November. 🌍

Join me at this event.

Register before July 21 and save!
https://i.snoball.it/p/D4gu/f

This one event will provide you with a one stop progressive scientific and strategic solution to the orphan drugs industry.

27/03/2023

Endometriosis affects 1 in 10 women of reproductive age and has severe Quality of Life consequences for women living with this chronic, incurable condition. Medical therapy and surgery - individually or in combination remain the mainstay of treatment. Surgery should be reserved and limited to as few surgical interventions as possible. Surgery should only be undertaken by expert endometriosis surgeons. In South Africa, dienogest (Visanne) remains the only medication registered for the long-term treatment of endometriosis. Other treatments such as GnRh agonists are registered for short term i.e. 6 months, use. Oral contraceptives, LARCs (long-term reversible contraceptives) such as the Mirena or Kyleena are prescribed to help manage symptoms even though they are not registered for endometriosis treatment. Pain killers, such as NSAIDs are often used in conjunction with endometriosis treatment to further help alleviate pain.
Lynne Zurnamer, Co-founder of Endometriosis-SA and Owner of Oz Healthcare, is interviewed by SAFM.

Guest: Lynne Zurnamer, Owner of Oz Healthcare and co-founder of Endomentriosis-SA. She is a nursing sister and health coach and has had endomentriosis for many years Wellness Corner: Treatment for Endomentriosis

20/03/2023

In South Africa we have all of these medications available to us - except Wegovy at this stage. If you buy into the latest scientific data showing that Obesity should be viewed as a chronic disease, and as such managed by a medical professional, watch this informative video setting out the pro-s and con-s on the medications used for the treatment of obesity.

Dr. Christy looks at 6 prescription weight loss medications to determine which ones work the best. This is part 2 of a 3-part series on weight loss.Here are ...

07/03/2023

Obesity is a chronic disease that requires medical intervention and medication - just like any other chronic disease. So why are people living with obesity still blamed for their weight, discriminated against - and stigmatised, with common perceptions that weight stigmatization is justifiable?

16/02/2023

Integrative Fertility Coach, Tarri Gavson, talks about the option of fertility preservation (or 'egg freezing') and how it works.

13/11/2022

13 years ago - on World Diabetes Day - Oz Healthcare lit up Table Mountain in Blue as the start to many more Blue Monuments over the years.

14/10/2022

Campaign is YOUR gateway to hold our minister of health accountable for unacceptable challenges in accessing healthcare services -and to facilitate self-advocacy, generate debate, monitor the implementation of health policies and highlight specific shortfalls in implementation - AND offers patients and healthcare users the opportunity to unite, speak up, collaborate and voice their issues to help leverage change in healthcare in South Africa.
To learn more, visit : https://www.dearministerofhealth.org/

There is a desperate need for a transformation of the country’s healthcare system.

07/09/2022

Book a FREE InBody assessment this Friday morning, valued at R250.

It’s time to do this!!! 🥊

Every Friday from 9 to 30 September, you can come into my premises in Paulshof (Cambridge Crossing Centre) and get your measurements taken with our sophisticated InBody Scale.

Learn more about InBody here: https://slendersolutions.co.za/in-body/

📲 WhatsApp me to book on +27828261819.

10/07/2022

Watch Carte Blanche this Sunday. Endometriosis is a PMB (Prescribed Minimum Benefit) and we often have to fight to get our PMBs approved. This is the real life situation for a patient with a rare disease who needs his medication but, despite this disease being a PMB - the medical aid is not delivering. Neither is the Council for Medical Schemes doing what they should be doing to fight for the rights of this patient. "Our rare conditions have spanned for over a decade. Numerous Council for Medical Schemes rulings later, both on complaints and appeals levels, and we still have to go through the same, tedious, lengthily and often expensive process time and time again, to SAVE LIVES!" Says Kelly du Plessis, CEO for Rare Diseases South Africa".
Why? Because the system allows it, and the medical schemes use the defunct process to their advantage. On average, this process has taken us over 2 years per patient. 2 years without treatment. 2 years of pain and suffering. Only to get to the same result which is that Enzyme Replacement Therapies MUST be covered as a PMB. We have not one ruling to the contrary.
Thank you to for giving us a voice to highlight the difficulty we have, and hoping that the likes of Be healthy with Medihelp Medical Aid relook at their decisions, and authorise Zachs treatment without further delay!