South African doctor receives grant to study at top USA medical school
Discovery Foundation launches new annual grant for academic medicine in partnership with Massachusetts General Hospital
Record numbers feel the Funsunzi in their feet
Tens of thousands of walkers joined in this year’s Discovery East Coast Radio Big Walk on Sunday 25 May, making it the biggest and most successful yet. The event has grown significantly in size and stature, from just 1800 walkers taking part in 2004 to 33 521 people entering this year...
Discovery launches the Vitality Institute to lead global thinking on wellness
Discovery announces the launch of the Vitality Institute in New York, US. The Institute brings together the world’s leading experts and practitioners in wellness, health promotion and disease management in a large-scale collaboration to positively impact public debate around health promotion
Global leaders in food psychology and sports science to headline Discovery Vitality Summit
Discovery Vitality and the Sports Science Institute of South Africa (SSISA) are proud to host the Discovery Vitality Summit to be held at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg from 15 - 17 August 2013. The Discovery Vitality Summit builds on the success of the annual Discovery Vitality Wellness and Fitness Convention...
Discovery Health Tracker February 2013
Discovery Health continues to grow and attract new members to the schemes that it administers. In February, Discovery Health had close to 2.77 million lives under management.
Research shows lowering cost barrier improves diet choices
Making healthy food options more affordable for consumers has been shown to be the right recipe to get people changing their diets for the better. Research by RAND Corporation, the largest independent policy research programme in the US, shows that lowering the costs of healthy foods in supermarkets motivates people to make fewer unhealthy purchases, including sweets, crisps and sugary drinks...
Solid performance from South Africa’s benchmark open medical scheme
South Africa’s largest open medical scheme, the Discovery Health Medical Scheme, today published its performance highlights for the year ended 31 December 2012
Fraud in the healthcare system: a lost opportunity for more investment in genuine healthcare needs
Healthcare fraud is a lost opportunity for investment in genuine healthcare needs, including the funding of new technology and ensuring that healthcare professionals are adequately remunerated for their scarce skills
Discovery business model validated by strong financial performance
Adrian Gore, Discovery CEO and founder, remarked, “Our financial performance over the past six months has been solid and is tracking well against our long-term objectives. What we are most excited about is the validation and applicability of the unique Discovery business model not only in South Africa, but also globally.”
Discovery continues to ride the fitness wave in 2013 Surfers Challenge
Eastern Cape - More than 3330 people embraced Discovery’s challenge to lead more active and healthy lifestyles at the 2013 Discovery Surfers Challenge in East London over the weekend...
South African innovation in addressing workplace wellness acknowledged at Davos
The Workplace Wellness Alliance, part of the World Economic Forum, today released a report at the Annual Meeting in Davos on the latest thinking on workplace wellness and metrics. Discovery CEO Adrian Gore facilitated a session on wellness in the workplace that included CEOs of major companies, health ministries, and representatives of the World Health Organization (WHO) and NGOs.
Discovery Health Sports Heroes Walk Against HIV/AIDS
Fun and exhilaration filled the day in Mthatha in the Eastern Cape this past weekend as the annual Discovery Health Sport Heroes Walk Against Aids (DSHWAA) closed the curtain on this year’s event...
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