Posted on November 22, 2019
As we approach the festive season we are reminded that this period is an opportunity to reflect and assess if respective goals and targets have been met. It is time to wrap up the academic year and also highlight the many strides that the Faculty has made towards creating #LifeChangers.
Posted on November 20, 2019
Dr Candice Hendricks has joined the Institute for Cellular and Molecular Medicine (ICMM) as part of the haematopoietic stem cell research team.
Posted on November 20, 2019
The Zoonotic, Arbo and Respiratory Virus program (ZARV), run by Professor Marietjie Venter is housed in the Department of Medical Virology on Prinshof campus.
Posted on November 20, 2019
On the 1 August 2019, the Radiography group travelled to Daspoort Clinic to educate mothers and pregnant women about the effects of radiation on the mother and child during breastfeeding.
Posted on November 20, 2019
Many students are under severe stress, due to many factors including long clinical hours, curriculum overload, exam pressure, poor performance, as well as economic and social difficulties.
Posted on November 18, 2019
Antibiotic resistance is a global health threat. Antimicrobial-resistant infections currently claim 700 000 lives a year globally and by 2050 antimicrobial resistance could result in a loss of 10 million lives a year. This will result in more deaths than people dying from cancer.
Posted on November 14, 2019
In South Africa, diabetes is of particular concern. South Africa has the highest prevalence of overweight or obese citizens in Sub-Saharan Africa. Alarmingly, the International Diabetes Federation predicts that between the years 2000 and 2030 there will be a 261% increase in diabetes in...
Posted on November 06, 2019
Globally, 3.2 billion people are at risk of malaria worldwide. Malaria sees no class, colour or creed! Many do not know that malaria can present itself with flu-like symptoms, and it can be contracted by a single mosquito bite. Malaria is a silent killer.
Posted on October 30, 2019
Statistics show that one in 28 women in South Africa may develop breast cancer in their life. This represents approximately 25% of all cancers in women. Globally, more than two million new cases of breast cancer were reported in 2018.
Posted on October 22, 2019
National Down Syndrome Awareness Day is celebrated on 20 October each year and October is marked as Down Syndrome Awareness Month.
Posted on October 21, 2019
The nongovernmental organization Rotary International established World Polio Day to commemorate the birth of Jonas Salk, the developer of a vaccine against polio.
Posted on October 18, 2019
UP's SEMLI recently opened the doors to its new Biomechanics Lab, which is already providing support services to TuksSport’s first teams as well as elite track and field athletes.
Posted on October 17, 2019
Accessing healthcare is often a struggle for most residents of informal settlements for various reasons, including distance and lack of services.
Posted on October 17, 2019
In the spirit of Mental Health Awareness Month this October as well as University Social Responsibility Month at the University of Pretoria, third-year occupational therapy students have been imparting their knowledge and skills at Little Able’s sanctuary for children with physical and...
Posted on October 14, 2019
The world celebrated World Heart Day on 29 September and many of us did a mental rundown of what is happening heart- and health-wise.
Posted on October 14, 2019
Arthritis is not just an adult disease.
Posted on October 11, 2019
WHO has stated that 285 million people of all ages are visually impaired, of whom 39 million are blind.
Posted on October 10, 2019
Suicide is a public health concern because it affects young people, and is often a silent killer, although it is treatable and preventable.
Posted on October 09, 2019
The Department of Pharmacology at the Faculty of Health Sciences hosted the 53rd Annual Conference of the South African Society for Basic and Clinical Pharmacology on the 5th to 7th of October, 2019.
Posted on October 08, 2019
October 2019 is University Social Responsibility Month. As part of an awareness-raising process, we invite you to take a photograph that illustrates you (or your team) being socially responsible and enter the University Social Responsibility Photo Competition. This can be campus operations,...
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