-
Continue reading →: Final boss of hypertension: Level 10 Resistant hypertension
by Mia Briner Levels 1 and 2 of hypertension are easy: do some yoga, eat some veggies, and boom, blood pressure remains healthy. By level 10, no amount of Sea Point promenade walks is going to stop your heart from pretending it’s in a Fast & Furious movie. So welcome…
-
Continue reading →: Honours: How I Barely Survived
By Emma van der Velden My Honours year felt like an endless swim in the deep end of a very large, very cold pool. A pool filled with crocodiles. And some kind of mysterious waterborne disease. The relentless coursework and research were often overwhelming, leaving me more confused than when…
-
Continue reading →: The Silent Risks: An Investigation into GBS Colonisation in Pregnant Women
By Emma van der Velden For many, pregnancy is a time of anticipation and joy but for some pregnant mothers in South Africathere may be an unknown risk that could detrimentally affect their own health as well as their baby’s.Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is a bacterium that lives quietly in…
-
Continue reading →: Bedside to Bench: On the Making of a Clinician-Scientist
By Alexander Sittmann Leaving Medicine: In late 2024, I made one of the most difficult decisions of my life. I chose to leave medicine. I had never been so unsure of myself, had never before been at the junction of so important a metaphorical crossroads. At the time, what I…
-
Continue reading →: Giving “Trust Your Gut” a Whole NewMeaning: the Bugs Behind the Brain
By Alexander Sittman “All disease begins in the gut” – Hippocrates circa 450 BCE An Introduction to the Gut-Brain Connection The Father of Modern Medicine, the great Hippocrates of Kos, is remembered for his uncanny prescience – his theory linking the gut to disease was, if not mechanistically, conceptually accurate.…
-
Continue reading →: Cellular Rejuvenation: Making ageing a thing of the past?
By Alexander Sittmann
-
Continue reading →: The Rollercoaster that is an Honours Degree…
By Tavia Quarmby Moving back to South Africa after studying my undergraduate degree in Melbourne was a decision I made solely based on getting to be around my family and friends again. I chose to study at UCT due to its proximity to those important to me but never expected…
-
Continue reading →: Case report: Significant lesion reduction and neural structural changes following ibogaine treatments for multiple sclerosis.
By Tavia Quarmby Imagine waking up each day with worsening neurological symptoms, facing a disease with no cure. This is the reality for an estimated 2.8 million people globally living with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). This autoimmune neurodegenerative disease damages the myelin sheath, causing neuroinflammation and progressive neurological deficits that severely…
-
Continue reading →: How to forget what you read
This article was captured from the You Are Here audio collection by Oliver Burkeman in the Waking Up app. Oliver Burkeman is the author of The New York Times bestseller Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals, about embracing limitation and finally getting around to what counts. For many years,…
Hello,
I'm Emily
Welcome to Nook, my cozy corner of the internet dedicated to all things homemade and delightful. Here, I invite you to join me on a journey of creativity, craftsmanship, and all things handmade with a touch of love. Let's get crafty!
Let's connect
Join the fun!
Stay updated with our latest tutorials and ideas by joining our newsletter.
Health Science Reviews 