Health Science Reviews

by May Krause I was born and schooled in Johannesburg. Big, bad, crazy wonderful Joburg, I was a Jozi girl through and through. When I moved to the quaint and historically beautiful town of Stellenbosch for university, I happily donned my Matie shirt and threw myself into my own independence.…

by Husnaa Bux The amalgamation of twenty-twenty and twenty-twenty-one can only be separated by levels oflockdown, like waves of an unexpected tsunami – isolated, estranged, remote, and restrained.Entering twenty-twenty-two, the anchors were loosened, masks were lifted, and we were ableto come up for air. Life returned, or rather resumed, to…

by Anna Jellema-Butler I entered this Honours program expecting to walk away with the field-specific knowledge and technical skills required to become an excellent scientist. However, as I have come to realize over the past six months, the primary outcome of our Honours year has little to do with a…

by Pearly Joubert An unexpected stormWild and unpredictableSuch an unusual formBut undeniable Wind, hale and rainIncreasing world-wide painHelp! The children are cryingScientists and doctors were tryingBut Covid couldn’t care less; did its best,And put people to rest Hospitals overcrowdingMade the beds limitedBusinesses drowningHumans became intimidated So, we created lockdownsMorning, afternoon…

by Keegan Mills Transitioning from medicine to science this year has been interesting. I have found that science has involved more thinking, understanding and application as opposed to the memorization that is required in medicine. I have been tasked with analysing and interpreting data this year and learning about and…