Wits Department of Physiology

Congrats to Karine and collaborators on their latest publication

Psychometric evaluation of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index among South African women participating in the Bukhali trial: Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative - Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine Purpose We examined the psychometric properties of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) in a large sample of young women in Soweto, South Africa, to assess its reliability and structural validity in this context. Methods Data were collected from 7182 women enrolled in the Bukhali randomized con...

Congrats to Mercy Shafe, Eliton and collaborators on their latest publication.

Supplemental Lycopene Reduces Feed Intake, Increases Fluid Consumption, and Enhances Bone and Stomach Growth in Growing Wistar Rats Fed a High-Fructose Diet - Mercy Omoye Shafe, Nontobeko Myllet Gumede, Trevor Tapiwa Nyakudya, Eliton Chivandi, 2026 Dietary modification in early life can either increase susceptibility or improve resistance to metabolic diseases in adulthood. This study evaluated the potenti...

Congrats to Peter and collaborators on their latest publication

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666396126000348

Demetri recently gave an invited CPD Webinar on the Medical Academic platform entitled "Managing spasticity in neurological disease: from multiple sclerosis to spinal cord injury and beyond".

To access the article and the webinar, see the link below.

https://www.medicalacademic.co.za/webinar-replays/managing-spasticity-in-neurological-disease-from-multiple-sclerosis-to-spinal-cord-injury-and-beyond-2/

Congrats to Andrea Fuller and collaborators on their latest publication

Text recycling: defining the boundaries of acceptable reuse of one’s own work Text recycling, or the re-use of one’s own previously published text, is a widespread yet underrecognized issue in academic publishing. Many authors remain

Congrats to Aletta and collaborators on their latest publication

Serum lipids and outcomes of COVID-19 patients admitted to a tertiary hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa | South African Medical Journal Serum lipids and outcomes of COVID-19 patients admitted to a tertiary hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa Authors F Mohamed Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannes...

Congrats to Fezeka, Molatela, Khumo, Noxolo and Siphiwe on their latest publication

Online nutritional disclosure of alcoholic beverages in South Africa is predominantly limited to alcohol by volume, with key nutrients omitted | Public Health Nutrition | Cambridge Core Online nutritional disclosure of alcoholic beverages in South Africa is predominantly limited to alcohol by volume, with key nutrients omitted - Volume 29 Issue 1

Congrats to Toluwase, Monica, Ashmeetha and Kennedy on their latest publication

Sex‐specific hepatic effects of sweetened alcohol consumption and tannic acid intervention in adolescent rats This study investigated the combined effects of alcohol and sugar, termed sweetened alcohol consumption (SAC), and tannic acid (TA) intervention on hepatic health in adolescent rats. Sixty-four male ...

Congrats to Andrea Kolkenbeck-Ruh and collaborators on their latest publication

Cash transfers targeting adolescent wellbeing: a scoping review of the literature in low- and middle-income countries Creating healthy food environments is central to improving adolescent nutrition; a life-stage characterised by rapid growth, body composition changes and heightened nutrient requirements. In low- a...

Congrats to Kennedy, Xitsakiso, Muzi and collaborators on their latest publication

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20503121261434123