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Undergrad’s research paper gets top honours	http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=6164	Undergrad’s research paper gets top honours	Sue Segar	MB,ChB VI student, Sean Anderson, won the Young Scientist Competition, clinical category, at the Conference of Biomedical and Natural Sciences and Therapeutics.
Graduation produces biggest group of doctors, most distinctions	http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=6146	Graduation produces biggest group of doctors, most distinctions	FMHS Marketing & Communication / FGGW Bemarking & Kommunikasie	More than 830 health sciences students were capped today at Stellenbosch University’s (SU) December graduation ceremony.
Friendship Bench should support HIV-positive Zimbaweans with PSTD	http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=6147	Friendship Bench should support HIV-positive Zimbaweans with PSTD	Corporate Communication / Korporatiewe Kommunikasie [Alec Basson]	Zimbaweans living with HIV also suffer from post-traumatic stress order (PTSD), often because of stigma, and are in desperate need of dedicated mental health services to help them cope.
Injection with cheaper drug could help against diabetic eye disease	http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=6150	Injection with cheaper drug could help against diabetic eye disease	Corporate Communication / Korporatiewe Kommunikasie [Alec Basson]	Diabetic eye disease is one of the leading causes of blindness globally and treatment can be quite expensive, especially in low and middle-income countries, including South Africa. Injections with a relatively cheap drug may just bring relief.
From being a till packer to becoming a doctor	http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=6151	From being a till packer to becoming a doctor	Asiphe Nombewu/ Corporate Communication	Among the hundreds of students who will be receiving their degrees at the Stellenbosch University (SU) December 2018 graduation ceremonies, starting on 10 December, will be 27-year-old Xolani Hadebe.
A South African first – New orthopaedic procedure a game changer for amputees	http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=6138	A South African first – New orthopaedic procedure a game changer for amputees	FMHS Marketing & Communication / FGGW Bemarking & Kommunikasie	An exciting new procedure that can drastically improve the lives of leg amputees was recently performed for the first time in South Africa.
SU walks away with 33 Mace Excellence Awards	http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=6139	SU walks away with 33 Mace Excellence Awards	Corporate Communications Division	Stellenbosch University (SU) was once again rewarded for excellence at the annual Marketing, Advancement and Communication in Education (MACE) congress awards ceremony held at Nitida Wine Farm in Durbanville on 29 November. SU received 33 awards
Babies born to mums with HIV face higher risks even though they’re HIV negative	http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=6132	Babies born to mums with HIV face higher risks even though they’re HIV negative	Amy Slogrove, Kathleen M. Powis & Mary-Ann Davies	One of the most remarkable public health successes of the last decade in southern Africa has been the reduction in the number of babies born with HIV.
Surgeons spread joy during Smile Week	http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=6120	Surgeons spread joy during Smile Week	Sue Segar	It was a case of smiles all round earlier this year, when the division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, supported by the German NGO, Big Shoe, performed 11 reconstructive procedures during the Tygerberg Academic Hospital Smile Week.
Medical students to cycle 902 km to ‘help our friends become doctors’	http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=6126	Medical students to cycle 902 km to ‘help our friends become doctors’	Martin Viljoen	A team of Stellenbosch University (SU) medical students will embark on an ambitious 902km cycle tour from Vioolsdrift at the Namibian border to Cape Agulhas to raise funds for felo