Brett is a Brussels-based writer and communicator with a history in Cleveland and New York. He is part of the This is MedTech editorial team. E-mail him at [email protected]
14th January 2015
Suppose you opened your postbox to find an empty plastic container and instructions on how to collect and post a sample of your stool to be screened for colon cancer. Would you casually precede to the bathroom and take care ...
5th November 2014
An insatiable curiosity for what goes on inside the human body has driven innovations in medicine and medical imaging for centuries. In 1895, a German by the name of Wilhelm Röntgen accidentally discovered that X-ray waves could pass through flesh, ...
18th September 2014
Nine months ago, Elias Brandt switched his television off after watching a movie. The room was silent but he still heard something – a high frequency squeak that he compares to a train slamming on its brakes. The source of the ...
15th September 2014
“If a plumber can do it with pipes, we can do it with blood vessels.” That’s the simple starting point for an idea that opened the door to half a decade of successful surgeries for an estimated 60 million survivors ...
13th September 2014
UK blogger, vlogger and filmmaker Thaila Skye is on a mission to annihilate stigmas around life with an ostomy. But she also wants to talk about planning a wedding, BBC's Sherlock and her peculiar addiction to tea. This young Brit ...
