Karen spent the past 20+ years providing editorial services for leading B2B publications, large corporations, small businesses, individuals and students around the world. Her portfolio includes articles and business communications on pharmaceuticals, medical technology, healthcare policy, regulatory and legal systems, international trade and intellectual property. Her articles have been published in Scrip Regulatory Affairs, Clinica Medtech Intelligence, MedNous, SecuringPharma and International Trade Today, among others.
21st September 2015
What would you do if your children had a 50-50 chance of inheriting Alzheimer’s from you? This question swirled around in my head for hours after watching Still Alice, a film about a fictional 50-year-old linguistics professor called Alice ...
17th September 2015
Sarah Ivermee couldn’t have imagined that she’d become an overnight sensation when she gave a friend’s 9-year-old daughter some flowery nail stickers to use for sprucing up the plain beige hearing aids that she was embarrassed to ...
2nd September 2015
Oncologists have to break bad news to patients and their families all the time. But last year, cancer doctor Lucinda Melcher found out what it’s like when that patient and family are your own. Lucinda’s husband Adam had ...
12th August 2015
A robot greeting you with “Hello, I’m your personal healthcare companion” isn’t as far-fetched as Disney’s Big Hero 6 might make you think. In the film, a science student builds Baymax ‒ an inflatable robot prototype-turned-superhero that’s about ...
29th July 2015
For many women, the months leading up to your 40th birthday can bring on typical mid-life crisis anxieties: you’ve already peaked, you’re starting to look a bit frumpy, your bikini days are over. Karen also belonged to this ...
8th July 2015
In her award-winning role as Claire in the movie Cake, Jennifer Aniston plays a painkiller-addicted mum who’s lost her son in a car crash that’s left her in agonising pain. The emotional suffering from her son’s death ...
10th May 2015
“Being a mum can be stressful at the best of times, but when you have hepatitis, there’s an added layer of worry that most people don’t even know about,” says Natalia Jeleva, who’s been carrying the hepatitis ...
19th April 2015
Nobody is at their best after a bad night’s sleep, so imagine how you would feel if you never slept well. Like, never ever. Pretty desperate, huh? This was the reality for Stuart Lamont before he got treatment for ...
7th April 2015
Welcome to sub-Saharan Africa, where innovative health care isn’t always about cutting-edge medical technology. It’s just as likely to be about having a reliable motorcycle. In this respect, UK-based charity Riders for Health is leading the way. Ex-motorbike ...
9th March 2015
What happens when four passionate, fearless, determined, tech-savvy and more-than-a-little-bit-frustrated women, take on inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)? You end up with a breakthrough global campaign called #GetYourBellyOut! The #GetYourBellyOut campaign is harnessing the power of social media to unite thousands ...
