Laurel is a veteran newswoman who finds inspiration in how people interact with technology, markets and government policy. She has worked as an editor for Politico and Bloomberg News. Her articles have been published by CNBC, Bloomberg, the Los Angeles Times, Copley Newspapers and The Associated Press.
12th July 2016
Medtech’s future is emerging, and you’re going to wear it. Personal sensors are coming into the health-care market at warp speed. Just some of what’s already here: -A shirt that knows when you slums. -Shoes that sense ...
30th June 2016
Jordan Reeves, born with what she calls “a little arm,” has worn seven different prosthetic hands in her 10 years. This year, she designed a really special one – a five-barreled glitter blaster. “You can’t be sad when you’re covered ...
31st May 2016
Steve Woodford and his wife, Maria, were both super-fit skydiving instructors and outdoors adventurers. This is why they were shocked to learn in one terrible year that he had bile duct cancer and she had breast cancer. After a long ...
12th May 2016
\Almost 200 years after Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, revolutionized battlefront healthcare with handwashing, medtech is helping today’s nurses fulfill their mission of care. Smartphones replaced three-inch thick drug reference books, and apps can find veins and monitor ...
20th April 2016
In the small island nation of Sri Lanka, a midwifery training program founded in the 1880s by a revered native entrepreneur has evolved into a community health program that has taken maternal and infant mortality rates close to rich-country levels, ...
14th April 2016
Dakota Rosenfelt, 20, enjoys surfing, skiing and mountain climbing. The pharmacy doctor student looks forward to a normal life in good health – despite having hemophilia, a rare blood disorder that only a century ago would have meant crippling joint disease and ...
29th March 2016
Ben Barnes was told he would never walk again after a car accident that paralyzed both legs. Now he’s looking forward to walking the wedding aisle, with a little help from medtech. Ben is among a small number of ...
17th March 2016
Samson Cheung and his wife knew something was off. Their baby son never responded when they said his name. Peek-a-boo with the bathtub curtain? A non-starter. Tests ruled out a hearing problem. When Cheung’s son was two, he was ...
18th February 2016
He had survived a battlefield explosion. Now he was back in the States with only one leg and so depressed that he refused physical therapy. Suddenly a man appeared at the hospital room door. Tipped off by hospital staff about ...
2nd February 2016
When Remy Bonnasse’s 7-year-old daughter Victoria was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes two years ago, the family suddenly faced a daunting task. The very next morning, Victoria – a carefree, imaginative daydreamer -- had to start calculating and recording her carbohydrate ...
