Life. Redefined.
3rd March 2024
Picture by Caroline White When Katie Grant started having hearing difficulties in her early 50s, she was in denial. She reluctantly got hearing aids and was amazed at the transformation that followed. To raise awareness on World Hearing Day, she ...
28th February 2024
It’s been a long but rewarding journey for Iuliana Dumitriu, whose 9-year-old son Victor has a rare genetic disorder called Coffin-Lowry syndrome. Now she’s helping other families by connecting them and raising awareness around the world. “When Victor ...
3rd December 2023
The challenges that Natasha Price has faced over the past 15 years would be insurmountable for most people, but becoming blind and paralysed has only made her stronger. On International Day of Persons with Disabilities, she tells This Is MedTech about ...
1st December 2023
Having lived with the HIV her whole life, Doreen Moraa Moracha is determined to educate the public and stop the stigma attached to the viral infection. Her hope is that this will lead to more people taking preventive measures, getting ...
27th November 2023
Tim Buckinx was just a teenager when he was diagnosed with a rare blood disorder that changed the trajectory of his life. Now he’s on a mission to help other people with a medical condition to live their best ...
17th September 2023
It’s hard to imagine that your watch could save your life, but that’s exactly what happened to Joe Plumb, who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes as a child. To mark World Patient Safety Day, he shares his story ...
19th June 2023
“One minute you wake up fine and you’re ready to start the day and then within the next hour you may have to cancel everything.” This is what every day is like when you live with Sickle Cell Disease, ...
3rd December 2021
Sam Renke has been challenging misconceptions about disability since she was diagnosed with a rare genetic condition called Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI), or brittle bone condition, shortly after her birth. “I was born with multiple fractures and I actually fractured in ...
15th July 2021
Karen Hoyt had no idea that there was anything wrong with her liver when her feet started swelling one day while she was riding her bike. A high school teacher, adjunct professor and community volunteer with many active hobbies, Karen ...
7th July 2021
Khadija Stewart-Brown accepted daily insulin injections and finger-prick tests as part of normal life, but then she reached her teens. “I saw the difference between me and my peers and it got annoying,” she says. Khadija has always had to ...