19th October 2017
When Mel Reis lost part of her leg, the Brazilian ballerina saw it as a perfect opportunity to get back ‘en pointe’. Ever since her left leg was crushed in a road accident as a teenager, Mel had continued to ...
22nd December 2016
Ready to escape the winter cold and curl up with a hot drink in front of the screen? Medtech can be very entertaining. Here are our totally unscientific recommendations for a TV marathon. Pick your mood, and we have the ...
29th November 2016
Ironman triathlete and Paralympian Sarah Reinertsen has tried out a lot of legs in her lifetime. Having used everything from a hollow wooden one with two hinges when she had her leg amputated above the knee at age seven, to ...
18th November 2016
Hollywood megastar Ben Stiller has helped to raise awareness about prostate cancer and prompted a debate about the need for a better test In 2003, two friends – Travis Garone and Luke Slattery – were enjoying a beer in Melbourne, Australia, when they ...
25th October 2016
“Our vision is to bridge the gap between cancer patients and the rest of society,” says Fabian Bolin, co-founder of WarOnCancer.com. A year after Fabian first shared his leukaemia story with This Is Medtech, the former Made in Chelsea ...
22nd September 2016
Earlier this month we watched in awe as Paralympians gathered in Rio to show the world what strength, determination and dedication look like in their purest form. We celebrated disability by focusing on ability. In particular, Great Britain’s Paralympics ...
2nd May 2016
Usually people don’t associate asthma with professional athletes, but 11-year-old kickboxing champion Nathan Kelly, aka Nate the Great, smashes that stereotype to pieces. Asthma is a condition that causes the air passages leading to and from the lungs to ...
5th April 2016
Felix Brown is a football-mad kid from Bournemouth who received some bad news in January. It was a terrible shock for his entire family but Felix has reacted with wit, positivity and valuable insights – becoming a social media superstar in ...
15th March 2016
Genetic testing during pregnancy can reveal a rare disease before a baby is born, helping parents to prepare. But just how much information do parents want about their child? All children are unique but Olivia Farnsworth is a true one-off. ...
16th February 2016
Taliya Dawkins was born without a left hand but that hasn’t stopped her from embracing gymnastics, acrobatics, swimming and ice-skating. Now eight years old, she joins a growing list of people whose lives are being transformed by prosthetics Sabrina ...