2nd May 2018
Linda Proce’s career in disinfection started right on time. It was 2009 and Mexican Bird Flu was in full swing. Her story, however, began eight years earlier. The year 2001 marked the second time my life was plagued by a hospital ...
27th June 2016
How would you feel if every breath you took depended on a host of unpredictable variables like air quality, pollen, humidity, cigarette smoke, perfume, and some others that you didn’t even know about? This is the reality for people ...
23rd June 2016
Dawlen Tirkey, a nurse who had just delivered a baby girl, was one of 45,000 Indian mothers to die after childbirth last year. In India, and elsewhere, the infant mortality numbers are even higher – but it doesn’t have to be ...
21st June 2016
The ‘miniaturisation’ revolution could make cancer tests faster, simpler and accessible to all. Look around you. How many computers do you see? Are you reading this on a laptop or a tablet? Your kitchen may have a microwave and a ...
13th June 2016
After enduring regular epileptic seizures and trying new treatments for nearly three decades, Hélène Gonnot was fed up. The epilepsy medication that she’d been taking since her teens wasn’t working and Hélène’s doctors ...
9th June 2016
Natasha Louise Penney had always been aware of blood donation. But when her 18-month-old son was diagnosed with a rare form of bladder cancer, it took on a whole new meaning. Suddenly, all those “give blood” campaigns, which many of ...
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 ...
24th May 2016
Europe must make it easier to connect the dots between cancer patients’ health records. Information is power. But unless health information is recorded and shared, it is impossible for doctors to make informed decisions about patient care. There is a ...
18th May 2016
When Lou Cabeen learned she had rheumatoid arthritis her career as an artist could have been derailed. Instead, it marked a turning point in her career and a journey down a new creative avenue. Lou’s hand-woven textiles have filled ...
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 ...