19th January 2016
Rhian Johnson had seen nothing for five years until a ‘bionic eye’ gave her back her sight. Just as doctors can help deaf people to hear again, this breakthrough is the latest inspirational story of how scientists can save our ...
14th January 2016
Doctors gave Reggie a 20% chance of survival when he was born early at 23 weeks, weighing just over a kilogram. Though Danielle Stoakes and Matt Hansom were excited about becoming parents for the first time, they were also scared. Their son ...
12th January 2016
The stigma and misunderstanding that surround mental illness in developing countries leads to humiliation and hardship. Maurilia’s family had tied a rope around her neck to restrain her after a series of aggressive outbursts. Once a healthy and active ...
18th December 2015
Meet the ‘Breathless Choir’ – a group of singers who refuse to let their lung problems call the tune. “It’s in tune!” With those words, choirmaster Gareth Malone draws shrieks of joy and excitement from one of the most unlikely ...
15th December 2015
It looks like a makeshift wetsuit, but it’s not for surfers. The so-called non-pneumatic anti-shock garment (NASG) uses the power of compression to stop women from bleeding to death in childbirth. It’s really that simple. The NASG was ...
9th December 2015
Daniel Titley found a way to show his gratitude 23 years after receiving a donor heart from 14-year-old Stephen Norris, who’d lost his life in a bike accident. Unfortunately, he couldn’t thank Stephen himself, so he did the next ...
7th December 2015
When Gabrielle Jackson suggested writing a column about her experience with this debilitating disease, she discovered that many of her female colleagues at Guardian Australia were silently suffering from endometriosis, too. The next thing she knew, a global awareness campaign ...
3rd December 2015
You may not find this definition in the dictionary, but for National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS) Roadshow manager Damian Ball, it’s the one that matters most. Damian inspires young deaf people every day by driving around to schools ...
2nd December 2015
When Kris Saunders-Stowe met the Australian Paralympic team in London in 2012, he was inspired to take up wheelchair basketball. Local gyms had little to offer wheelchair users – so Kris set out to reimagine fitness training for people with differing abilities. “...
1st December 2015
We’ve come a long way since the first cases of HIV/AIDS were reported over 30 years ago, causing widespread panic, a lot of questions and few answers. Back then, by the time patients were diagnosed with the human immunodeficiency ...