8th June 2018
This blog is part of the Early Diagnosis campaign #BeFirst Early diagnosis and care can prevent illness from developing and slow disease progression. Lab tests, genetic tests, tests for chronic diseases and modern lab diagnostics can help facilitate earlier intervention ...
17th May 2018
Did you know that only half of people with high blood pressure are aware of it? Bettina Wallace was one of those people until she collapsed during her daily commute. “I was on the train home with my colleague and ...
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 ...
1st May 2018
For people living with severe asthma, daily tasks can be a real challenge. Could ‘smart inhalers’ empower patients by providing information on what triggers asthma attacks? ‘Simple things like walking upstairs can be very difficult,’ says Toni Latimer-Simpson who has ...
3rd March 2018
This blog is part of the Early Diagnosis campaign #BeFirst Early diagnosis and care can prevent illness from developing and slow disease progression. Lab tests, genetic tests, tests for chronic diseases and modern lab diagnostics can help facilitate earlier intervention ...
24th November 2017
When he was born, Marc’s mother thought his vision problem was the result of medication she had taken while pregnant. Now, 60 years later, he knows his condition is genetic – and an innovative ‘bionic eye’ has given him the chance ...
9th February 2017
Shakardokht Jafari knew her father had leukemia. The young Afghan woman had flouted tradition by earning a radiology degree, and she recognized the symptoms. Afghanistan had no cancer treatment, though, and the closest help was in Pakistan. Traveling over mountains ...
19th January 2017
3D imaging will change how we diagnose disease, train doctors and build spare body parts – and may even allow us to see our unborn babies in the round long before they are born Fans of Grey’s Anatomy (the hit ...
12th January 2017
Women do well in healthcare and healthcare does well because of women. But despite holding some of the top jobs in healthcare and delivering the best results in the clinic, women are still under-represented in health innovation. Things may be ...
8th December 2016
That’s what many of us have grown up to believe. But for billions of patients in low-resource countries, safe surgery is an unaffordable luxury. International charity Lifebox is working to change this. It helps hospitals in poorer countries with ...