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 ...
6th December 2016
At barely 18, Jerdain had such intense back pain that he couldn’t even touch his toes. Jerdain is one of the estimated 90,000 people – most of them children and teenagers – who have scoliosis in Jamaica. Scoliosis is a condition that creates ...
14th November 2016
Nothing beats face-to-face contact with people who can support you with your disease or illness. But online patient communities can come close, says Kyle Jacques Rose. As someone who has spent the past 20 years supporting other people with diabetes, Kyle ...
10th November 2016
Giving an amputee the opportunity to walk again is rewarding work. Seeing that person running towards you on the prosthetic leg you fitted, to give you a great big hug, is even better. That’s why Roger Gonzalez does what ...
8th November 2016
Pneumonia kills more children than and other infectious disease. Simple counting beads could speed up diagnosis – and increase survival rates 920,136 children. That is the number of kids who died of pneumonia in 2015. Nine hundred and twenty thousand, one hundred and ...