13th September 2016
As a writer, I have my selection of favourite words in the English language. Words like orang-utan, spiralizer, and cocoon. However, to me, the best word in the English language is: warrior. While for some of you this word might ...
29th August 2016
Tony Seidl was shocked when, at age 39, doctors diagnosed him with Parkinson’s disease. After all, isn’t it something people’s grandparents have? In fact, most of the one in 500 people who have Parkinson’s are over 50 but you ...
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 ...
26th May 2016
Avid mountaineer Ginty Telfer-Wilkes refuses to let multiple sclerosis get in the way of her sky-high pursuits. Since being diagnosed with the neurological condition last year, Ginty has made it her personal mission to show the world that people with ...
22nd January 2016
When doctors missed her three-year-old’s brain cancer, Amanda decided she had to do whatever it takes to get a diagnosis for her child. Amanda Davies knew something was wrong. Over the course of a year, her daughter, Lil, had ...
29th October 2015
As a stroke coordinator for a hospital, Teri Ackerson knew the signs of a stroke, and what to do if someone displayed those symptoms. What she didn’t know was that sooner rather than later she would need to put ...
7th October 2015
She’s a budding British filmmaker who has her sights set on Hollywood. He was the first-ever comedian to perform stand-up on the Ellen DeGeneres Show and is a household name in the USA. They’re an ocean apart, but ...
4th June 2015
When we use a radio, we switch it on, tune into the station we want to listen to and then adjust the volume by turning it up and down. Could we switch conditions like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s off ...
26th January 2015
A woman with quadriplegia was able to manipulate a robot hand into four positions using just her thoughts to successfully pick up big and small boxes, a ball, an oddly shaped rock, and fat and skinny tubes. The findings describe, ...
8th January 2015
Smartphones have for long been so much more than smartphones. They can give us an eye exam, tell if we have an ear infection, help in managing diabetes. Diagnostics is one of the area leading the way, using phones as ...