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 ...
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 ...
28th April 2016
What happens when you’re a parent and you get a cancer diagnosis? Explaining it to the kids will probably be the hardest part of the journey. That was certainly the case for Katherine Simpson-Jacobs, who had to come to ...
11th April 2016
Diagnosing sepsis within the ‘Golden Hour’ offers the best chance of surviving a potentially lethal condition In 2005, Dr. Ron Daniels was working in the intensive care unit at the hospital where he had trained. As he walked into the ward ...
15th March 2016
Genetic testing during pregnancy can reveal a rare disease before a baby is born, helping parents to prepare. But just how much information do parents want about their child? All children are unique but Olivia Farnsworth is a true one-off. ...
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 ...
5th January 2016
A final twist in the remarkable story of a young boy with a rare immune disease that forced him to live life in a bubble. David Vetter’s life was truly unique. From the day he was born until shortly ...
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 ...
27th November 2015
When identical twin sisters were diagnosed with different forms of cancer, they began to wonder if cancer was “in their genes.” They discovered that gene sequencing could provide answers, but it could also raise some difficult questions. Kathy Giusti was ...
17th November 2015
Lucille Horn’s parents were told to plan their baby girl’s funeral – that ‘baby’ is now 95! In the early 20th century, preterm babies – or ‘preemies’ – rarely survived. In fact, most doctors thought it was pointless to try because the ...