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14th June 2023

“It’s so simple, but so clever”

This is how Laura Fricker describes the two blood transfusions that saved her son’s life while she was still carrying him in her womb. “When I was about 15 ...

by Karen Finn Family
 
26th April 2023

Celebrating your C-section

by Karen Finn Family
 
20th April 2023

My family’s encounter with antimicrobial resistance

by Comms Team Family
 
Family 14th June 2023

“It’s so simple, but so clever”

This is how Laura Fricker describes the two blood transfusions that saved her son’s life while she was still carrying him in her womb. “When I was about 15 weeks pregnant with Sebby, my daughter came down with slapped cheek ...

• by Karen Finn

Family 26th April 2023

Celebrating your C-section

Like most expectant mothers, Fiona Oakes planned to birth her children vaginally. However, it soon became apparent that a caesarean section, or C-section, would be necessary. To mark Caesarean Awareness Month, she shares her story with This Is MedTech. Medical ...

• by Karen Finn

Family 20th April 2023

My family’s encounter with antimicrobial resistance

In 2011 I was expecting twins. At week 25 my water broke, and I was admitted to the hospital, where doctors found out I had an infection. I was given antibiotics for the first two days, and I was bedridden for the ...

• by Comms Team

Family 28th February 2023

Shining a light on rare disease

When Veronica Popa learned that her baby had a rare genetic syndrome and wasn’t expected to live past two years old, she refused to give up hope. Here she shares her story with This Is MedTech to raise awareness ...

• by Karen Finn

Cardio 27th January 2023

Artificial Intelligence in heart care is as much about the small as it is about the grand things

Wendy Davis was a healthy runner in her late twenties when she experienced a sudden heart failure for the first time which led to her being implanted with a pacemaker. Some years later her 8-year-old son had to save her ...

• by Comms Team

Family 21st October 2022

Finding hope in a patient-driven approach to health data

Photo by Vicky Drachmann Danielle Drachmann has been creating awareness about pathological idiopathic ketotic hypoglycaemia since her children as well as herself were diagnosed.  This rare condition affects blood glucose and ketone levels within the body – potentially leading to life-threatening ...

• by Comms Team

Family 8th July 2022

DIGITAL DATA SHARING CAN CHANGE HEALTHCARE CONVERSATIONS

Dan Beever was delighted when he was asked to join a research team evaluating a new cystic fibrosis (CF) digital health hub designed to help people with CF to adhere to their inhaled medications. Dan had not only worked in ...

• by Comms Team

Family 16th November 2021

Our twins’ early birth was completely unexpected

Professional singer Ruth Kiang was working shortly before her labour started. Just a few hours later, Emily and Alice were born. “My pregnancy was very straightforward and as twin pregnancies go, very easy. I was feeling well throughout and there ...

• by Karen Finn

Family 19th January 2021

MY LITTLE MIRACLES

Karen Marks’ dream had always been to become a mum, but she knew it wasn’t going to be easy. With the help of medical technology, she has overcome the obstacles that she faced and closed 2020 with the family she ...

• by Comms Team

Family 18th March 2020

Supporting premature babies & their parents

Scottish Member of Parliament David Linden has experienced twice what it’s like to have a child born prematurely. “It’s an incredibly traumatic experience,” he tells This Is MedTech. Although both of David’s children arrived six weeks early, ...

• by Karen Finn

Family 15th November 2019

When your bundle of joy arrives early

Six weeks before her baby’s due date, Holly Matthews went into hospital to get a headache checked out, not knowing she was going to become a mum much sooner than expected. “They did some tests like blood pressure and ...

• by Karen Finn

Family 15th April 2019

When a C-section is the safest birth option

When you’re pregnant, there’s a lot of talk about the “birth plan” – basically a blueprint for how you’d like the baby’s delivery to go in an ideal scenario. But sometimes life doesn’t cooperate and that’...

• by Comms Team

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