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As their car pulled into the driveway, and Henry opened the door for his family, he collapsed, unable to lift ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/d-iannonemedtecheurope-org/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-cardio post-2790 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cardio" id="post-2790"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/cardio" class="category">Cardio</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/happiness-is-a-new-heartbeat/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Carole1.jpeg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 28th September 2023 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/happiness-is-a-new-heartbeat/" rel="bookmark">Happiness is a new heartbeat</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>When Carole Railton was told that her fainting spells and severe breathlessness were symptoms of long COVID, something didn’t add up. Further investigation using medical technology revealed a complex heart condition. “It was about a year after I was ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/d-iannonemedtecheurope-org/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-chronic-conditions post-2794 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chronic-conditions category-digital-health tag-digital-health tag-health-data" id="post-2794"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/chronic-conditions" class="category">Chronic Conditions</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/the-life-saving-tech-you-can-wear-on-your-wrist/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/TIM-Picture-8.png" /> </a> <span class="date"> 17th September 2023 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/the-life-saving-tech-you-can-wear-on-your-wrist/" rel="bookmark">The life-saving tech you can wear on your wrist</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>It’s hard to imagine that your watch could save your life, but that’s exactly what happened to Joe Plumb, who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes as a child. To mark World Patient Safety Day, he shares his story ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-bones-joints-muscles post-2787 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bones-joints-muscles tag-bones-joints tag-surgery" id="post-2787"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/bones-joints-muscles" class="category">Bones, Joints & Muscles</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/without-life-saving-surgery-maree-could-have-spent-life-in-a-wheelchair/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/JOHNSON-STILL-7.png" /> </a> <span class="date"> 5th September 2023 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/without-life-saving-surgery-maree-could-have-spent-life-in-a-wheelchair/" rel="bookmark">Without life-saving surgery, Maree could have spent life in a wheelchair</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Before the age of 30, Yorkshire-based Maree Macey had already been operated on 29 times. She was born with a rare genetic bone growth disorder (Spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia) that results in short stature. Her condition made her more prone to injuries that developed ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/d-iannonemedtecheurope-org/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-chronic-conditions post-2770 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chronic-conditions" id="post-2770"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/chronic-conditions" class="category">Chronic Conditions</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/the-complex-life-of-a-sickle-cell-warrior/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/shutterstock_173862176.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 19th June 2023 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/the-complex-life-of-a-sickle-cell-warrior/" rel="bookmark">The complex life of a sickle cell warrior</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>“One minute you wake up fine and you’re ready to start the day and then within the next hour you may have to cancel everything.” This is what every day is like when you live with Sickle Cell Disease, ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-family post-2767 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-family category-getting-checked" id="post-2767"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/family" class="category">Family</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/its-so-simple-but-so-clever/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TIM-Picture-5.png" /> </a> <span class="date"> 14th June 2023 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/its-so-simple-but-so-clever/" rel="bookmark">“It’s so simple, but so clever”</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>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 ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-cardio post-2764 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cardio category-getting-checked" id="post-2764"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/cardio" class="category">Cardio</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/i-have-loved-every-single-day-of-being-a-nurse/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/TIM-Picture-3.png" /> </a> <span class="date"> 12th May 2023 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/i-have-loved-every-single-day-of-being-a-nurse/" rel="bookmark">“I have loved every single day of being a nurse”</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>More than three decades after Michelle Beaver began her career, the award-winning cardiology nurse is as dedicated as ever. We caught up with her on International Nurses Day to talk about the improvements she’s seen in patient care and ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-family post-2759 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-family tag-caesarean-section tag-family tag-women" id="post-2759"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/family" class="category">Family</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/celebrating-your-c-section/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/TIM-Picture-2.png" /> </a> <span class="date"> 26th April 2023 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/celebrating-your-c-section/" rel="bookmark">Celebrating your C-section</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>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 ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-family post-2754 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-family tag-amr tag-family tag-pregnancy" id="post-2754"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/family" class="category">Family</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/my-familys-encounter-with-antimicrobial-resistance/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Pernilla-2023-03-27.jpeg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 20th April 2023 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/my-familys-encounter-with-antimicrobial-resistance/" rel="bookmark">My family’s encounter with antimicrobial resistance</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>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 ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/d-iannonemedtecheurope-org/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-family post-2745 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-family" id="post-2745"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/family" class="category">Family</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/shining-a-light-on-rare-disease/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/TIM-Picture.png" /> </a> <span class="date"> 28th February 2023 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/shining-a-light-on-rare-disease/" rel="bookmark">Shining a light on rare disease</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>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 ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-cardio post-2739 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cardio category-digital-health category-family tag-cardio" id="post-2739"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/cardio" class="category">Cardio</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/artificial-intelligence-in-heart-care-is-as-much-about-the-small-as-it-is-about-the-grand-things/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Facebook-Shared-Image-1200x630-1.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 27th January 2023 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/artificial-intelligence-in-heart-care-is-as-much-about-the-small-as-it-is-about-the-grand-things/" rel="bookmark">Artificial Intelligence in heart care is as much about the small as it is about the grand things</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>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 ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/d-iannonemedtecheurope-org/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-bones-joints-muscles post-2736 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bones-joints-muscles tag-bones-joints tag-paralysis" id="post-2736"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/bones-joints-muscles" class="category">Bones, Joints & Muscles</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/riding-in-the-fast-lane-with-a-spinal-injury/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/AaronMorgan_1-scaled.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 1st December 2022 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/riding-in-the-fast-lane-with-a-spinal-injury/" rel="bookmark">Riding in the fast lane with a spinal injury</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Photo by 938 Media Aaron Morgan is living his dream as a race car driver, despite a life-changing spinal injury at age 15 that left him paralysed from the lower chest down. To help raise awareness on International Day of Persons with ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-cancer post-2728 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cancer tag-cancer tag-diagnostics tag-young" id="post-2728"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/cancer" class="category">Cancer</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/living-through-thyroid-cancer/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Jordan4.jpeg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 21st November 2022 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/living-through-thyroid-cancer/" rel="bookmark">Living through thyroid cancer</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>At 21, Jordan Ramsay got the news that would change her life forever. The mysterious lump that she’d noticed behind her ear a few years earlier was thyroid cancer. “Before my diagnosis, I didn’t know anyone my age who ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-family post-2724 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-family tag-blood-test tag-diagnostics tag-digital-health tag-health-data" id="post-2724"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/family" class="category">Family</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/finding-hope-in-a-patient-driven-approach-to-health-data/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Danielle-1.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 21st October 2022 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/finding-hope-in-a-patient-driven-approach-to-health-data/" rel="bookmark">Finding hope in a patient-driven approach to health data</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>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 ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/d-iannonemedtecheurope-org/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-cancer post-2719 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cancer category-cardio" id="post-2719"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/cancer" class="category">Cancer</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/fighting-fit-med-tech/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Anita-Tucker-scaled-e1663153015342.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 11th October 2022 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/fighting-fit-med-tech/" rel="bookmark">‘FIGHTING FIT’ THANKS TO MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Anita Tucker was 31 with a one-year-old baby when medical technology flagged that she needed a pacemaker. A few years later, med tech came to her aid again, when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Now 46, Anita has not only been ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/d-iannonemedtecheurope-org/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-pure-tech post-2714 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-pure-tech tag-prosthetics" id="post-2714"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/pure-tech" class="category">Pure Tech</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/paralympian-skier-triathlete-musician/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/20220211_122040-scaled.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 4th October 2022 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/paralympian-skier-triathlete-musician/" rel="bookmark">“I’M JUST GETTING STARTED,” SAYS PARALYMPIAN SKIER, TRIATHLETE AND MUSICIAN</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>In 2012, UK Royal Air Force musician Shona Brownlee suffered a seemingly minor leg injury, which in fact had caused irreparable nerve and ligament damage. Following an elective below-knee amputation, and supported by a range of prosthetics, Shona is not only ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/d-iannonemedtecheurope-org/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-family post-2708 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-family category-pure-tech" id="post-2708"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/family" class="category">Family</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/digital-data-sharing-can-change-healthcare-conversations/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/shutterstock_1404168251.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 8th July 2022 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/digital-data-sharing-can-change-healthcare-conversations/" rel="bookmark">DIGITAL DATA SHARING CAN CHANGE HEALTHCARE CONVERSATIONS</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>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 ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-pure-tech post-2702 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-pure-tech tag-digital-health" id="post-2702"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/pure-tech" class="category">Pure Tech</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/empowerment-through-digital-health/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Donna-Burgundy-J-Cross-20221.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 16th June 2022 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/empowerment-through-digital-health/" rel="bookmark">EMPOWERMENT THROUGH DIGITAL HEALTH</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Equipped with wearables, smart scales and apps, Global Liver Institute’s Founder, President & CEO Donna Cryer feels empowered to manage her day-to-day health and partner with her doctors in her healthcare. Following her inspirational story on This Is MedTech – ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-bones-joints-muscles post-2699 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bones-joints-muscles" id="post-2699"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/bones-joints-muscles" class="category">Bones, Joints & Muscles</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/walking-again-after-paralysis/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG-20210505-WA0041.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 17th May 2022 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/walking-again-after-paralysis/" rel="bookmark">Walking again after paralysis</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>“The first time that I stood up… it was like when you start a run. Now you are a starter for the challenge – the game has begun!” Michel Roccati was 27 years old when he was paralysed in a motorbike accident ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-chronic-conditions post-2696 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chronic-conditions tag-disabilities tag-international-day-of-disability" id="post-2696"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/chronic-conditions" class="category">Chronic Conditions</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/brittle-bones-unbreakable-spirit/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/act.png" /> </a> <span class="date"> 3rd December 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/brittle-bones-unbreakable-spirit/" rel="bookmark">Brittle bones, unbreakable spirit</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Sam Renke has been challenging misconceptions about disability since she was diagnosed with a rare genetic condition called Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI), or brittle bone condition, shortly after her birth. “I was born with multiple fractures and I actually fractured in ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-getting-checked post-2693 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-getting-checked tag-aids" id="post-2693"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/getting-checked" class="category">Getting Checked</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/a-healthy-and-fulfilling-life-with-hiv/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Capture.png" /> </a> <span class="date"> 1st December 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/a-healthy-and-fulfilling-life-with-hiv/" rel="bookmark">A HEALTHY AND FULFILLING LIFE WITH HIV</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>“The thing people are surprised about is how little living with HIV impacts my life,” says CEO of NAM aidsmap, Matthew Hodson. With a full schedule, leading one of the world’s foremost sources of HIV information and sharing his ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-cancer post-2691 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cancer tag-pancreatic-cancer" id="post-2691"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/cancer" class="category">Cancer</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/early-detection-of-pancreatic-cancer-probably-saved-my-life/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Robert-Slaven-scaled.jpeg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 30th November 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/early-detection-of-pancreatic-cancer-probably-saved-my-life/" rel="bookmark">EARLY DETECTION OF PANCREATIC CANCER PROBABLY SAVED MY LIFE</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>“When they came and told me it was pancreatic cancer, I thought that was the end,” says 60-year-old Robert Slaven from Scotland. But with an early diagnosis, made possible by medical technology, Robert is now looking forward to getting on ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-family post-2688 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-family tag-world-prematurity-day" id="post-2688"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/family" class="category">Family</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/our-twins-early-birth-was-completely-unexpected/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Capture.png" /> </a> <span class="date"> 16th November 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/our-twins-early-birth-was-completely-unexpected/" rel="bookmark">Our twins’ early birth was completely unexpected</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>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 ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-in-your-head post-2683 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-in-your-head tag-stroke" id="post-2683"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/in-your-head" class="category">In Your Head</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/a-life-of-adventure-after-stroke/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/paulmcleanedits-10-scaled.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 27th October 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/a-life-of-adventure-after-stroke/" rel="bookmark">A life of adventure after stroke</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>When Paul McLean suffered a severe stroke at the age of 40 his chances didn’t look good. Thanks to an innovative procedure enabled by medical technology, Paul is now embracing a life filled with adventure and is enjoying watching his ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-bones-joints-muscles post-2681 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bones-joints-muscles tag-osteoporosis" id="post-2681"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/bones-joints-muscles" class="category">Bones, Joints & Muscles</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/rebuilding-her-backbone-and-her-life/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/KarenFaulkner_Osteoporosis.jpeg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 20th October 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/rebuilding-her-backbone-and-her-life/" rel="bookmark">Rebuilding her backbone and her life</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Karen Faulkner was shocked when a spinal fracture led to a surprise osteoporosis diagnosis. Having always led a healthy and active lifestyle, at 60 years old she assumed that her risk of developing osteoporosis was very low. “I couldn’t believe ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-bones-joints-muscles post-2678 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bones-joints-muscles tag-paralympics" id="post-2678"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/bones-joints-muscles" class="category">Bones, Joints & Muscles</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/raising-the-bar-on-talipes/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Jonathan-Broom-Edwards_2.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 8th October 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/raising-the-bar-on-talipes/" rel="bookmark">Raising the bar on talipes</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>When international high-jumper Jonathan Broom-Edwards was diagnosed with talipes equinovarus at birth, his mum worried it would hold him back. As he took gold at the 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo, he showed just what can be achieved with talipes. “It was ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-cardio post-2649 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cardio tag-cardiovascular" id="post-2649"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/cardio" class="category">Cardio</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/two-heart-surgeries-and-unstoppable/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Robyn_image31.jpeg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 28th September 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/two-heart-surgeries-and-unstoppable/" rel="bookmark">Two heart surgeries and unstoppable</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Fitness enthusiast Robyn Cairney was shocked when a cough during exercise led doctors to discover a serious heart condition at age 17. “I was doing some fitness tests at college and after the mile run, I was coughing. It was something ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-getting-checked post-2672 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-getting-checked tag-sepsis" id="post-2672"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/getting-checked" class="category">Getting Checked</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/power-over-sepsis/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Poppy-Downes1.jpeg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 16th September 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/power-over-sepsis/" rel="bookmark">Power Over Sepsis</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>“Knowledge is power,” says 23-year-old graduate Poppy Downes. “I had no idea what sepsis was when I developed symptoms at a dance festival four years ago. It just shows how important it is to be educated about it.” “It was ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-cancer post-2669 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cancer tag-leukaemia tag-lymphoma tag-non-hodgkin" id="post-2669"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/cancer" class="category">Cancer</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/nbeaten-by-non-hodgkin-lymphoma/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Hannah-Webb.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 7th September 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/nbeaten-by-non-hodgkin-lymphoma/" rel="bookmark">UNBEATEN BY NON-HODGKIN LYMPHOMA</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>When jewellery designer and lecturer Hannah Webb had a chest x-ray she thought nothing would come of it. Four years later, she recalls her diagnosis and journey to overcome non-Hodgkin lymphoma. “It was July 2017 and we were staying in a ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-chronic-conditions post-2646 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chronic-conditions tag-hepatitis" id="post-2646"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/chronic-conditions" class="category">Chronic Conditions</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/embracing-life-after-hepatitis-c/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/karenhoyt721.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 15th July 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/embracing-life-after-hepatitis-c/" rel="bookmark">Embracing life after Hepatitis C</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Karen Hoyt had no idea that there was anything wrong with her liver when her feet started swelling one day while she was riding her bike. A high school teacher, adjunct professor and community volunteer with many active hobbies, Karen ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-chronic-conditions post-2643 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chronic-conditions tag-diabetes" id="post-2643"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/chronic-conditions" class="category">Chronic Conditions</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/freedom-with-type-1-diabetes/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Khadija-Stewart-Brown.jpeg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 7th July 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/freedom-with-type-1-diabetes/" rel="bookmark">Freedom with Type 1 Diabetes</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Khadija Stewart-Brown accepted daily insulin injections and finger-prick tests as part of normal life, but then she reached her teens. “I saw the difference between me and my peers and it got annoying,” she says. Khadija has always had to ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-chronic-conditions post-2640 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chronic-conditions category-uncategorised tag-blood tag-sickle-cell" id="post-2640"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/chronic-conditions" class="category">Chronic Conditions</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/the-power-of-sickle-cell-disease-advocacy/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/KevinWake2.jpeg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 18th June 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/the-power-of-sickle-cell-disease-advocacy/" rel="bookmark">The power of Sickle Cell Disease advocacy</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Kevin Wake’s mother taught him to become a Sickle Cell Disease expert from a young age. Today, the seasoned patient advocate shares his story with This Is MedTech to mark World Sickle Cell Day. “I was diagnosed when I ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-chronic-conditions post-2638 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chronic-conditions tag-blood" id="post-2638"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/chronic-conditions" class="category">Chronic Conditions</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/living-a-very-normal-life-with-thalassaemia/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Amit-Ghelani-1-scaled.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 16th June 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/living-a-very-normal-life-with-thalassaemia/" rel="bookmark">LIVING A VERY NORMAL LIFE WITH THALASSAEMIA</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>“They knew I had thalassemia even before I was born, and they knew it was major,” says Amit Ghelani. But with an effective treatment plan, including regular blood transfusions and routine monitoring, Amit, now 35, lives what he happily describes as ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-chronic-conditions post-2629 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chronic-conditions tag-blood-pressure tag-hypertension tag-world-hypertension-day" id="post-2629"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/chronic-conditions" class="category">Chronic Conditions</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/keeping-an-eye-on-your-blood-pressure/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/NicolaMcKeenin_Image-scaled.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 17th May 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/keeping-an-eye-on-your-blood-pressure/" rel="bookmark">Keeping an eye on your blood pressure</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>At 43, health researcher Nicola McMeekin was blissfully unaware of her hypertension until she had a life-threatening heart injury. “There was no warning. I was sitting at my desk writing an email when I suddenly had pains in my chest, down ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-pure-tech post-2601 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-pure-tech tag-rare-disease" id="post-2601"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/pure-tech" class="category">Pure Tech</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/taking-rare-disease-in-my-stride/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Oliver-Hardwell_13.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 10th May 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/taking-rare-disease-in-my-stride/" rel="bookmark">Taking rare disease in my stride</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Four-year-old Oliver Hardwell shows that he is not going to let pontocerebellar hypoplasia – PCH – hold him back. Oliver is one in a million if not one in a billion. While his diagnosis is not clear cut, genetic tests suggest that ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-getting-checked post-2621 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-getting-checked category-uncategorised tag-ibs tag-irritable-bowel-syndrome" id="post-2621"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/getting-checked" class="category">Getting Checked</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/a-positive-outcome-of-irritable-bowel-syndrome/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ibs-scaled.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 3rd May 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/a-positive-outcome-of-irritable-bowel-syndrome/" rel="bookmark">A positive outcome of irritable bowel syndrome</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>For Lottie Drynan, having irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) came with some unexpected turns. Despite experiencing a host of symptoms that significantly impact her quality of life, Lottie has found huge comfort in her blossoming role as an award-winning IBS patient ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-getting-checked post-2619 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-getting-checked tag-sarcoidosis" id="post-2619"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/getting-checked" class="category">Getting Checked</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/tackling-new-heights-with-sarcoidosis/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MOO_8559.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 28th April 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/tackling-new-heights-with-sarcoidosis/" rel="bookmark">TACKLING NEW HEIGHTS WITH SARCOIDOSIS</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Stewart Armstrong is a force to be reckoned with. Not satisfied with taming his sarcoidosis and life-threatening aspergillosis, last year he demonstrated just what can be achieved, by climbing the height of Mount Everest. Stewart’s health journey started about ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-chronic-conditions post-2615 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chronic-conditions tag-haemophilia" id="post-2615"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/chronic-conditions" class="category">Chronic Conditions</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/no-limits-with-haemophilia/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/WFH-Me-Bike1.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 15th April 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/no-limits-with-haemophilia/" rel="bookmark">NO LIMITS WITH HAEMOPHILIA</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>“Haemophilia shouldn’t limit what people do,” says Clive Smith, qualified barrister, prominent haemophilia patient advocate and keen sportsman. As if to reinforce his point, Clive has not only competed for Great Britain in the European duathlon championships but is ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-bones-joints-muscles post-2607 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bones-joints-muscles tag-knee tag-osteotomy" id="post-2607"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/bones-joints-muscles" class="category">Bones, Joints & Muscles</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/living-my-active-life/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Picture1.png" /> </a> <span class="date"> 29th March 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/living-my-active-life/" rel="bookmark">Living my active life</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Daniela Knecht had been suffering knee pain for years when she went looking for a way to continue living her full and active life. The first day after her surgery, she was up and about and feeling fantastic. “You know ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-getting-checked post-2609 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-getting-checked tag-endometriosis" id="post-2609"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/getting-checked" class="category">Getting Checked</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/endometriosis-warriors-unite/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Webinar.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 29th March 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/endometriosis-warriors-unite/" rel="bookmark">Endometriosis warriors unite</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Keisha Meek and Nikita Chadha bonded under unusual circumstances. The women met through a shared chronic condition called endometriosis. Like many people with this debilitating gynaecological disorder, it took Keisha and Nikita many years to get a diagnosis. Now they ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-getting-checked post-2604 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-getting-checked tag-tb tag-tuberculosis" id="post-2604"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/getting-checked" class="category">Getting Checked</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/a-life-after-tuberculosis/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Samara-Barnes_2-003.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 24th March 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/a-life-after-tuberculosis/" rel="bookmark">A life after tuberculosis</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Five years ago, British local election candidate Samara Barnes was astonished to learn that her persistent cough was tuberculosis (TB). To mark World TB Day, Samara shares her story with This Is MedTech. “I had had a cough for a ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-in-your-head post-2598 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-in-your-head tag-encephalitis" id="post-2598"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/in-your-head" class="category">In Your Head</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/encephalitis-and-beyond/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Rhianna-Urquharth.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 19th February 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/encephalitis-and-beyond/" rel="bookmark">Encephalitis and beyond</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Rhianna Urquhart was just starting university when she developed strange and erratic psychiatric symptoms that baffled her doctors. At that time, Rhianna’s mum couldn’t have imagined that her daughter would get to where she is today, back home ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-cancer post-2594 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cancer tag-childhood-cancer tag-paediatric-cancer" id="post-2594"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/cancer" class="category">Cancer</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/surviving-childhood-cancer/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Seb_Image1.jpeg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 15th February 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/surviving-childhood-cancer/" rel="bookmark">Surviving childhood cancer</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Several years ago, Natasha Penney shared the story of her toddler Sebastian, who was diagnosed with a rare form of bladder cancer at 18 months old. Now the six-year-old is thriving. To mark International Childhood Cancer Day, This Is MedTech decided ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-in-your-head post-2591 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-in-your-head tag-epilepsy" id="post-2591"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/in-your-head" class="category">In Your Head</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/epilepsy-has-not-slowed-me-down/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Manny-Robertson-2-scaled.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 8th February 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/epilepsy-has-not-slowed-me-down/" rel="bookmark">EPILEPSY HAS NOT SLOWED ME DOWN</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Rising cycling star Matthew Robertson worried his epilepsy would stop him from achieving his dream: to cycle for Great Britain. To mark International Epilepsy Day, Matthew shares his story, as he continues to show his colours as part of the ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-pure-tech post-2588 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-pure-tech tag-liver tag-liver-disease" id="post-2588"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/pure-tech" class="category">Pure Tech</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/keeping-pace-with-innovation-has-saved-my-life/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Donna-Cryer-Horizontal-2015-scaled.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 28th January 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/keeping-pace-with-innovation-has-saved-my-life/" rel="bookmark">KEEPING PACE WITH INNOVATION HAS SAVED MY LIFE</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>“Without the right diagnostics, frankly, I would have died,” says Global Liver Institute Founder, President and CEO Donna Cryer. Little wonder she now spends her time thinking about advancements in medical technologies, not only to optimise her own health but ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-chronic-conditions post-2581 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chronic-conditions tag-diabetes" id="post-2581"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/chronic-conditions" class="category">Chronic Conditions</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/taking-a-hammer-to-diabetes/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Carsten-Fischer.jpeg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 22nd January 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/taking-a-hammer-to-diabetes/" rel="bookmark">TAKING A HAMMER TO DIABETES</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>“With or without diabetes, there’s nothing you can’t be,” says German field hockey Olympic champion and orthopaedic surgeon Carsten Fischer. But there was a time when Carsten – nicknamed The Man With the Hammer for his ferocious penalty corners – ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-family post-2579 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-family tag-in-vitro-fertilisation tag-ivf" id="post-2579"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/family" class="category">Family</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/my-little-miracles/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Credit_Kathryn-Anne-Photography_1-scaled.jpeg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 19th January 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/my-little-miracles/" rel="bookmark">MY LITTLE MIRACLES</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>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 ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-cancer post-2577 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cancer tag-breast-cancer" id="post-2577"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/cancer" class="category">Cancer</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/secondary-breast-cancer-a-new-way-of-living/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_7100-scaled.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 13th January 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/secondary-breast-cancer-a-new-way-of-living/" rel="bookmark">Secondary breast cancer: a new way of living</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Jo Taylor’s situation is something of a double-edged sword. She relies on continuous treatment for secondary breast cancer to maintain a good quality of life, but she doesn’t want that treatment to take over her life. “I was ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-bones-joints-muscles post-2573 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bones-joints-muscles tag-pagets-disease" id="post-2573"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/bones-joints-muscles" class="category">Bones, Joints & Muscles</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/standing-strong-with-pagets-disease/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/simon-Leigh2-2-scaled.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 4th January 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/standing-strong-with-pagets-disease/" rel="bookmark">Standing strong with Paget’s disease</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Simon Leigh had nearly recovered from ankle surgery when he started experiencing intense pain and swelling on the same leg. X-rays and scans led his doctors to an unexpected diagnosis and a little-used medical procedure. “Investigative X-rays showed abnormal bone ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-bones-joints-muscles post-2570 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bones-joints-muscles" id="post-2570"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/bones-joints-muscles" class="category">Bones, Joints & Muscles</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/going-for-gold/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Kayleigh-Haggo-scaled.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 11th December 2020 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/going-for-gold/" rel="bookmark">Going for gold</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Kayleigh Haggo is living proof of her maxim, ‘you can achieve anything you set your mind to’. Fitting with this year’s World Cerebral Palsy Day theme, #CPMakeYourMark, 21-year-old Kayleigh is blazing a trail in the international para-sport of race ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-bones-joints-muscles post-2561 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bones-joints-muscles category-chronic-conditions" id="post-2561"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/bones-joints-muscles" class="category">Bones, Joints & Muscles</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/sky-is-the-limit/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/shutterstock_15447459982.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 26th November 2020 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/sky-is-the-limit/" rel="bookmark">Sky is the limit</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Andy Braybrook’s life changed after a near-fatal accident left him permanently paralysed. Three years after his road collision, he is now back on the road and setting his sights even higher. Andy’s story started on the first fine ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-bones-joints-muscles post-2557 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bones-joints-muscles" id="post-2557"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/bones-joints-muscles" class="category">Bones, Joints & Muscles</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/back-on-the-start-line/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG_28454.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 18th November 2020 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/back-on-the-start-line/" rel="bookmark">BACK ON THE START LINE</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Before the break in her foot, British middle-distance runner Bobby Clay had no indication that there was anything wrong with her bone health. “I had competed internationally in athletics from a young teenager all the way through to the end ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-bones-joints-muscles post-2554 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bones-joints-muscles tag-arthritis" id="post-2554"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/bones-joints-muscles" class="category">Bones, Joints & Muscles</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/life-is-better-than-ever/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Fotolia_237394619_Subscription_Monthly_M.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 3rd November 2020 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/life-is-better-than-ever/" rel="bookmark">Life is better than ever</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Three years ago, I needed help getting dressed in the mornings. Now I am a Pilates devotee, living an active, balanced life. My journey with rheumatoid arthritis started out on an otherwise idyllic holiday in France, when I was 42 years ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-cancer post-2550 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cancer" id="post-2550"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/cancer" class="category">Cancer</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/when-medtech-gives-you-good-news/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/shutterstock_1505793707-scaled.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 6th October 2020 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/when-medtech-gives-you-good-news/" rel="bookmark">When medtech gives you good news</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>To shine a light on Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Karen Finn shares her story about the importance of breast screening. Last year, I was having some pain in my left breast and it felt like there were some physical changes, ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-cardio post-2539 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cardio tag-lungs tag-pulmonary-hypertension" id="post-2539"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/cardio" class="category">Cardio</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/enjoying-life-with-pulmonary-hypertension/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/D-Stott.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 29th September 2020 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/enjoying-life-with-pulmonary-hypertension/" rel="bookmark">Enjoying life with pulmonary hypertension</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Despite an overwhelming diagnosis, David Stott returned to enjoying life, family time and staying fit, all while helping others with the same condition – the epitome of today’s World Heart Day message, ‘Use Heart … for society, your loved ones and ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-bones-joints-muscles post-2546 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bones-joints-muscles tag-mep tag-politician tag-spinal-muscular-atrophy tag-spine tag-stelios-kympouropoulos" id="post-2546"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/bones-joints-muscles" class="category">Bones, Joints & Muscles</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/dreaming-without-limits/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Capture.png" /> </a> <span class="date"> 21st September 2020 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/dreaming-without-limits/" rel="bookmark">DREAMING WITHOUT LIMITS</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Stelios Kympouropoulos, Psychiatrist and Greek Member of the European Parliament (MEP). I would encourage everyone to pursue their dreams and not let anything stand in their way. At the age of 14 months I was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-cardio post-2524 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cardio" id="post-2524"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/cardio" class="category">Cardio</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/keeping-your-heart-in-the-game/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/dan.png" /> </a> <span class="date"> 14th September 2020 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/keeping-your-heart-in-the-game/" rel="bookmark">Keeping your heart in the game</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>When Dan Gay found out that he had a faulty heart valve, he faced the biggest challenge of his life: giving up basketball. The professional basketball player was competing at the World Championships when he collapsed on the court. “They ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-bones-joints-muscles post-2525 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bones-joints-muscles tag-immunation tag-paralympics tag-spine tag-wheelchair" id="post-2525"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/bones-joints-muscles" class="category">Bones, Joints & Muscles</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/racing-towards-the-gold/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/NathanMaguire_Photo-scaled.jpeg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 3rd September 2020 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/racing-towards-the-gold/" rel="bookmark">Racing towards the gold</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>“I was fully able-bodied until I was eight. Then one day I woke up and couldn’t walk,” says British Paralympic wheelchair racer Nathan Maguire. It took about two weeks before doctors could confirm that Nathan had transverse myelitis, an ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-cardio post-2536 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cardio tag-cardioverter-defibrillator tag-s-icd" id="post-2536"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/cardio" class="category">Cardio</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/the-heart-of-a-champion/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Katharina-Bauer2-scaled.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 25th August 2020 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/the-heart-of-a-champion/" rel="bookmark">The Heart of a Champion</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p> For Katharina Bauer pole vaulting is her life’s passion — or as she says, “her big love.” The sport of pole vaulting is not for the faint of heart. Competitors sprint down a track and launch themselves into the air, ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-getting-checked post-2532 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-getting-checked tag-hcv tag-hepatitis" id="post-2532"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/getting-checked" class="category">Getting Checked</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/getting-educated-about-hepatitis-c/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/RonniMarks_Photo-scaled.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 27th July 2020 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/getting-educated-about-hepatitis-c/" rel="bookmark">Getting educated about Hepatitis C</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>When Ronni Marks found out she had Hepatitis C in 1996, there were no patient support groups and the internet was in its infancy. In other words, information was scarce. “My mother was having knee surgery and I went to donate ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-getting-checked post-2528 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-getting-checked tag-covid-19" id="post-2528"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/getting-checked" class="category">Getting Checked</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/getting-through-covid-19/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Capture12.png" /> </a> <span class="date"> 6th July 2020 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/getting-through-covid-19/" rel="bookmark">Getting through COVID-19</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>It seems that everyone has felt the effects of coronavirus to a degree. But some people like Steve Radigan, who shares his story with This Is MedTech, have been impacted more than others. “My initial symptom was an infrequent dry ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-cardio post-2522 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cardio tag-cardio tag-stroke" id="post-2522"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/cardio" class="category">Cardio</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/she-is-undefeatable/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Simone_Photo2.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 29th June 2020 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/she-is-undefeatable/" rel="bookmark">She is undefeatable</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>“I didn't actually realise I had a health problem until I was about seven years old, when my mum told me I had to have an operation on my heart,” says Simone Gomes. This was devastating and confusing. “Even though ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-bones-joints-muscles post-2519 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bones-joints-muscles tag-athlete tag-hannah-cockroft tag-paralympic" id="post-2519"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/bones-joints-muscles" class="category">Bones, Joints & Muscles</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/freedom-in-a-wheelchair/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/4014.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 11th June 2020 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/freedom-in-a-wheelchair/" rel="bookmark">Freedom in a wheelchair</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Paralympic wheelchair racer Hannah Cockroft wasn’t expected to survive birth, let alone become a top professional athlete. “I had two cardiac arrests within my first 24 hours of life,” the 27-year-old Brit tells This Is MedTech. Doctors managed to resuscitate ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-bones-joints-muscles post-2516 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bones-joints-muscles tag-3d tag-bionicman tag-prosthetics" id="post-2516"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/bones-joints-muscles" class="category">Bones, Joints & Muscles</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/how-i-found-my-inner-superhero/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/bionic.png" /> </a> <span class="date"> 27th May 2020 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/how-i-found-my-inner-superhero/" rel="bookmark">How I found my inner superhero</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Michel Fornasier was born without his right hand. It may not be the most severe disability, but it is a highly visible one. The physical and emotional challenges this caused affected his confidence as a child. Now he has turned ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-family post-2509 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-family tag-prematurity-birth tag-world-prematurity-day" id="post-2509"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/family" class="category">Family</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/supporting-premature-babies-their-parents/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/David-and-Jess1.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 18th March 2020 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/supporting-premature-babies-their-parents/" rel="bookmark">Supporting premature babies & their parents</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>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, ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-bones-joints-muscles post-2505 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bones-joints-muscles category-chronic-conditions tag-golf tag-prosthetics" id="post-2505"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/bones-joints-muscles" class="category">Bones, Joints & Muscles</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/a-lesson-on-resilience/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Mike-Rolls-landscape-scaled.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 5th March 2020 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/a-lesson-on-resilience/" rel="bookmark">A lesson on resilience</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Mike Rolls says his golf game is stronger as a bilateral amputee than it ever was when he had both his legs. The 37-year-old Australian has come a long way since a deadly infection called meningococcal septicaemia changed the trajectory ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-chronic-conditions post-2502 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chronic-conditions tag-rare-disease tag-world-rare-day" id="post-2502"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/chronic-conditions" class="category">Chronic Conditions</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/rare-is-many-rare-is-strong-rare-is-proud/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Capturelara.png" /> </a> <span class="date"> 26th February 2020 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/rare-is-many-rare-is-strong-rare-is-proud/" rel="bookmark">Rare is many, rare is strong, rare is proud</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Lara Chappell was in complete shock when her one-year-old son Pierre was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder called Angelman Syndrome. She’d been expressing concerns to multiple health professionals about her baby’s delayed development from the time he ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-getting-checked post-2500 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-getting-checked tag-menopause" id="post-2500"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/getting-checked" class="category">Getting Checked</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/making-peace-with-early-menopause/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/shutterstock_410123671.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 20th February 2020 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/making-peace-with-early-menopause/" rel="bookmark">Making peace with early menopause</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Migraines. Depression. Hot flushes. At 41, Tally Hatzakis didn’t know what was going on. She certainly didn’t suspect it could be the menopause. “Looking back, I think it all started with migraines,” Tally tells This Is MedTech. “I had ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-cardio post-2496 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cardio tag-heart tag-heart-attack" id="post-2496"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/cardio" class="category">Cardio</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/a-heart-attack-and-a-new-lease-of-life/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/AOMO6121.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 17th February 2020 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/a-heart-attack-and-a-new-lease-of-life/" rel="bookmark">A heart attack and a new lease of life</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Pádraig Ó Céidigh had recently been given a clean bill of health and led a healthy lifestyle, so when he began experiencing chest pain, ‘heart attack’ didn’t even enter his thoughts. “I’d gone to the gym at ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-in-your-head post-2491 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-in-your-head tag-epilepsy" id="post-2491"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/in-your-head" class="category">In Your Head</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/my-epilepsy-has-never-held-me-back/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Dai-Greene_Image1.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 9th February 2020 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/my-epilepsy-has-never-held-me-back/" rel="bookmark">My epilepsy has never held me back</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>World Champion hurdler Dai Greene has lived with epilepsy since he was 16. To raise awareness on International Epilepsy Day, the Welsh athlete shares his story with This Is MedTech. “I’d been at a New Year’s Eve party and ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-cancer post-2489 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cancer tag-ct-scan tag-kidney tag-mri" id="post-2489"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/cancer" class="category">Cancer</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/the-miracle-kidney-cancer-survivor/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2.png" /> </a> <span class="date"> 4th February 2020 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/the-miracle-kidney-cancer-survivor/" rel="bookmark">The miracle kidney cancer survivor</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>When Dave deBronkart had an x-ray for shoulder pain, he received some unexpected news. “The doctor said: ‘Your shoulder is going to be fine, but there’s something in your lung – we’re going to need to do a CT ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-chronic-conditions post-2486 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chronic-conditions tag-diabetes tag-hungary" id="post-2486"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/chronic-conditions" class="category">Chronic Conditions</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/meet-the-go-to-mum-for-type-1-diabetes-support/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Csilla2.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 28th January 2020 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/meet-the-go-to-mum-for-type-1-diabetes-support/" rel="bookmark">Meet the “go-to” mum for Type 1 diabetes support</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>One phone call from her daughter’s school changed Csilla’s life forever. “The school said that my little girl was feeling ill, so I quickly finished a couple of things at work and rushed to the doctor with my ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-getting-checked post-2481 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-getting-checked tag-thyroid" id="post-2481"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/getting-checked" class="category">Getting Checked</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/fighting-for-thyroid-health/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/DanaTrentini_photo.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 15th January 2020 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/fighting-for-thyroid-health/" rel="bookmark">Fighting for thyroid health</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>“I am hopeful that a day will come when the suffering of thyroid patients will be a thing of the past,” says patient advocate and blogger Dana Trentini, aka Hypothyroid Mom. After the birth of her first child in 2006, Dana ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-chronic-conditions post-2476 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chronic-conditions tag-international-day-of-disability" id="post-2476"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/chronic-conditions" class="category">Chronic Conditions</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/disability-is-my-superpower/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Superheroes_Ami-Ireland-1.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 3rd December 2019 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/disability-is-my-superpower/" rel="bookmark">“Disability is my superpower!”</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Ami Ireland thought her hearing difficulties were just the remnants of a cold. At the time, she didn’t know this was the first in a series of symptoms that would leave her with permanent disabilities and change her life ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-chronic-conditions post-2473 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chronic-conditions tag-aids tag-hiv" id="post-2473"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/chronic-conditions" class="category">Chronic Conditions</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/learning-my-hiv-status-early-put-me-ahead-of-the-ball-game/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/RaeLewisThornton_Photo1.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 28th November 2019 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/learning-my-hiv-status-early-put-me-ahead-of-the-ball-game/" rel="bookmark">Learning my HIV status early put me ahead of the ball game</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>On World AIDS Day, author and Emmy Award winning AIDS activist Rae Lewis-Thornton talks about her decades-long journey with the disease and how medtech innovations have supported her. “I believe I was infected with HIV in 1983,” says Rae. “In the ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-cancer post-2469 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cancer tag-cancer tag-pancreatic-cancer" id="post-2469"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/cancer" class="category">Cancer</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/the-truth-about-pancreatic-cancer/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WR-100115-Headshots-43-1-11-scaled.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 20th November 2019 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/the-truth-about-pancreatic-cancer/" rel="bookmark">The truth about pancreatic cancer</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>When Catherine Wines lost her appetite, she knew something wasn’t right. “Besides my appetite loss, which was very unusual for me, my urine and stools weren’t normal, so I went to the doctor,” she tells This Is MedTech. “...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-family post-2467 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-family tag-baby tag-pre-eclampsia tag-world-prematurity-day" id="post-2467"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/family" class="category">Family</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/when-your-bundle-of-joy-arrives-early/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/thumbnail_IMG_9599.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 15th November 2019 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/when-your-bundle-of-joy-arrives-early/" rel="bookmark">When your bundle of joy arrives early</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>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 ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-cancer post-2462 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cancer tag-breast-cancer tag-cancer" id="post-2462"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/cancer" class="category">Cancer</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/breast-cancer-couldnt-keep-her-out-of-the-water/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/SarahThomas_Photo2.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 24th October 2019 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/breast-cancer-couldnt-keep-her-out-of-the-water/" rel="bookmark">Breast cancer couldn’t keep her out of the water</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Sarah Thomas recently broke a world record by becoming the first person to swim the English Channel four times non-stop. What’s even more remarkable is that she did it just a year after completing life-saving treatment for an aggressive ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-bones-joints-muscles post-2458 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bones-joints-muscles tag-bones tag-osteoporosis tag-spine" id="post-2458"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/bones-joints-muscles" class="category">Bones, Joints & Muscles</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/caught-off-guard-by-osteoporosis/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Dale_Photo2.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 21st October 2019 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/caught-off-guard-by-osteoporosis/" rel="bookmark">Caught off guard by osteoporosis</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Dale Darley didn’t know that she had osteoporosis until she fractured her spine. The British author and book writing coach was living her dream in the hills of Spain when her life changed in an instant. “I suddenly heard ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-bones-joints-muscles post-2455 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bones-joints-muscles tag-spinal-issues tag-spine tag-world-spine-day" id="post-2455"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/bones-joints-muscles" class="category">Bones, Joints & Muscles</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/flying-high-after-spinal-cord-injury/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/JaninePhoto.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 16th October 2019 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/flying-high-after-spinal-cord-injury/" rel="bookmark">Flying high after spinal cord injury</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>As an elite skier training for the Olympics, Janine Shepherd had built her entire world around sports…until the day she woke up in hospital paralysed from the waist down due to a spinal cord injury. While out cycling on ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-chronic-conditions post-2453 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chronic-conditions tag-bariatric-surgery tag-obesity tag-world-obesity-day" id="post-2453"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/chronic-conditions" class="category">Chronic Conditions</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/how-i-tackled-obesity-once-and-for-all/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Steffy.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 11th October 2019 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/how-i-tackled-obesity-once-and-for-all/" rel="bookmark">How I tackled obesity once and for all</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>On World Obesity Day, Stefanie Wirtz opens up about her personal struggle with obesity and the turning point that led her to undergo bariatric surgery. “I’ve lived with obesity since childhood, and like most of those affected, I’ve ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-cardio post-2447 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cardio tag-cardio tag-cardiovascular" id="post-2447"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/cardio" class="category">Cardio</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/back-on-my-feet/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Capture1.png" /> </a> <span class="date"> 24th September 2019 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/back-on-my-feet/" rel="bookmark">‘Back on my feet ‘</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Anneliese Kopp was always determined to live a full life. Just a few weeks short of her 85th birthday, after 40 years living in Hersel, Germany, she makes it clear that she is a woman of few regrets. ‘I’ve had ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-chronic-conditions post-2441 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chronic-conditions tag-sickle-cell" id="post-2441"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/chronic-conditions" class="category">Chronic Conditions</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/growing-up-with-sickle-cell-disease/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Jemela_Photo2.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 18th September 2019 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/growing-up-with-sickle-cell-disease/" rel="bookmark">Growing Up with Sickle Cell Disease</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>As we stride into September marking a new Sickle Cell Awareness Month, Jemela Williams discusses the disease she’s lived with her whole life and shares her hopes for a future world that better understands it. When Jemela was just ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-bones-joints-muscles post-2439 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bones-joints-muscles tag-sepsis" id="post-2439"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/bones-joints-muscles" class="category">Bones, Joints & Muscles</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/when-sepsis-strikes/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/shutterstock_1174768690.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 11th September 2019 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/when-sepsis-strikes/" rel="bookmark">When sepsis strikes</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Phil Crow went into hospital for a gallstone removal procedure expecting to be home the next day. Two months later he was still there, fighting for his life after complications led to sepsis. 'In July 2010 I was admitted to hospital ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-cardio post-2436 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cardio tag-heart tag-peacemaker" id="post-2436"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/cardio" class="category">Cardio</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/its-not-just-a-pacemaker-but-a-smile-maker-and-a-dream-maker/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Fotolia_253250768_Subscription_Monthly_M.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 22nd July 2019 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/its-not-just-a-pacemaker-but-a-smile-maker-and-a-dream-maker/" rel="bookmark">‘It’s not just a pacemaker, but a smile-maker and a dream-maker’</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Marianella is a 38-year-old editor and a keen athlete from Costa Rica. In January 2015, she woke up with a terrible headache, but managed to go to work. Around midday her headache retuned with such force that it knocked her out. ‘...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-chronic-conditions post-2429 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chronic-conditions tag-antibiotics tag-opat" id="post-2429"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/chronic-conditions" class="category">Chronic Conditions</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/the-comfort-of-recovering-at-home/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/david.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 9th July 2019 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/the-comfort-of-recovering-at-home/" rel="bookmark">The comfort of recovering at home</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p> After being hooked up to an antibiotics drip in hospital for three weeks, David John Watson had had enough. However, the life-threatening blood poisoning that he’d developed meant another few weeks of intravenous (IV) antibiotic treatment was necessary. It ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-cardio post-2428 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cardio tag-heart tag-tavi" id="post-2428"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/cardio" class="category">Cardio</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/tavi-transformed-my-life/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/edwards.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 4th July 2019 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/tavi-transformed-my-life/" rel="bookmark">TAVI transformed my life</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>At age 84, Gerry Phelan thought his breathlessness and fatigue were part of the ageing process, but the symptoms were due to a serious heart condition. Gerry had always been an active man, even after undergoing triple bypass surgery in 2005. However, ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-cardio post-2430 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cardio tag-atrial-fibrillation tag-heart" id="post-2430"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/cardio" class="category">Cardio</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/how-to-keep-smiling-when-youre-70-with-atrial-fibrillation/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/social-media-hearts.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 24th June 2019 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/how-to-keep-smiling-when-youre-70-with-atrial-fibrillation/" rel="bookmark">How to keep smiling when you’re 70+ with Atrial Fibrillation</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p> Atrial Fibrillation affects millions of lives everywhere around the Globe. Nina Lapshinova, 71 years old patient from Russia, couldn’t think of anything but her disease until she was advised to go through minimally invasive catheter ablation. “It was not about ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-bones-joints-muscles post-2425 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bones-joints-muscles tag-hip tag-hip-replacement" id="post-2425"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/bones-joints-muscles" class="category">Bones, Joints & Muscles</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/getting-back-in-the-game/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Hip-replacement.png" /> </a> <span class="date"> 17th June 2019 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/getting-back-in-the-game/" rel="bookmark">Getting back in the game</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Serbian tennis pro Nenad Zimonjić talks to MedTechWeek about the total hip replacement surgery that enabled him to continue his career. “It started at Wimbledon in 2009, when I was 33 and ranked number one in the world. After one of the ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-in-your-head post-2423 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-in-your-head tag-stroke" id="post-2423"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/in-your-head" class="category">In Your Head</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/a-remarkable-recovery-from-a-severe-stroke/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/JJ-Stroke.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 12th June 2019 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/a-remarkable-recovery-from-a-severe-stroke/" rel="bookmark">A remarkable recovery from a severe stroke</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>33-year-old Stuart White was paralysed on his left-hand-side and struggling to speak, following a stroke in the early hours of the morning. After a minimally-invasive procedure, the clot was removed and he walked out of hospital within 24 hours without symptoms. “...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-getting-checked post-2420 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-getting-checked tag-lyme" id="post-2420"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/getting-checked" class="category">Getting Checked</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/the-birthday-walk-that-changed-my-life/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/IMG_2853-Copy.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 27th May 2019 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/the-birthday-walk-that-changed-my-life/" rel="bookmark">The birthday walk that changed my life</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>When Susan Small found out she had Lyme disease, she was in a state of disbelief. She spent most of her time in the city and had never even seen a tick. “I was infected following a tick bite after ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-bones-joints-muscles post-2415 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bones-joints-muscles tag-arthritis" id="post-2415"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/bones-joints-muscles" class="category">Bones, Joints & Muscles</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/the-other-type-of-arthritis/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Robin_Eleanor_Hughes.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 20th May 2019 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/the-other-type-of-arthritis/" rel="bookmark">The other type of arthritis</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>When you’re a young adult, the last thing you’re thinking about is arthritis. Robin Hughes and his daughter Eleanor certainly didn’t have it on their minds. But they didn’t have osteoarthritis, the type generally associated with ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-chronic-conditions post-2411 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chronic-conditions tag-blood-test tag-lupus" id="post-2411"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/chronic-conditions" class="category">Chronic Conditions</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/life-with-lupuson-your-own-terms/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Kim-Final.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 10th May 2019 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/life-with-lupuson-your-own-terms/" rel="bookmark">Life with Lupus…on your own terms</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Kim Opszala thought her eczema had returned when a rash appeared on her face, but it was a disease called lupus. She’d been travelling around Australia before starting university in 2005/06 and upon her return Kim noticed the butterfly-shaped rash ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-family post-2408 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-family tag-c-section tag-caesarean-section" id="post-2408"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/family" class="category">Family</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/when-a-c-section-is-the-safest-birth-option/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Manal3.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 15th April 2019 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/when-a-c-section-is-the-safest-birth-option/" rel="bookmark">When a C-section is the safest birth option</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>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’...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-in-your-head post-2403 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-in-your-head tag-brain-stimulation tag-dbs tag-parkinson" id="post-2403"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/in-your-head" class="category">In Your Head</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/finding-relief-from-parkinsons-with-deep-brain-stimulation/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Fotolia_237394619_Subscription_Monthly_M.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 11th April 2019 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/finding-relief-from-parkinsons-with-deep-brain-stimulation/" rel="bookmark">Finding relief from Parkinson’s with deep brain stimulation</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>When Karen Missenden started having faint tremors in her arm, she had a feeling it wasn’t related to the shoulder surgery she’d undergone a few months earlier. “I went to the GP and had some tests done, but ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-chronic-conditions post-2401 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chronic-conditions tag-access-to-healthcare tag-world-health-day" id="post-2401"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/chronic-conditions" class="category">Chronic Conditions</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/celebrating-medtech-on-world-health-day/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/AliceBarker_Photo.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 5th April 2019 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/celebrating-medtech-on-world-health-day/" rel="bookmark">Celebrating medtech on World Health Day</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>British author and disability advocate Alice Barker is keen to express her gratitude for the healthcare and medtech “that have enabled me to lead a rich and blessed life.” As someone who has relied heavily on specialised medical care and ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-cancer post-2394 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cancer tag-cancer tag-colon-cancer tag-screening-programme" id="post-2394"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/cancer" class="category">Cancer</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/screening-helped-me-detect-colorectal-cancer-at-an-early-stage/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/AR4.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 26th March 2019 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/screening-helped-me-detect-colorectal-cancer-at-an-early-stage/" rel="bookmark">Screening helped me detect colorectal cancer at an early stage</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Every year, and across the continent, tens of thousands of European citizens older than 50, are invited to participate in a colorectal cancer screening programme. Unfortunately, only in Slovenia, the Netherlands and the Basque country, the vast majority of citizens participate ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span>•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-in-your-head post-2391 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-in-your-head tag-cancer tag-world-oral-health-day" id="post-2391"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/in-your-head" class="category">In Your Head</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/saving-your-mouth-with-virtual-surgery/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Fotolia_249221076_Subscription_Monthly_M.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 20th March 2019 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/saving-your-mouth-with-virtual-surgery/" rel="bookmark">Saving your mouth with virtual surgery</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Bob Bevins was doubtful that surgery could restore his speech and ability to swallow after being diagnosed with oral cancer, but he was willing to try. After all, this was no straightforward operation. 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Now she’s helping other families by connecting them and raising awareness around the world. “When Victor ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-chronic-conditions post-2816 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chronic-conditions" id="post-2816"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/chronic-conditions" class="category">Chronic Conditions</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/finding-light-in-the-darkness/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/image2_Natasha.jpeg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 3rd December 2023 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/finding-light-in-the-darkness/" rel="bookmark">Finding light in the darkness</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>The challenges that Natasha Price has faced over the past 15 years would be insurmountable for most people, but becoming blind and paralysed has only made her stronger. On International Day of Persons with Disabilities, she tells This Is MedTech about ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-chronic-conditions post-2812 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chronic-conditions" id="post-2812"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/chronic-conditions" class="category">Chronic Conditions</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/changing-the-way-the-world-sees-hiv-aids/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/image00001.jpeg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 1st December 2023 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/changing-the-way-the-world-sees-hiv-aids/" rel="bookmark">Changing the way the world sees HIV/AIDS</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Having lived with the HIV her whole life, Doreen Moraa Moracha is determined to educate the public and stop the stigma attached to the viral infection. Her hope is that this will lead to more people taking preventive measures, getting ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-chronic-conditions post-2810 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chronic-conditions" id="post-2810"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/chronic-conditions" class="category">Chronic Conditions</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/from-patient-to-medtech-innovator/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/TimBuckinx06-scaled.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 27th November 2023 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/from-patient-to-medtech-innovator/" rel="bookmark">From patient to medtech innovator</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Tim Buckinx was just a teenager when he was diagnosed with a rare blood disorder that changed the trajectory of his life. Now he’s on a mission to help other people with a medical condition to live their best ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-cancer post-2802 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cancer" id="post-2802"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/cancer" class="category">Cancer</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/reclaiming-your-confidence-after-breast-cancer/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Gabby_3.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 30th October 2023 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/reclaiming-your-confidence-after-breast-cancer/" rel="bookmark">Reclaiming your confidence after breast cancer</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Gabby Mottershead didn’t have a lump, but she knew instinctively that something wasn’t quite right. Nevertheless, it was a huge shock when a biopsy confirmed that she had inflammatory breast cancer (IBC). “While I was in denial at ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-cardio post-2804 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cardio tag-prevention tag-stroke" id="post-2804"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/cardio" class="category">Cardio</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/the-minimally-invasive-procedure-restoring-lives-after-stroke/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Henry_2.png" /> </a> <span class="date"> 29th October 2023 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/the-minimally-invasive-procedure-restoring-lives-after-stroke/" rel="bookmark">The minimally invasive procedure restoring lives after stroke</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>In November 2021, Henry Armstrong was at his home in Dublin, Ireland, waiting for his partner, and family members to return. As their car pulled into the driveway, and Henry opened the door for his family, he collapsed, unable to lift ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/d-iannonemedtecheurope-org/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-cardio post-2790 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cardio" id="post-2790"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/cardio" class="category">Cardio</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/happiness-is-a-new-heartbeat/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Carole1.jpeg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 28th September 2023 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/happiness-is-a-new-heartbeat/" rel="bookmark">Happiness is a new heartbeat</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>When Carole Railton was told that her fainting spells and severe breathlessness were symptoms of long COVID, something didn’t add up. Further investigation using medical technology revealed a complex heart condition. “It was about a year after I was ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/d-iannonemedtecheurope-org/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-chronic-conditions post-2794 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chronic-conditions category-digital-health tag-digital-health tag-health-data" id="post-2794"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/chronic-conditions" class="category">Chronic Conditions</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/the-life-saving-tech-you-can-wear-on-your-wrist/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/TIM-Picture-8.png" /> </a> <span class="date"> 17th September 2023 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/the-life-saving-tech-you-can-wear-on-your-wrist/" rel="bookmark">The life-saving tech you can wear on your wrist</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>It’s hard to imagine that your watch could save your life, but that’s exactly what happened to Joe Plumb, who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes as a child. To mark World Patient Safety Day, he shares his story ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-bones-joints-muscles post-2787 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bones-joints-muscles tag-bones-joints tag-surgery" id="post-2787"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/bones-joints-muscles" class="category">Bones, Joints & Muscles</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/without-life-saving-surgery-maree-could-have-spent-life-in-a-wheelchair/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/JOHNSON-STILL-7.png" /> </a> <span class="date"> 5th September 2023 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/without-life-saving-surgery-maree-could-have-spent-life-in-a-wheelchair/" rel="bookmark">Without life-saving surgery, Maree could have spent life in a wheelchair</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Before the age of 30, Yorkshire-based Maree Macey had already been operated on 29 times. She was born with a rare genetic bone growth disorder (Spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia) that results in short stature. Her condition made her more prone to injuries that developed ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/d-iannonemedtecheurope-org/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-chronic-conditions post-2770 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chronic-conditions" id="post-2770"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/chronic-conditions" class="category">Chronic Conditions</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/the-complex-life-of-a-sickle-cell-warrior/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/shutterstock_173862176.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 19th June 2023 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/the-complex-life-of-a-sickle-cell-warrior/" rel="bookmark">The complex life of a sickle cell warrior</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>“One minute you wake up fine and you’re ready to start the day and then within the next hour you may have to cancel everything.” This is what every day is like when you live with Sickle Cell Disease, ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-family post-2767 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-family category-getting-checked" id="post-2767"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/family" class="category">Family</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/its-so-simple-but-so-clever/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TIM-Picture-5.png" /> </a> <span class="date"> 14th June 2023 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/its-so-simple-but-so-clever/" rel="bookmark">“It’s so simple, but so clever”</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>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 ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-cardio post-2764 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cardio category-getting-checked" id="post-2764"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/cardio" class="category">Cardio</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/i-have-loved-every-single-day-of-being-a-nurse/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/TIM-Picture-3.png" /> </a> <span class="date"> 12th May 2023 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/i-have-loved-every-single-day-of-being-a-nurse/" rel="bookmark">“I have loved every single day of being a nurse”</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>More than three decades after Michelle Beaver began her career, the award-winning cardiology nurse is as dedicated as ever. We caught up with her on International Nurses Day to talk about the improvements she’s seen in patient care and ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-family post-2759 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-family tag-caesarean-section tag-family tag-women" id="post-2759"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/family" class="category">Family</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/celebrating-your-c-section/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/TIM-Picture-2.png" /> </a> <span class="date"> 26th April 2023 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/celebrating-your-c-section/" rel="bookmark">Celebrating your C-section</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>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 ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-family post-2754 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-family tag-amr tag-family tag-pregnancy" id="post-2754"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/family" class="category">Family</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/my-familys-encounter-with-antimicrobial-resistance/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Pernilla-2023-03-27.jpeg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 20th April 2023 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/my-familys-encounter-with-antimicrobial-resistance/" rel="bookmark">My family’s encounter with antimicrobial resistance</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>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 ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/d-iannonemedtecheurope-org/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-family post-2745 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-family" id="post-2745"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/family" class="category">Family</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/shining-a-light-on-rare-disease/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/TIM-Picture.png" /> </a> <span class="date"> 28th February 2023 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/shining-a-light-on-rare-disease/" rel="bookmark">Shining a light on rare disease</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>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 ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-cardio post-2739 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cardio category-digital-health category-family tag-cardio" id="post-2739"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/cardio" class="category">Cardio</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/artificial-intelligence-in-heart-care-is-as-much-about-the-small-as-it-is-about-the-grand-things/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Facebook-Shared-Image-1200x630-1.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 27th January 2023 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/artificial-intelligence-in-heart-care-is-as-much-about-the-small-as-it-is-about-the-grand-things/" rel="bookmark">Artificial Intelligence in heart care is as much about the small as it is about the grand things</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>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 ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/d-iannonemedtecheurope-org/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-bones-joints-muscles post-2736 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bones-joints-muscles tag-bones-joints tag-paralysis" id="post-2736"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/bones-joints-muscles" class="category">Bones, Joints & Muscles</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/riding-in-the-fast-lane-with-a-spinal-injury/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/AaronMorgan_1-scaled.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 1st December 2022 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/riding-in-the-fast-lane-with-a-spinal-injury/" rel="bookmark">Riding in the fast lane with a spinal injury</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Photo by 938 Media Aaron Morgan is living his dream as a race car driver, despite a life-changing spinal injury at age 15 that left him paralysed from the lower chest down. To help raise awareness on International Day of Persons with ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-cancer post-2728 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cancer tag-cancer tag-diagnostics tag-young" id="post-2728"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/cancer" class="category">Cancer</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/living-through-thyroid-cancer/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Jordan4.jpeg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 21st November 2022 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/living-through-thyroid-cancer/" rel="bookmark">Living through thyroid cancer</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>At 21, Jordan Ramsay got the news that would change her life forever. The mysterious lump that she’d noticed behind her ear a few years earlier was thyroid cancer. “Before my diagnosis, I didn’t know anyone my age who ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-family post-2724 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-family tag-blood-test tag-diagnostics tag-digital-health tag-health-data" id="post-2724"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/family" class="category">Family</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/finding-hope-in-a-patient-driven-approach-to-health-data/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Danielle-1.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 21st October 2022 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/finding-hope-in-a-patient-driven-approach-to-health-data/" rel="bookmark">Finding hope in a patient-driven approach to health data</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>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 ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/d-iannonemedtecheurope-org/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-cancer post-2719 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cancer category-cardio" id="post-2719"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/cancer" class="category">Cancer</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/fighting-fit-med-tech/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Anita-Tucker-scaled-e1663153015342.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 11th October 2022 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/fighting-fit-med-tech/" rel="bookmark">‘FIGHTING FIT’ THANKS TO MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Anita Tucker was 31 with a one-year-old baby when medical technology flagged that she needed a pacemaker. A few years later, med tech came to her aid again, when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Now 46, Anita has not only been ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/d-iannonemedtecheurope-org/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-pure-tech post-2714 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-pure-tech tag-prosthetics" id="post-2714"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/pure-tech" class="category">Pure Tech</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/paralympian-skier-triathlete-musician/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/20220211_122040-scaled.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 4th October 2022 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/paralympian-skier-triathlete-musician/" rel="bookmark">“I’M JUST GETTING STARTED,” SAYS PARALYMPIAN SKIER, TRIATHLETE AND MUSICIAN</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>In 2012, UK Royal Air Force musician Shona Brownlee suffered a seemingly minor leg injury, which in fact had caused irreparable nerve and ligament damage. Following an elective below-knee amputation, and supported by a range of prosthetics, Shona is not only ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/d-iannonemedtecheurope-org/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-family post-2708 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-family category-pure-tech" id="post-2708"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/family" class="category">Family</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/digital-data-sharing-can-change-healthcare-conversations/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/shutterstock_1404168251.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 8th July 2022 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/digital-data-sharing-can-change-healthcare-conversations/" rel="bookmark">DIGITAL DATA SHARING CAN CHANGE HEALTHCARE CONVERSATIONS</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>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 ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-pure-tech post-2702 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-pure-tech tag-digital-health" id="post-2702"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/pure-tech" class="category">Pure Tech</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/empowerment-through-digital-health/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Donna-Burgundy-J-Cross-20221.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 16th June 2022 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/empowerment-through-digital-health/" rel="bookmark">EMPOWERMENT THROUGH DIGITAL HEALTH</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Equipped with wearables, smart scales and apps, Global Liver Institute’s Founder, President & CEO Donna Cryer feels empowered to manage her day-to-day health and partner with her doctors in her healthcare. Following her inspirational story on This Is MedTech – ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-bones-joints-muscles post-2699 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bones-joints-muscles" id="post-2699"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/bones-joints-muscles" class="category">Bones, Joints & Muscles</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/walking-again-after-paralysis/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG-20210505-WA0041.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 17th May 2022 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/walking-again-after-paralysis/" rel="bookmark">Walking again after paralysis</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>“The first time that I stood up… it was like when you start a run. Now you are a starter for the challenge – the game has begun!” Michel Roccati was 27 years old when he was paralysed in a motorbike accident ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-chronic-conditions post-2696 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chronic-conditions tag-disabilities tag-international-day-of-disability" id="post-2696"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/chronic-conditions" class="category">Chronic Conditions</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/brittle-bones-unbreakable-spirit/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/act.png" /> </a> <span class="date"> 3rd December 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/brittle-bones-unbreakable-spirit/" rel="bookmark">Brittle bones, unbreakable spirit</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Sam Renke has been challenging misconceptions about disability since she was diagnosed with a rare genetic condition called Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI), or brittle bone condition, shortly after her birth. “I was born with multiple fractures and I actually fractured in ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-getting-checked post-2693 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-getting-checked tag-aids" id="post-2693"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/getting-checked" class="category">Getting Checked</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/a-healthy-and-fulfilling-life-with-hiv/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Capture.png" /> </a> <span class="date"> 1st December 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/a-healthy-and-fulfilling-life-with-hiv/" rel="bookmark">A HEALTHY AND FULFILLING LIFE WITH HIV</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>“The thing people are surprised about is how little living with HIV impacts my life,” says CEO of NAM aidsmap, Matthew Hodson. With a full schedule, leading one of the world’s foremost sources of HIV information and sharing his ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-cancer post-2691 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cancer tag-pancreatic-cancer" id="post-2691"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/cancer" class="category">Cancer</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/early-detection-of-pancreatic-cancer-probably-saved-my-life/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Robert-Slaven-scaled.jpeg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 30th November 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/early-detection-of-pancreatic-cancer-probably-saved-my-life/" rel="bookmark">EARLY DETECTION OF PANCREATIC CANCER PROBABLY SAVED MY LIFE</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>“When they came and told me it was pancreatic cancer, I thought that was the end,” says 60-year-old Robert Slaven from Scotland. But with an early diagnosis, made possible by medical technology, Robert is now looking forward to getting on ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-family post-2688 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-family tag-world-prematurity-day" id="post-2688"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/family" class="category">Family</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/our-twins-early-birth-was-completely-unexpected/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Capture.png" /> </a> <span class="date"> 16th November 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/our-twins-early-birth-was-completely-unexpected/" rel="bookmark">Our twins’ early birth was completely unexpected</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>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 ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-in-your-head post-2683 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-in-your-head tag-stroke" id="post-2683"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/in-your-head" class="category">In Your Head</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/a-life-of-adventure-after-stroke/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/paulmcleanedits-10-scaled.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 27th October 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/a-life-of-adventure-after-stroke/" rel="bookmark">A life of adventure after stroke</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>When Paul McLean suffered a severe stroke at the age of 40 his chances didn’t look good. Thanks to an innovative procedure enabled by medical technology, Paul is now embracing a life filled with adventure and is enjoying watching his ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-bones-joints-muscles post-2681 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bones-joints-muscles tag-osteoporosis" id="post-2681"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/bones-joints-muscles" class="category">Bones, Joints & Muscles</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/rebuilding-her-backbone-and-her-life/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/KarenFaulkner_Osteoporosis.jpeg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 20th October 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/rebuilding-her-backbone-and-her-life/" rel="bookmark">Rebuilding her backbone and her life</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Karen Faulkner was shocked when a spinal fracture led to a surprise osteoporosis diagnosis. Having always led a healthy and active lifestyle, at 60 years old she assumed that her risk of developing osteoporosis was very low. “I couldn’t believe ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-bones-joints-muscles post-2678 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bones-joints-muscles tag-paralympics" id="post-2678"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/bones-joints-muscles" class="category">Bones, Joints & Muscles</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/raising-the-bar-on-talipes/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Jonathan-Broom-Edwards_2.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 8th October 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/raising-the-bar-on-talipes/" rel="bookmark">Raising the bar on talipes</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>When international high-jumper Jonathan Broom-Edwards was diagnosed with talipes equinovarus at birth, his mum worried it would hold him back. As he took gold at the 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo, he showed just what can be achieved with talipes. “It was ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-cardio post-2649 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cardio tag-cardiovascular" id="post-2649"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/cardio" class="category">Cardio</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/two-heart-surgeries-and-unstoppable/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Robyn_image31.jpeg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 28th September 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/two-heart-surgeries-and-unstoppable/" rel="bookmark">Two heart surgeries and unstoppable</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Fitness enthusiast Robyn Cairney was shocked when a cough during exercise led doctors to discover a serious heart condition at age 17. “I was doing some fitness tests at college and after the mile run, I was coughing. It was something ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-getting-checked post-2672 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-getting-checked tag-sepsis" id="post-2672"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/getting-checked" class="category">Getting Checked</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/power-over-sepsis/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Poppy-Downes1.jpeg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 16th September 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/power-over-sepsis/" rel="bookmark">Power Over Sepsis</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>“Knowledge is power,” says 23-year-old graduate Poppy Downes. “I had no idea what sepsis was when I developed symptoms at a dance festival four years ago. It just shows how important it is to be educated about it.” “It was ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-cancer post-2669 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cancer tag-leukaemia tag-lymphoma tag-non-hodgkin" id="post-2669"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/cancer" class="category">Cancer</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/nbeaten-by-non-hodgkin-lymphoma/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Hannah-Webb.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 7th September 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/nbeaten-by-non-hodgkin-lymphoma/" rel="bookmark">UNBEATEN BY NON-HODGKIN LYMPHOMA</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>When jewellery designer and lecturer Hannah Webb had a chest x-ray she thought nothing would come of it. Four years later, she recalls her diagnosis and journey to overcome non-Hodgkin lymphoma. “It was July 2017 and we were staying in a ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-chronic-conditions post-2646 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chronic-conditions tag-hepatitis" id="post-2646"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/chronic-conditions" class="category">Chronic Conditions</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/embracing-life-after-hepatitis-c/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/karenhoyt721.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 15th July 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/embracing-life-after-hepatitis-c/" rel="bookmark">Embracing life after Hepatitis C</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Karen Hoyt had no idea that there was anything wrong with her liver when her feet started swelling one day while she was riding her bike. A high school teacher, adjunct professor and community volunteer with many active hobbies, Karen ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-chronic-conditions post-2643 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chronic-conditions tag-diabetes" id="post-2643"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/chronic-conditions" class="category">Chronic Conditions</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/freedom-with-type-1-diabetes/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Khadija-Stewart-Brown.jpeg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 7th July 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/freedom-with-type-1-diabetes/" rel="bookmark">Freedom with Type 1 Diabetes</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Khadija Stewart-Brown accepted daily insulin injections and finger-prick tests as part of normal life, but then she reached her teens. “I saw the difference between me and my peers and it got annoying,” she says. Khadija has always had to ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-chronic-conditions post-2640 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chronic-conditions category-uncategorised tag-blood tag-sickle-cell" id="post-2640"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/chronic-conditions" class="category">Chronic Conditions</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/the-power-of-sickle-cell-disease-advocacy/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/KevinWake2.jpeg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 18th June 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/the-power-of-sickle-cell-disease-advocacy/" rel="bookmark">The power of Sickle Cell Disease advocacy</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Kevin Wake’s mother taught him to become a Sickle Cell Disease expert from a young age. Today, the seasoned patient advocate shares his story with This Is MedTech to mark World Sickle Cell Day. “I was diagnosed when I ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-chronic-conditions post-2638 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chronic-conditions tag-blood" id="post-2638"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/chronic-conditions" class="category">Chronic Conditions</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/living-a-very-normal-life-with-thalassaemia/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Amit-Ghelani-1-scaled.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 16th June 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/living-a-very-normal-life-with-thalassaemia/" rel="bookmark">LIVING A VERY NORMAL LIFE WITH THALASSAEMIA</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>“They knew I had thalassemia even before I was born, and they knew it was major,” says Amit Ghelani. But with an effective treatment plan, including regular blood transfusions and routine monitoring, Amit, now 35, lives what he happily describes as ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-chronic-conditions post-2629 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chronic-conditions tag-blood-pressure tag-hypertension tag-world-hypertension-day" id="post-2629"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/chronic-conditions" class="category">Chronic Conditions</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/keeping-an-eye-on-your-blood-pressure/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/NicolaMcKeenin_Image-scaled.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 17th May 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/keeping-an-eye-on-your-blood-pressure/" rel="bookmark">Keeping an eye on your blood pressure</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>At 43, health researcher Nicola McMeekin was blissfully unaware of her hypertension until she had a life-threatening heart injury. “There was no warning. I was sitting at my desk writing an email when I suddenly had pains in my chest, down ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-pure-tech post-2601 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-pure-tech tag-rare-disease" id="post-2601"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/pure-tech" class="category">Pure Tech</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/taking-rare-disease-in-my-stride/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Oliver-Hardwell_13.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 10th May 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/taking-rare-disease-in-my-stride/" rel="bookmark">Taking rare disease in my stride</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Four-year-old Oliver Hardwell shows that he is not going to let pontocerebellar hypoplasia – PCH – hold him back. Oliver is one in a million if not one in a billion. While his diagnosis is not clear cut, genetic tests suggest that ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-getting-checked post-2621 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-getting-checked category-uncategorised tag-ibs tag-irritable-bowel-syndrome" id="post-2621"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/getting-checked" class="category">Getting Checked</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/a-positive-outcome-of-irritable-bowel-syndrome/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ibs-scaled.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 3rd May 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/a-positive-outcome-of-irritable-bowel-syndrome/" rel="bookmark">A positive outcome of irritable bowel syndrome</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>For Lottie Drynan, having irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) came with some unexpected turns. Despite experiencing a host of symptoms that significantly impact her quality of life, Lottie has found huge comfort in her blossoming role as an award-winning IBS patient ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-getting-checked post-2619 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-getting-checked tag-sarcoidosis" id="post-2619"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/getting-checked" class="category">Getting Checked</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/tackling-new-heights-with-sarcoidosis/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MOO_8559.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 28th April 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/tackling-new-heights-with-sarcoidosis/" rel="bookmark">TACKLING NEW HEIGHTS WITH SARCOIDOSIS</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Stewart Armstrong is a force to be reckoned with. Not satisfied with taming his sarcoidosis and life-threatening aspergillosis, last year he demonstrated just what can be achieved, by climbing the height of Mount Everest. Stewart’s health journey started about ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-chronic-conditions post-2615 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chronic-conditions tag-haemophilia" id="post-2615"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/chronic-conditions" class="category">Chronic Conditions</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/no-limits-with-haemophilia/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/WFH-Me-Bike1.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 15th April 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/no-limits-with-haemophilia/" rel="bookmark">NO LIMITS WITH HAEMOPHILIA</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>“Haemophilia shouldn’t limit what people do,” says Clive Smith, qualified barrister, prominent haemophilia patient advocate and keen sportsman. As if to reinforce his point, Clive has not only competed for Great Britain in the European duathlon championships but is ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-bones-joints-muscles post-2607 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bones-joints-muscles tag-knee tag-osteotomy" id="post-2607"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/bones-joints-muscles" class="category">Bones, Joints & Muscles</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/living-my-active-life/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Picture1.png" /> </a> <span class="date"> 29th March 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/living-my-active-life/" rel="bookmark">Living my active life</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Daniela Knecht had been suffering knee pain for years when she went looking for a way to continue living her full and active life. The first day after her surgery, she was up and about and feeling fantastic. “You know ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-getting-checked post-2609 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-getting-checked tag-endometriosis" id="post-2609"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/getting-checked" class="category">Getting Checked</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/endometriosis-warriors-unite/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Webinar.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 29th March 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/endometriosis-warriors-unite/" rel="bookmark">Endometriosis warriors unite</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Keisha Meek and Nikita Chadha bonded under unusual circumstances. The women met through a shared chronic condition called endometriosis. Like many people with this debilitating gynaecological disorder, it took Keisha and Nikita many years to get a diagnosis. Now they ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-getting-checked post-2604 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-getting-checked tag-tb tag-tuberculosis" id="post-2604"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/getting-checked" class="category">Getting Checked</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/a-life-after-tuberculosis/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Samara-Barnes_2-003.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 24th March 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/a-life-after-tuberculosis/" rel="bookmark">A life after tuberculosis</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Five years ago, British local election candidate Samara Barnes was astonished to learn that her persistent cough was tuberculosis (TB). To mark World TB Day, Samara shares her story with This Is MedTech. “I had had a cough for a ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-in-your-head post-2598 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-in-your-head tag-encephalitis" id="post-2598"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/in-your-head" class="category">In Your Head</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/encephalitis-and-beyond/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Rhianna-Urquharth.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 19th February 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/encephalitis-and-beyond/" rel="bookmark">Encephalitis and beyond</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Rhianna Urquhart was just starting university when she developed strange and erratic psychiatric symptoms that baffled her doctors. At that time, Rhianna’s mum couldn’t have imagined that her daughter would get to where she is today, back home ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-cancer post-2594 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cancer tag-childhood-cancer tag-paediatric-cancer" id="post-2594"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/cancer" class="category">Cancer</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/surviving-childhood-cancer/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Seb_Image1.jpeg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 15th February 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/surviving-childhood-cancer/" rel="bookmark">Surviving childhood cancer</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Several years ago, Natasha Penney shared the story of her toddler Sebastian, who was diagnosed with a rare form of bladder cancer at 18 months old. Now the six-year-old is thriving. To mark International Childhood Cancer Day, This Is MedTech decided ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-in-your-head post-2591 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-in-your-head tag-epilepsy" id="post-2591"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/in-your-head" class="category">In Your Head</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/epilepsy-has-not-slowed-me-down/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Manny-Robertson-2-scaled.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 8th February 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/epilepsy-has-not-slowed-me-down/" rel="bookmark">EPILEPSY HAS NOT SLOWED ME DOWN</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Rising cycling star Matthew Robertson worried his epilepsy would stop him from achieving his dream: to cycle for Great Britain. To mark International Epilepsy Day, Matthew shares his story, as he continues to show his colours as part of the ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-pure-tech post-2588 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-pure-tech tag-liver tag-liver-disease" id="post-2588"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/pure-tech" class="category">Pure Tech</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/keeping-pace-with-innovation-has-saved-my-life/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Donna-Cryer-Horizontal-2015-scaled.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 28th January 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/keeping-pace-with-innovation-has-saved-my-life/" rel="bookmark">KEEPING PACE WITH INNOVATION HAS SAVED MY LIFE</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>“Without the right diagnostics, frankly, I would have died,” says Global Liver Institute Founder, President and CEO Donna Cryer. Little wonder she now spends her time thinking about advancements in medical technologies, not only to optimise her own health but ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-chronic-conditions post-2581 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chronic-conditions tag-diabetes" id="post-2581"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/chronic-conditions" class="category">Chronic Conditions</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/taking-a-hammer-to-diabetes/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Carsten-Fischer.jpeg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 22nd January 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/taking-a-hammer-to-diabetes/" rel="bookmark">TAKING A HAMMER TO DIABETES</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>“With or without diabetes, there’s nothing you can’t be,” says German field hockey Olympic champion and orthopaedic surgeon Carsten Fischer. But there was a time when Carsten – nicknamed The Man With the Hammer for his ferocious penalty corners – ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-family post-2579 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-family tag-in-vitro-fertilisation tag-ivf" id="post-2579"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/family" class="category">Family</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/my-little-miracles/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Credit_Kathryn-Anne-Photography_1-scaled.jpeg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 19th January 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/my-little-miracles/" rel="bookmark">MY LITTLE MIRACLES</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>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 ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-cancer post-2577 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cancer tag-breast-cancer" id="post-2577"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/cancer" class="category">Cancer</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/secondary-breast-cancer-a-new-way-of-living/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_7100-scaled.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 13th January 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/secondary-breast-cancer-a-new-way-of-living/" rel="bookmark">Secondary breast cancer: a new way of living</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Jo Taylor’s situation is something of a double-edged sword. She relies on continuous treatment for secondary breast cancer to maintain a good quality of life, but she doesn’t want that treatment to take over her life. “I was ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-bones-joints-muscles post-2573 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bones-joints-muscles tag-pagets-disease" id="post-2573"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/bones-joints-muscles" class="category">Bones, Joints & Muscles</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/standing-strong-with-pagets-disease/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/simon-Leigh2-2-scaled.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 4th January 2021 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/standing-strong-with-pagets-disease/" rel="bookmark">Standing strong with Paget’s disease</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Simon Leigh had nearly recovered from ankle surgery when he started experiencing intense pain and swelling on the same leg. X-rays and scans led his doctors to an unexpected diagnosis and a little-used medical procedure. “Investigative X-rays showed abnormal bone ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-bones-joints-muscles post-2570 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bones-joints-muscles" id="post-2570"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/bones-joints-muscles" class="category">Bones, Joints & Muscles</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/going-for-gold/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Kayleigh-Haggo-scaled.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 11th December 2020 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/going-for-gold/" rel="bookmark">Going for gold</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Kayleigh Haggo is living proof of her maxim, ‘you can achieve anything you set your mind to’. Fitting with this year’s World Cerebral Palsy Day theme, #CPMakeYourMark, 21-year-old Kayleigh is blazing a trail in the international para-sport of race ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-bones-joints-muscles post-2561 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bones-joints-muscles category-chronic-conditions" id="post-2561"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/bones-joints-muscles" class="category">Bones, Joints & Muscles</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/sky-is-the-limit/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/shutterstock_15447459982.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 26th November 2020 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/sky-is-the-limit/" rel="bookmark">Sky is the limit</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Andy Braybrook’s life changed after a near-fatal accident left him permanently paralysed. Three years after his road collision, he is now back on the road and setting his sights even higher. Andy’s story started on the first fine ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-bones-joints-muscles post-2557 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bones-joints-muscles" id="post-2557"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/bones-joints-muscles" class="category">Bones, Joints & Muscles</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/back-on-the-start-line/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG_28454.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 18th November 2020 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/back-on-the-start-line/" rel="bookmark">BACK ON THE START LINE</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Before the break in her foot, British middle-distance runner Bobby Clay had no indication that there was anything wrong with her bone health. “I had competed internationally in athletics from a young teenager all the way through to the end ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-bones-joints-muscles post-2554 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bones-joints-muscles tag-arthritis" id="post-2554"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/bones-joints-muscles" class="category">Bones, Joints & Muscles</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/life-is-better-than-ever/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Fotolia_237394619_Subscription_Monthly_M.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 3rd November 2020 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/life-is-better-than-ever/" rel="bookmark">Life is better than ever</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Three years ago, I needed help getting dressed in the mornings. Now I am a Pilates devotee, living an active, balanced life. My journey with rheumatoid arthritis started out on an otherwise idyllic holiday in France, when I was 42 years ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-cancer post-2550 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cancer" id="post-2550"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/cancer" class="category">Cancer</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/when-medtech-gives-you-good-news/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/shutterstock_1505793707-scaled.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 6th October 2020 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/when-medtech-gives-you-good-news/" rel="bookmark">When medtech gives you good news</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>To shine a light on Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Karen Finn shares her story about the importance of breast screening. Last year, I was having some pain in my left breast and it felt like there were some physical changes, ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-cardio post-2539 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cardio tag-lungs tag-pulmonary-hypertension" id="post-2539"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/cardio" class="category">Cardio</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/enjoying-life-with-pulmonary-hypertension/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/D-Stott.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 29th September 2020 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/enjoying-life-with-pulmonary-hypertension/" rel="bookmark">Enjoying life with pulmonary hypertension</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Despite an overwhelming diagnosis, David Stott returned to enjoying life, family time and staying fit, all while helping others with the same condition – the epitome of today’s World Heart Day message, ‘Use Heart … for society, your loved ones and ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-bones-joints-muscles post-2546 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bones-joints-muscles tag-mep tag-politician tag-spinal-muscular-atrophy tag-spine tag-stelios-kympouropoulos" id="post-2546"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/bones-joints-muscles" class="category">Bones, Joints & Muscles</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/dreaming-without-limits/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Capture.png" /> </a> <span class="date"> 21st September 2020 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/dreaming-without-limits/" rel="bookmark">DREAMING WITHOUT LIMITS</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Stelios Kympouropoulos, Psychiatrist and Greek Member of the European Parliament (MEP). I would encourage everyone to pursue their dreams and not let anything stand in their way. At the age of 14 months I was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-cardio post-2524 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cardio" id="post-2524"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/cardio" class="category">Cardio</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/keeping-your-heart-in-the-game/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/dan.png" /> </a> <span class="date"> 14th September 2020 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/keeping-your-heart-in-the-game/" rel="bookmark">Keeping your heart in the game</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>When Dan Gay found out that he had a faulty heart valve, he faced the biggest challenge of his life: giving up basketball. The professional basketball player was competing at the World Championships when he collapsed on the court. “They ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-cardio post-2536 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cardio tag-cardioverter-defibrillator tag-s-icd" id="post-2536"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/cardio" class="category">Cardio</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/the-heart-of-a-champion/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Katharina-Bauer2-scaled.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 25th August 2020 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/the-heart-of-a-champion/" rel="bookmark">The Heart of a Champion</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p> For Katharina Bauer pole vaulting is her life’s passion — or as she says, “her big love.” The sport of pole vaulting is not for the faint of heart. Competitors sprint down a track and launch themselves into the air, ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-getting-checked post-2532 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-getting-checked tag-hcv tag-hepatitis" id="post-2532"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/getting-checked" class="category">Getting Checked</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/getting-educated-about-hepatitis-c/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/RonniMarks_Photo-scaled.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 27th July 2020 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/getting-educated-about-hepatitis-c/" rel="bookmark">Getting educated about Hepatitis C</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>When Ronni Marks found out she had Hepatitis C in 1996, there were no patient support groups and the internet was in its infancy. In other words, information was scarce. “My mother was having knee surgery and I went to donate ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-getting-checked post-2528 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-getting-checked tag-covid-19" id="post-2528"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/getting-checked" class="category">Getting Checked</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/getting-through-covid-19/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Capture12.png" /> </a> <span class="date"> 6th July 2020 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/getting-through-covid-19/" rel="bookmark">Getting through COVID-19</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>It seems that everyone has felt the effects of coronavirus to a degree. But some people like Steve Radigan, who shares his story with This Is MedTech, have been impacted more than others. “My initial symptom was an infrequent dry ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-cardio post-2522 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cardio tag-cardio tag-stroke" id="post-2522"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/cardio" class="category">Cardio</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/she-is-undefeatable/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Simone_Photo2.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 29th June 2020 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/she-is-undefeatable/" rel="bookmark">She is undefeatable</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>“I didn't actually realise I had a health problem until I was about seven years old, when my mum told me I had to have an operation on my heart,” says Simone Gomes. This was devastating and confusing. “Even though ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-bones-joints-muscles post-2519 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bones-joints-muscles tag-athlete tag-hannah-cockroft tag-paralympic" id="post-2519"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/bones-joints-muscles" class="category">Bones, Joints & Muscles</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/freedom-in-a-wheelchair/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/4014.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 11th June 2020 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/freedom-in-a-wheelchair/" rel="bookmark">Freedom in a wheelchair</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Paralympic wheelchair racer Hannah Cockroft wasn’t expected to survive birth, let alone become a top professional athlete. “I had two cardiac arrests within my first 24 hours of life,” the 27-year-old Brit tells This Is MedTech. Doctors managed to resuscitate ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-bones-joints-muscles post-2516 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bones-joints-muscles tag-3d tag-bionicman tag-prosthetics" id="post-2516"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/bones-joints-muscles" class="category">Bones, Joints & Muscles</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/how-i-found-my-inner-superhero/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/bionic.png" /> </a> <span class="date"> 27th May 2020 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/how-i-found-my-inner-superhero/" rel="bookmark">How I found my inner superhero</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Michel Fornasier was born without his right hand. It may not be the most severe disability, but it is a highly visible one. The physical and emotional challenges this caused affected his confidence as a child. Now he has turned ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-family post-2509 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-family tag-prematurity-birth tag-world-prematurity-day" id="post-2509"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/family" class="category">Family</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/supporting-premature-babies-their-parents/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/David-and-Jess1.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 18th March 2020 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/supporting-premature-babies-their-parents/" rel="bookmark">Supporting premature babies & their parents</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>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, ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-bones-joints-muscles post-2505 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bones-joints-muscles category-chronic-conditions tag-golf tag-prosthetics" id="post-2505"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/bones-joints-muscles" class="category">Bones, Joints & Muscles</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/a-lesson-on-resilience/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Mike-Rolls-landscape-scaled.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 5th March 2020 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/a-lesson-on-resilience/" rel="bookmark">A lesson on resilience</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Mike Rolls says his golf game is stronger as a bilateral amputee than it ever was when he had both his legs. The 37-year-old Australian has come a long way since a deadly infection called meningococcal septicaemia changed the trajectory ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-chronic-conditions post-2502 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chronic-conditions tag-rare-disease tag-world-rare-day" id="post-2502"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/chronic-conditions" class="category">Chronic Conditions</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/rare-is-many-rare-is-strong-rare-is-proud/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Capturelara.png" /> </a> <span class="date"> 26th February 2020 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/rare-is-many-rare-is-strong-rare-is-proud/" rel="bookmark">Rare is many, rare is strong, rare is proud</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Lara Chappell was in complete shock when her one-year-old son Pierre was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder called Angelman Syndrome. She’d been expressing concerns to multiple health professionals about her baby’s delayed development from the time he ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-getting-checked post-2500 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-getting-checked tag-menopause" id="post-2500"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/getting-checked" class="category">Getting Checked</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/making-peace-with-early-menopause/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/shutterstock_410123671.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 20th February 2020 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/making-peace-with-early-menopause/" rel="bookmark">Making peace with early menopause</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Migraines. Depression. Hot flushes. At 41, Tally Hatzakis didn’t know what was going on. She certainly didn’t suspect it could be the menopause. “Looking back, I think it all started with migraines,” Tally tells This Is MedTech. “I had ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-cardio post-2496 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cardio tag-heart tag-heart-attack" id="post-2496"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/cardio" class="category">Cardio</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/a-heart-attack-and-a-new-lease-of-life/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/AOMO6121.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 17th February 2020 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/a-heart-attack-and-a-new-lease-of-life/" rel="bookmark">A heart attack and a new lease of life</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Pádraig Ó Céidigh had recently been given a clean bill of health and led a healthy lifestyle, so when he began experiencing chest pain, ‘heart attack’ didn’t even enter his thoughts. “I’d gone to the gym at ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-in-your-head post-2491 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-in-your-head tag-epilepsy" id="post-2491"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/in-your-head" class="category">In Your Head</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/my-epilepsy-has-never-held-me-back/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Dai-Greene_Image1.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 9th February 2020 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/my-epilepsy-has-never-held-me-back/" rel="bookmark">My epilepsy has never held me back</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>World Champion hurdler Dai Greene has lived with epilepsy since he was 16. To raise awareness on International Epilepsy Day, the Welsh athlete shares his story with This Is MedTech. “I’d been at a New Year’s Eve party and ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-cancer post-2489 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cancer tag-ct-scan tag-kidney tag-mri" id="post-2489"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/cancer" class="category">Cancer</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/the-miracle-kidney-cancer-survivor/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2.png" /> </a> <span class="date"> 4th February 2020 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/the-miracle-kidney-cancer-survivor/" rel="bookmark">The miracle kidney cancer survivor</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>When Dave deBronkart had an x-ray for shoulder pain, he received some unexpected news. “The doctor said: ‘Your shoulder is going to be fine, but there’s something in your lung – we’re going to need to do a CT ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-chronic-conditions post-2486 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chronic-conditions tag-diabetes tag-hungary" id="post-2486"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/chronic-conditions" class="category">Chronic Conditions</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/meet-the-go-to-mum-for-type-1-diabetes-support/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Csilla2.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 28th January 2020 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/meet-the-go-to-mum-for-type-1-diabetes-support/" rel="bookmark">Meet the “go-to” mum for Type 1 diabetes support</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>One phone call from her daughter’s school changed Csilla’s life forever. “The school said that my little girl was feeling ill, so I quickly finished a couple of things at work and rushed to the doctor with my ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-getting-checked post-2481 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-getting-checked tag-thyroid" id="post-2481"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/getting-checked" class="category">Getting Checked</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/fighting-for-thyroid-health/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/DanaTrentini_photo.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 15th January 2020 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/fighting-for-thyroid-health/" rel="bookmark">Fighting for thyroid health</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>“I am hopeful that a day will come when the suffering of thyroid patients will be a thing of the past,” says patient advocate and blogger Dana Trentini, aka Hypothyroid Mom. After the birth of her first child in 2006, Dana ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-chronic-conditions post-2476 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chronic-conditions tag-international-day-of-disability" id="post-2476"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/chronic-conditions" class="category">Chronic Conditions</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/disability-is-my-superpower/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Superheroes_Ami-Ireland-1.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 3rd December 2019 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/disability-is-my-superpower/" rel="bookmark">“Disability is my superpower!”</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Ami Ireland thought her hearing difficulties were just the remnants of a cold. At the time, she didn’t know this was the first in a series of symptoms that would leave her with permanent disabilities and change her life ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-chronic-conditions post-2473 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chronic-conditions tag-aids tag-hiv" id="post-2473"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/chronic-conditions" class="category">Chronic Conditions</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/learning-my-hiv-status-early-put-me-ahead-of-the-ball-game/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/RaeLewisThornton_Photo1.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 28th November 2019 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/learning-my-hiv-status-early-put-me-ahead-of-the-ball-game/" rel="bookmark">Learning my HIV status early put me ahead of the ball game</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>On World AIDS Day, author and Emmy Award winning AIDS activist Rae Lewis-Thornton talks about her decades-long journey with the disease and how medtech innovations have supported her. “I believe I was infected with HIV in 1983,” says Rae. “In the ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-cancer post-2469 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cancer tag-cancer tag-pancreatic-cancer" id="post-2469"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/cancer" class="category">Cancer</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/the-truth-about-pancreatic-cancer/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WR-100115-Headshots-43-1-11-scaled.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 20th November 2019 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/the-truth-about-pancreatic-cancer/" rel="bookmark">The truth about pancreatic cancer</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>When Catherine Wines lost her appetite, she knew something wasn’t right. “Besides my appetite loss, which was very unusual for me, my urine and stools weren’t normal, so I went to the doctor,” she tells This Is MedTech. “...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-family post-2467 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-family tag-baby tag-pre-eclampsia tag-world-prematurity-day" id="post-2467"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/family" class="category">Family</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/when-your-bundle-of-joy-arrives-early/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/thumbnail_IMG_9599.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 15th November 2019 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/when-your-bundle-of-joy-arrives-early/" rel="bookmark">When your bundle of joy arrives early</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>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 ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-cancer post-2462 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cancer tag-breast-cancer tag-cancer" id="post-2462"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/cancer" class="category">Cancer</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/breast-cancer-couldnt-keep-her-out-of-the-water/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/SarahThomas_Photo2.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 24th October 2019 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/breast-cancer-couldnt-keep-her-out-of-the-water/" rel="bookmark">Breast cancer couldn’t keep her out of the water</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Sarah Thomas recently broke a world record by becoming the first person to swim the English Channel four times non-stop. What’s even more remarkable is that she did it just a year after completing life-saving treatment for an aggressive ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-bones-joints-muscles post-2458 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bones-joints-muscles tag-bones tag-osteoporosis tag-spine" id="post-2458"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/bones-joints-muscles" class="category">Bones, Joints & Muscles</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/caught-off-guard-by-osteoporosis/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Dale_Photo2.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 21st October 2019 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/caught-off-guard-by-osteoporosis/" rel="bookmark">Caught off guard by osteoporosis</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Dale Darley didn’t know that she had osteoporosis until she fractured her spine. The British author and book writing coach was living her dream in the hills of Spain when her life changed in an instant. “I suddenly heard ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-bones-joints-muscles post-2455 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bones-joints-muscles tag-spinal-issues tag-spine tag-world-spine-day" id="post-2455"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/bones-joints-muscles" class="category">Bones, Joints & Muscles</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/flying-high-after-spinal-cord-injury/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/JaninePhoto.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 16th October 2019 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/flying-high-after-spinal-cord-injury/" rel="bookmark">Flying high after spinal cord injury</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>As an elite skier training for the Olympics, Janine Shepherd had built her entire world around sports…until the day she woke up in hospital paralysed from the waist down due to a spinal cord injury. While out cycling on ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-chronic-conditions post-2453 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chronic-conditions tag-bariatric-surgery tag-obesity tag-world-obesity-day" id="post-2453"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/chronic-conditions" class="category">Chronic Conditions</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/how-i-tackled-obesity-once-and-for-all/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Steffy.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 11th October 2019 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/how-i-tackled-obesity-once-and-for-all/" rel="bookmark">How I tackled obesity once and for all</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>On World Obesity Day, Stefanie Wirtz opens up about her personal struggle with obesity and the turning point that led her to undergo bariatric surgery. “I’ve lived with obesity since childhood, and like most of those affected, I’ve ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-cardio post-2447 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cardio tag-cardio tag-cardiovascular" id="post-2447"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/cardio" class="category">Cardio</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/back-on-my-feet/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Capture1.png" /> </a> <span class="date"> 24th September 2019 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/back-on-my-feet/" rel="bookmark">‘Back on my feet ‘</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Anneliese Kopp was always determined to live a full life. Just a few weeks short of her 85th birthday, after 40 years living in Hersel, Germany, she makes it clear that she is a woman of few regrets. ‘I’ve had ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-bones-joints-muscles post-2439 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bones-joints-muscles tag-sepsis" id="post-2439"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/bones-joints-muscles" class="category">Bones, Joints & Muscles</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/when-sepsis-strikes/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/shutterstock_1174768690.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 11th September 2019 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/when-sepsis-strikes/" rel="bookmark">When sepsis strikes</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Phil Crow went into hospital for a gallstone removal procedure expecting to be home the next day. Two months later he was still there, fighting for his life after complications led to sepsis. 'In July 2010 I was admitted to hospital ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-cardio post-2436 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cardio tag-heart tag-peacemaker" id="post-2436"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/cardio" class="category">Cardio</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/its-not-just-a-pacemaker-but-a-smile-maker-and-a-dream-maker/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Fotolia_253250768_Subscription_Monthly_M.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 22nd July 2019 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/its-not-just-a-pacemaker-but-a-smile-maker-and-a-dream-maker/" rel="bookmark">‘It’s not just a pacemaker, but a smile-maker and a dream-maker’</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Marianella is a 38-year-old editor and a keen athlete from Costa Rica. In January 2015, she woke up with a terrible headache, but managed to go to work. Around midday her headache retuned with such force that it knocked her out. ‘...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-chronic-conditions post-2429 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chronic-conditions tag-antibiotics tag-opat" id="post-2429"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/chronic-conditions" class="category">Chronic Conditions</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/the-comfort-of-recovering-at-home/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/david.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 9th July 2019 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/the-comfort-of-recovering-at-home/" rel="bookmark">The comfort of recovering at home</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p> After being hooked up to an antibiotics drip in hospital for three weeks, David John Watson had had enough. However, the life-threatening blood poisoning that he’d developed meant another few weeks of intravenous (IV) antibiotic treatment was necessary. It ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-cardio post-2428 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cardio tag-heart tag-tavi" id="post-2428"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/cardio" class="category">Cardio</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/tavi-transformed-my-life/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/edwards.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 4th July 2019 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/tavi-transformed-my-life/" rel="bookmark">TAVI transformed my life</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>At age 84, Gerry Phelan thought his breathlessness and fatigue were part of the ageing process, but the symptoms were due to a serious heart condition. Gerry had always been an active man, even after undergoing triple bypass surgery in 2005. However, ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-cardio post-2430 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cardio tag-atrial-fibrillation tag-heart" id="post-2430"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/cardio" class="category">Cardio</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/how-to-keep-smiling-when-youre-70-with-atrial-fibrillation/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/social-media-hearts.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 24th June 2019 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/how-to-keep-smiling-when-youre-70-with-atrial-fibrillation/" rel="bookmark">How to keep smiling when you’re 70+ with Atrial Fibrillation</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p> Atrial Fibrillation affects millions of lives everywhere around the Globe. Nina Lapshinova, 71 years old patient from Russia, couldn’t think of anything but her disease until she was advised to go through minimally invasive catheter ablation. “It was not about ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-bones-joints-muscles post-2425 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bones-joints-muscles tag-hip tag-hip-replacement" id="post-2425"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/bones-joints-muscles" class="category">Bones, Joints & Muscles</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/getting-back-in-the-game/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Hip-replacement.png" /> </a> <span class="date"> 17th June 2019 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/getting-back-in-the-game/" rel="bookmark">Getting back in the game</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Serbian tennis pro Nenad Zimonjić talks to MedTechWeek about the total hip replacement surgery that enabled him to continue his career. “It started at Wimbledon in 2009, when I was 33 and ranked number one in the world. After one of the ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/karenfinn/">Karen Finn</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-in-your-head post-2423 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-in-your-head tag-stroke" id="post-2423"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/in-your-head" class="category">In Your Head</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/a-remarkable-recovery-from-a-severe-stroke/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/JJ-Stroke.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 12th June 2019 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/a-remarkable-recovery-from-a-severe-stroke/" rel="bookmark">A remarkable recovery from a severe stroke</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>33-year-old Stuart White was paralysed on his left-hand-side and struggling to speak, following a stroke in the early hours of the morning. After a minimally-invasive procedure, the clot was removed and he walked out of hospital within 24 hours without symptoms. “...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-bones-joints-muscles post-2415 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bones-joints-muscles tag-arthritis" id="post-2415"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/bones-joints-muscles" class="category">Bones, Joints & Muscles</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/the-other-type-of-arthritis/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Robin_Eleanor_Hughes.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 20th May 2019 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/the-other-type-of-arthritis/" rel="bookmark">The other type of arthritis</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>When you’re a young adult, the last thing you’re thinking about is arthritis. Robin Hughes and his daughter Eleanor certainly didn’t have it on their minds. But they didn’t have osteoarthritis, the type generally associated with ...</p> </div> <p class="author"> <span class="lblue">•</span> by <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/author/editorialteam/">Comms Team</a> </p> </article> <article class="col-md-6 tile cat-chronic-conditions post-2411 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chronic-conditions tag-blood-test tag-lupus" id="post-2411"> <header> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/topics/chronic-conditions" class="category">Chronic Conditions</a> <a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/life-with-lupuson-your-own-terms/" class="thumb"> <img src="https://www.thisismedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Kim-Final.jpg" /> </a> <span class="date"> 10th May 2019 </span> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.thisismedtech.com/life-with-lupuson-your-own-terms/" rel="bookmark">Life with Lupus…on your own terms</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Kim Opszala thought her eczema had returned when a rash appeared on her face, but it was a disease called lupus. 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