All articles by Natalie Healey

How should we be regulating LDTs?

Diagnostic tests are tremendously important in healthcare. Doctors rely on them to detect conditions and decide the best treatment for…
The smart toilet: a pipe’s-eye view of gastrointestinal health

Although we might be uncomfortable talking about our bowel movements in polite society, many people worry about what their waste…
Will wearables ever accurately measure blood pressure?

Can Wearables Ever Take Over Traditional Blood Pressure Every year, 9.4 million people die from complications related to high blood…
How to future-proof the NHS supply chain

At the start of the coronavirus crisis, it soon became clear that personal protective equipment (PPE) was going to be…
The device recall crystal ball

Issuing a recall alert is always a fraught decision for any medical tech firm, but it is sometimes unavoidable. In…

Diagnose sleep apnoea from your own bed

Thousands of people have a dangerous health condition they don’t even know about. Sleep apnoea causes a person’s breathing to…
Vagus nerve stimulation sheds light on tackling obesity

For most people, and to their frustration, putting on weight is much easier than shedding pounds. But obesity is not…
Climbing the PPE plastic mountain

Even when you’re alone and outdoors, evidence of the Covid-19 pandemic can be found in hedgerows, beside gutters and spilling…
Medicine music: how an earbud could treat arthritis and migraines

Apple’s AirPods have been a massive success story. The wireless earphones made the tech giant £5.6bn in 2019 alone. But…
Can AI predict depression?

Scientific progress is built on failure. From penicillin to the pacemaker, many of the greatest discoveries came about by accident.…