Karolyn Judge
Karolyn is a content editor for the Top Doctors UK team, joining in April 2021. She has significant experience in national journalism, PR and marketing for both print and digital media, including the Metro newspaper, alongside teaching technical knowledge of the English language. This was developed after moving from Manchester to Spain, working with students of all ages and backgrounds including business people, university students and even babies! After four-and-a-half years of an adventure that began in the city of Zaragoza, Aragon, Karolyn came back to creating engaging and informative content in Barcelona. She relishes learning about medical conditions in detail from our expert doctors and being able share their knowledge with Top Doctors readers, using clarity and creativity. Karolyn is a big music fan and finds ways to incorporate her love of disco, house, funk, among many more styles, into roller skating by the sea and dance classes.
World Health Day 2023; the World Health Organisation's 75th anniversary. Public health successes that have improved quality of life during the last seven decades are being celebrated. And rightly so. Milestones include the discovery of antibiotics in 1950, the development of the inactivated poliovirus vaccine which has led to the near-eradication of polio and the recent announcement...
This year the fox eye trend has been on the lips of many people looking to emulate the raised oval eye shape of supermodels Bella Hadid and Kendall Jenner. However, it hasn’t just been the subject of admiration but also caution due to a multitude of reports in the press that have highlighted how dangerous the procedure...
Dyslexia Awareness Week, held by the British Dyslexia Association (BDA), aims to raise the profile of those with dyslexia. In our latest blog post, we're considering misdiagnosis - especially for adults - and the mental health issues that can develop for people, as well as taking inspiration from coping techniques from famous names.
Queen Elizabeth II's reign over the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth states lasted for 70 years and 214 days until Thursday 8 September 2022, at 96 years of age. She was in good health and spirit for the significant majority of this time, and even when her physical conditional began to affect how she carried out her...
Loneliness is defined in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary as: 'A feeling of being unhappy because you have no friends or people to talk to.' Wow. Blunt, yes, but… is it that cut and dry? Well, maybe yes, and, maybe no. I don’t know about you, but I can definitely relate to the definition. Yet, I’ve also...
Burnout is becoming a prominent fixture of our everyday lives, whether you see it being defined on social media, analysed in the news, or you may have personal experience. Even X-Factor judge Simon Cowell has spoken about how he's taken the decision to slow down his busy lifestyle because he was 'very nervous about burnout'.
The recent news that medicine for HIV-positive status is now available in the form of two injections every two months, rather than daily, is a reminder of just how far healthcare has come. Especially since the first reported cases of HIV and AIDS in the 1980s, when medicines (and pop culture) were not as effective as they...