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Groundbreaking wireless blood sugar sensor monitors diabetics from the inside
Researchers have developed an implantable sensor that measures blood sugar continuously and transmits the information wirelessly.
Kicking and lashing during sleep 'could signal dementia or Parkinson's disease
Researchers found a link between people with rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorders and brain conditions many years later.
The 'grow your own' hip and knee replacements with full range of movement
Researchers have shown it is possible to grow properly working joints inside the body using a patient's own stem cells, after damaged bone has been removed.
Flip-flops 'injure 200,000 a year' costing the NHS an astonishing £40m
Once worn only at the beach, flip-flops have become the regular summer footwear of choice for many, with one in five women owning at least one pair.
Superfly with a taste for humans: Summer surge of insect bites that send victims to hospital in agony
Wildlife experts are warning that a superfly with a taste for human blood is being blamed for a surge of infected insect bites that has left some victims hospitalised.
Call overweight people 'fat' instead of 'obese', says health minister
Doctors should stop mincing their words and tell fat people they are fat, the public health minister said yesterday.
Brittany Murphy: Mould in your home can kill as actress's death linked to fungus in LA mansion
It may seem extraordinary, but in fact mould in the home is a common health problem, affecting tens of thousands of people in the UK.
Defying gravity: The exercise class that uses the Earth's pull to tone your muscles
As a self-confessed gym bunny Charlotte Vowden is pretty good at clocking up time on the treadmill, but she dreads the testosterone filled weights-area. We sent her along to a new gravity resistance class to see how it measured up
Why are teenagers so grumpy? Blame the long summer evenings
They can be sulky, argumentative and prone to inexplicable temper tantrums. But it might not just be hormones which are responsible for teenagers' sudden mood swings.
Alcohol can lessen arthritis symptoms, study claims
Results show that teetotallers are four times more likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis than those who drink alcohol on more than ten days a month.
