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Glasses that read to the blind, an ankle tag that tells you how to work and even an app that turns your phone into a urine test kit… ETHAN ENNALS tests some of the latest health tech in Las Vegas that is heading this way

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THE ‘implant’ on my arm is no bigger than a £2 coin, but it will – I have been promised – help boost my mood, metabolism and energy, improve my ability to concentrate and even help achieve better athletic performance.

The high-tech gadget, known as a continuous blood glucose monitor or CGM, will no doubt be familiar to many of the millions of people with type 1 diabetes: famous wearers include former PM Theresa May, for example, who revealed she

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ETHAN ENNALS: Why I’ve signed up for the UK’s largest medical study to help firefighters such as Kieran and Miriam’s grandchildren

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I’m in a Portakabin in a Tesco car park, somewhere just outside of Wimbledon in South London, about to have what is perhaps the most important blood test I’ve ever had.

Queuing alongside me is a gaggle of people, young and old, all eager to get their samples taken, too.

Together, we are about to become a small handful of the five million volunteers to take part in one of Britain’s most ambitious medical research projects to date.

Launched at

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