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 had the condition in 2013. Read More...
As Brave as You
By Jason Reynolds.
Ages 10 to 14.
Genie Harris has about a million questions he needs answered. Maybe it’s only 500, but his list is growing quickly during the month he and his older brother, Ernie, are spending at their grandparents’ house in North Hill, Virginia.
The boys’ parents needed time to work on family problems, so they sent Genie and Ernie a world away from their New York City home. Read More...
A man was seriously injured Friday night during a fire in the Takoma Park area of Montgomery County, authorities said.
The fire was reported about 7:30 p.m. in a building in the 8600 block of Carroll Avenue, said Assistant Chief Scott Graham of the county fire department.
The victim was found amid flames in an apartment on the second floor, Graham said.
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