Nutrition is only skin deep
7 July 2012
Medical staff will now be able to check whether patients are following healthy diets by scanning their skin, Rob Coppinger uncovers
Medical staff will now be able to check whether patients are following healthy diets by scanning their skin, Rob Coppinger uncovers
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