Researchers hope the study will steer work into why those with long-term health issues are affected.
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Arthritis
The technology is the same as that used by engineers to listen for faults in bridges.
Read moreMartine and David are fighting local authority budget cuts to get the round-the-clock care she and their children need.
Doctors say Lowri was three hours from death when she developed an infection leading to sepsis.
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A group of women say forming a dance troupe has changed their lives.
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The chickens making medicine in their egg whites
Researchers have genetically modified chickens so that they can provide a cheap way of producing new drugs to treat patients with cancer and arthritis. Scientists from the Roslin Institute at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland say the egg whites from the eggs produced by these chickens contain medicines which are 100 times cheaper to produce when laid than when manufactured in factories. BBC Newsday's Tom Hagler spoke to Dr Lissa Herron, who worked on the project. (Photo: Chicken Credit: Andia/UIG via Getty Images)
Genetic disorder Haemochromatosis can cause liver failure, diabetes and severe arthritis if untreated.
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Lydia Warner was an aspiring archaeologist when a health condition left her in a wheelchair.
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