Day 1,201: inflammation

Within a year or two the device on your wrist may be measuring non-invasively your blood sugar, alcohol and hydration, as well as various markers of inflammation, kidney and liver function—all of which currently require blood to be drawn.

Artwork of the day 
Bloodstains
Luc Tuymans
Date: 1993; Belgium
Style: New European Painting
Genre: figurative
Media: oil, canvas
Dimensions: 57.5 x 47.5 cm

Word of the day 
inflammation: a red, painful, and often swollen area in or on a part of your body

Quote of the day
“You don't need treatment. The fever, inflammation, coughing, etc., constitute the healing process. Just get out of their way and permit them to complete their work. Don't try to 'aid' nature. She doesn't need your puny aid—she only asks that you cease interfering.”
― Herbert M. Shelton, Getting Well