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Not Just Your Regular Tattoo: This Ink Helps Keep Your Health in Check

It's kind of like getting a tattoo for health's sake
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  NATIONAL — Researchers are studying ways of non-wearable technology to help people with medical conditions recognize warning signs before they get into trouble. It’s kind of like getting a tattoo for health’s sake. Researchers at Harvard and MIT have designed a type of tattoo ink that changes colors to indicate the health condition. The green ink of the tattoo…
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Scientists Find Remnants of Tattoo Ink Inside Person’s Lymph Nodes

A new study suggests you should ask about the chemicals used in the ink
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  NATIONAL — If you’re thinking about getting a tattoo, you already know it’s important to check out the condition of the shop, but a new study suggests you should also be asking about the chemicals used in the ink. Scientists have discovered remnants of tattoo ink inside a person’s lymph nodes and say they traveled there from the subject’s…