A mother has defended feeding her 18-month-old daughter a diet of French fries – even though the child weighs as much as a four-year-old.

Angela Boswell, 33, from Manchester, England, insisted Courtney, who weighs 30 pounds, will grow up to be healthy.

The youngster occasionally extends her diet to take in chocolate, crisps, cereal and Coca-Cola – but steers clear of her greens.

Move over Lindsay Wagner. There’s a new “bionic woman” and her name is Eileen Brown.

Brown, 49, has had almost all of her major joints replaced with plastic or metal ones in the past 20 years due to severe rheumatoid arthritis; it is being reported by London’s Daily Mail.

The only natural joints in Brown’s body are those of her left hip and her right elbow, according to the newspaper; however, surgeons will soon replace the left hip as well.

A new kind of men’s underwear is being designed to pick up information about arterial blood flow and blood pressure, reported London’s Daily Mail.

The underwear has at least four sensors in the waistband and would determine how fast blood is flowing through the arteries, according to the newspaper.

The technology would not work as well in women’s underwear because the waistbands would be too thin to accommodate the equipment.

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A British television executive committed suicide two months after he started taking the smoking cessation drug Champix, which is marketed as Chantix in the United States.

Omer Jama, 39, of Bolton, England, was a Sky Sports video editor who was taking the drug to try and kick his pack-a-day habit; it is being reported by London’s Daily Mail.

What do you think? Do you or someone you know take Chantix?