Graduate shows 2016: this prototype ostomy device by Brunel University graduate Stephanie Monty has been created as a more attractive alternative to traditional colostomy bags (+ slideshow). More about Stephanie Monty designs colostomy bag for intimate moments
Health technology company Withings has teamed up with French design company Elium Studio to create a thermometer that uses non-invasive methods to take children's temperatures (+ movie). More about Thermo thermometer measures temperature with just a swipe across the forehead
With stone-clad walls and a deep red atrium, this medical centre in Kuwait was designed by AGi architects to look more like a cultural building than a health facility (+ slideshow). More about AGi Architects completes cardiac rehabilitation centre overlooking Kuwait Bay
A green cross emblazoned across the centre of this denture repair centre by Polish architect Adam Wiercinski marks a window where customers can collect or drop off their teeth (+ slideshow). More about Green cross divides workspace from waiting room in denture clinic by Adam Wiercinski
Graduate shows 2016: Central Saint Martins student Giulia Tomasello's Future Flora kit lets women grow and harvest living cultures that can support intimate health (+ slideshow). More about Giulia Tomasello's home-grown sanitary pad helps balance vaginal flora
Graduate shows 2016: this range of conceptual implants designed by Central Saint Martins graduate Lesley-Ann Daly allows wearers to track their health using sound. More about Lesley-Ann Daly's connected implants let wearers listen to their wellbeing
This facility for abused children in Queensland features walls of robust concrete blocks and outdoor play areas sheltered beneath a scalloped canopy (+ slideshow). More about M3 Architecture creates decorative concrete details for Australian children's centre
A 1960s-inspired window wall fronts this extension to a psychiatric institute in Paris by Local firm Atelier 2+1 (+ slideshow). More about Atelier 2+1 adds glazed extension to Parisian psychiatric hospital
Los Angeles firm Yazdani Studio has completed a curving glass facility for cancer patients in southern California, featuring radiation treatment rooms that overlook Zen gardens (+ slideshow). More about Cancer treatment centre in California designed by Yazdani Studio to feel like a spa
Architect Germain Canon and industrial designer Li Mengshu have used glass panels to divide the rooms of a Taiwan dental clinic, which features a waiting area designed to feel like a living room (+ slideshow). More about Taiwanese dental clinic designed to make patients less afraid to go
Canadian architecture studio UUfie has inserted polycarbonate partitions into a medical clinic, part filling them with glass to create a hazy "horizon" (+ slideshow). More about UUfie completes light-filled Ontario medical clinic with translucent polycarbonate walls
Norman Foster has completed a Maggie's Centre for cancer care in his home town of Manchester, featuring a timber-lattice structure, an angular greenhouse and a flower garden (+ slideshow). More about Norman Foster's timber-framed Maggie's Centre opens in his home town of Manchester
Architect Joshua Florquin has used wooden panels to create angular furniture elements inside a doctor's surgery in Belgium, ranging from a multi-level reception desk to a series of boxy cubby holes (+ slideshow). More about Joshua Florquin uses angular joinery to create bespoke furnishings for doctor's surgery
Swiss studio Dost has transformed a 1960s restaurant into a heart treatment centre in Zurich, featuring cork-lined cubicles and waiting rooms (+ slideshow). More about Dost converts 1960s restaurant into heart clinic with cork cubicles
A pair of Iranian architects have won a competition to design a support centre for lung cancer sufferers in the Polish city of Kraków, where air pollution is at dangerously high levels. More about Kraków Oxygen Home designed to offer sanctuary for lung cancer sufferers
The white and grey walls of this dental clinic in Iran are shaped and angled to maximise the amount of light allowed into the interior. More about Ayeneh Office creates angled walls and minimal interior for Iranian dental clinic
Inside Festival 2015: Casey Vallance of Cox Rayner Architects explains how the firm used natural materials to create a calming environment inside a dentist training facility in Brisbane, Australia, in this exclusive movie. More about Cox Rayner's university health centre aims to reduce anxiety in patients
Soft indents create hundreds of spots across the concrete walls of this health centre in northeast France, designed by Atelier Martel to offer support and treatment to epilepsy sufferers (+ slideshow). More about Epilepsy care home by Atelier Martel features stippled concrete walls
Strips of LED lights designed to look like laser beams mark the pathways inside this clinic in Serbia, recently completed by local firm Fluid:Architecture (+ slideshow). More about Fluid:Architecture conceals treatment rooms behind secret doors inside Serbian clinic
Electronics startup Bruzzoni Global has created a pared-back electric toothbrush with metallic accents, as an alternative to bathroom accessories that "completely disregard" aesthetics. More about Minimal alternative to "ugly" electric toothbrushes created by Bruzzoni Global