Step on it! Walking this fast can cut type 2 diabetes risk by almost 40%: study

Step on it! Walking this fast can cut type 2 diabetes risk by almost 40%: study

That slow person on the sidewalk in front of you could be raising your risk of type 2 diabetes. It’s widely known that walking is great exercise and reduces the risk of many diseases, including cancer, heart disease and dementia. And now, a study reveals that walking at a brisker pace significantly lowers the risk … Read more

Is coffee good or bad for your health? Weighing the pros and cons of your morning Joe

Is coffee good or bad for your health? Weighing the pros and cons of your morning Joe

Coffee has been see-sawing between healthy and unhealthy for years, according to medical experts. One study finds it helps, while sometimes only weeks later, another warns of hidden risks. Not that Americans are waiting around for the final verdict — coffee stands firmly as America’s favorite drink, even surpassing water, according to the National Coffee … Read more

Ozempic is ruining Thanksgiving, says users: ‘I cook all day, eat 2 spoonsful’

Ozempic is ruining Thanksgiving, says users: ‘I cook all day, eat 2 spoonsful’

For some wannabe petite folks taking weight loss jabs — trying to enjoy Thanksgiving dinner might feel like a jab to the gut. Most foodies are looking forward to indulging in smothered turkey, honey-baked ham, gooey macaroni and cheese, creamy casseroles and decadent desserts on Thursday.  But waistline watchers shooting up Semaglutide meds like Ozempic, … Read more

Boom in weight-loss drugs to drive up US employers’ medical costs in 2024: consultant

Boom in weight-loss drugs to drive up US employers’ medical costs in 2024: consultant

Booming demand for newer weight-loss and diabetes drugs is expected to accelerate the rise in medical expenses for employers in the United States next year, staff health benefits consultant Mercer said on Friday. GLP-1 medications approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration could contribute between 50 and 100 basis points to the trend, Mercer’s … Read more

Wegovy cuts risk of serious heart problems by 20%: landmark study

Wegovy cuts risk of serious heart problems by 20%: landmark study

The obesity drug Wegovy can reduce the risk of severe heart problems by 20%, a pivotal study finds, paving the way for applications far beyond weight loss. “It moves from a kind of therapy that reduces body weight to a therapy that reduces cardiovascular events,” said Dr. Michael Lincoff, the study’s lead author and a heart expert … Read more

American life-expectancy rates have plummeted to a nearly 30-year low — here’s what’s going on

American life-expectancy rates have plummeted to a nearly 30-year low — here’s what’s going on

Life expectancy for Americans has dropped to the lowest levels in nearly three decades, according to a prominent global report. With a middling current average of 76.4 years, the United States has now been eclipsed by nearly every other developed nation, according to recent data from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The … Read more

Your salt shaker might be giving you Type 2 diabetes: new study

Your salt shaker might be giving you Type 2 diabetes: new study

It’s found in virtually every kitchen, restaurant booth, and dining room in the Western world: the salt shaker. Despite its ubiquity — or perhaps, because of it — salt has fallen under the scrutiny of medical researchers, who agree that table salt and other forms of added sodium have unintended health consequences. And now, a … Read more

Foods that mimic Ozempic revealed — the best ones for weight loss

Foods that mimic Ozempic revealed — the best ones for weight loss

Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro have radically transformed the world of weight loss. Health experts know there are plenty of foods — probably in your pantry right now — that affect the body like those medications. Semaglutide is the active ingredient in those drugs, which work by mimicking GLP-1, a hormone in your body that’s produced … Read more

How Queen’s ‘We Will Rock You’ could replace insulin injections for diabetics: study

How Queen’s ‘We Will Rock You’ could replace insulin injections for diabetics: study

Can diabetes be rocked away? A study published in the journal Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology has suggested that “We Will Rock You” by Queen could potentially help treat diabetes. Scientists have engineered a cell that can release the hormone insulin in response to music — with the hope that these cells can eventually be implanted … Read more

Eating two servings of red meat increases risk of diabetes: study

Eating two servings of red meat increases risk of diabetes: study

This news is hard to swallow. A new study suggests that eating just two servings of red meat per week is linked to a higher risk of developing diabetes, which affects 37 million Americans. The research, published Thursday in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, found that increased intake of red meat — even more … Read more

AI can detect diabetes — just by listening to you talk for 10 seconds: new study

AI can detect diabetes — just by listening to you talk for 10 seconds: new study

Talk to your robo-doctor. New medical research finds that artificial intelligence can detect type 2 diabetes merely by listening to a patient speak for six to ten seconds. The study by Klick Labs, published in “Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Digital Health,” showed an 89% accuracy rate for diagnoses in women and 86% for men, according to … Read more

What is CKM syndrome? Doctors identify emerging major health threat

What is CKM syndrome? Doctors identify emerging major health threat

A newly named medical condition links the rising tide of cardiovascular and kidney disease with type 2 diabetes and obesity. In an advisory this week, the American Heart Association identified CKM syndrome — or cardiovascular, kidney and metabolic syndrome — as an emerging health threat. One-third of U.S. adults have three or more risk factors … Read more

Woman claims airline called her ‘unfit’ to fly for sweating

Woman claims airline called her ‘unfit’ to fly for sweating

A woman has claimed she was kicked off a flight for sweating. Helen Taylor, from Durham in the UK, was traveling to Rome with her husband for a mini getaway when she was told she was “unfit” to fly. The pair had spent $3,500 on the trip and were due to fly out on October … Read more

Personality disorders 3 times more likely in liver disease patients: new study 

Personality disorders 3 times more likely in liver disease patients: new study 

A new study has found that people who have non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are three times more likely to also have a personality disorder. “Finding an increased prevalence of personality disorders in NAFLD patients is particularly striking,” study co-author Dr. Jonathan Catling, from the UK’s University of Birmingham, said in a news release. “It’s … Read more

Ozempic burned off my genitals — I found pieces of charred skin on the toilet

Ozempic burned off my genitals — I found pieces of charred skin on the toilet

A-listers are burning off excess fat with Ozempic — but the drug is burning away this grandmother’s genitals.  Hollywood hotshots such as multibillionaire Elon Musk, Sharon Osborne and countless “Real Housewives” stars have successfully slimmed down at cyclonic speeds after injecting themselves with the Type-2 diabetes medication, which has been widely hailed a “miracle” drug … Read more

Diet sodas are no better than sugary drinks for diabetics

Diet sodas are no better than sugary drinks for diabetics

Diet sodas — once seen as a healthy alternative to sugary regular sodas — are under scrutiny as a growing body of research finds troubles in those bubbles. Now, a study reveals that both regular and diet soft drinks result in higher insulin levels, as measured in saliva. “I am not surprised to see that … Read more

Diabetes risk higher for night owls than early birds, new study shows

Diabetes risk higher for night owls than early birds, new study shows

Early bird gets the worm. Night owls get health problems. People who stay up late — or all night — are more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes and have unhealthy lifestyle behaviors than morning people, according to a new study published Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine. And, scientists say, you can’t necessarily change these … Read more

Depression may be direct cause of type 2 diabetes: ‘hugely important study’

Depression may be direct cause of type 2 diabetes: ‘hugely important study’

New genetic research has revealed that depression may be a direct cause of type 2 diabetes, according to scientists from the UK. The two conditions have always been linked: People with type 2 diabetes are about twice as likely to be diagnosed with depression compared to other people. However, it was never clear whether type … Read more

Amazon Pharmacy to offer insulin, diabetes drugs for as little as $35 a month

Amazon Pharmacy to offer insulin, diabetes drugs for as little as  a month

Amazon said Tuesday its online pharmacy will automatically apply manufacturer-sponsored coupons to more than 15 insulin and diabetes medicines to help patients access discounts pledged by the drug industry. With the new program, patients using Amazon Pharmacy will no longer have to search for and manually enter coupons from the three largest insulin makers, Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly, and Sanofi, to … Read more

I was suicidal on Ozempic — it’s not a miracle weight-loss drug for everyone

I was suicidal on Ozempic — it’s not a miracle weight-loss drug for everyone

Amelia had been intent on losing weight most of her life — but this concern had never caused the 35-year-old to consider ending her life. Last summer, the Canadian woman was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and prescribed the wildly popular “miracle” drug Ozempic (semaglutide) by her doctor, who presented the drug as an easy … Read more