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HealthYahoo Style UKEating oranges may be the key to losing weight, study finds
It can also help prevent diabetes.
HealthYahoo Style UKDrinking up to four coffees a day 'reduces type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure'
Moderate intake of this hot drink could reap benefits for your health.
HealthYahoo Style UKThree in four adults are not getting enough sleep, report suggests
Lack of sleep increases risk of obesity, depression and anxiety.
HealthYahoo Style UKHeart disease deaths have almost halved in last decade, study reveals
Anti-smoking campaigns and the use of statins have helped to reduce the mortality rate.
HealthYahoo Style UKBeing even slightly overweight doubles your type 2 diabetes risk
The average person in the UK falls into this category.
HealthYahoo Style UKHow to tell if your child has type 2 diabetes
Plus, how to stop them developing the disease.
HealthYahoo LifeHow Halle Berry stays in shape and looks half her age
At 51 years old, the actress says she's in "best shape of her life," and that's thanks to working out five times a week and sticking to a ketogenic diet.
NewsYahoo Style UKThe British town where more than one in 10 people have diabetes
New figures have revealed Bradford has the highest number of people with diabetes in the whole of the UK
NewsThe TelegraphDiet drinks and food actually trigger weight gain and diabetes, says new study
Diet drinks and food actually trigger weight gain and diabetes, says new study
NewsYahoo Style UKSalt being bad for us is a 'myth', doctor claims
Should we be taking Dr James Dinicolantonio's advice?
NewsYahoo Style UKCould breakfast actually be bad for our health? This expert thinks so
Could breakfast be bad for our health? “Breakfast is the most important meal of the day,” say the experts. Instead Terence Kealey believes breakfast is a “dangerous meal” that could actually be as harmful to our health as smoking cigarettes.
HealthYahoo Style UK8 things you need to know about diabetes right now
Over four million people in the UK suffer from this disease.
NewsAlice ShollWhy waking up before sunrise could be bad for your health
Waking up before sunrise isn’t usually something people do voluntarily. The bad news is that waking up before the sun does could also be harming our health, as scientists from Melbourne, Australia have found that it causes ‘social jet lag’.
NewsJane HowdleYou Snooze You Lose: Long Daytime Naps Linked To Diabetes
Scientists from the University of Tokyo established the link after looking at data from 21 observational studies, involving more than 300,000 people. The study is being presented at a meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes in Munich. Naveed Sattar, professor of metabolic medicine at the University of Glasgow, agreed that there was considerable evidence linking sleep disturbances and diabetes.
NewsAlice ShollCoffee Can Literally Heal Your Heart, According To Science
Keep in mind that these weren’t hardcore coffee drinkers - who knows how the results would have changed if these people were necking 4-5 cups a day instead. It’s not totally understood what coffee’s effects on the body are, but several studies have found it to have other health benefits, from reducing the risk of developing type two diabetes or relieving pain, to helping with depression.
NewsNatasha PreskeyThis Is The Amount Of Sleep You Actually Need To Stay Healthy
Unfortunately for those of us with busy work schedules (or heavy weekend plans), sleeping less than seven hours has been shown to mess with your glucose metabolism. A report by the Royal Society For Public Health found that Brits are just missing out on the seven hour mark and are instead averaging 6.8 hours sleep per night.
NewsYahoo HealthThe Body Shape That Protects Women From Diabetes
The findings, which were presented this weekend at the American Society of Human Genetics’ annual meeting, traced the connection to a genetic variation carried by women with hips that are larger in comparison to the rest of their body. The gene variation is inherited from a woman’s mother and doesn’t appear to have the same effect on men. According to a press release from the American Society of Human Genetics, researchers are currently investigating the discrepancy, but hypothesize that there may be a sex-specific protein that interacts with KLF14 and diminishes its impact on men. While the findings are surprising, Peter LePort, MD, medical director of the Memorial Care Center for Obesity at California’s Orange Coast Memorial Medical Care Center, tells Yahoo Health that he isn’t shocked.