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As diabetes cases rise 40 percent in a decade and one in ten of us will soon have the disease, experts discover a shocking risk factor that doctors have missed

If you do not regularly brush your teeth, the risk of developing diabetes increases experts. Research suggests that the condition – where the body is struggling to regulate blood sugar levels – can be activated by gum disease, which is thought to be around four in ten of the population. Gums disorders, also known as […]

Thousands of women suffering from painful fractures … Because doctors think they are ‘too young’ to have osteoporosis

When Michelle Clark stumbled a concrete step in November 2018, she resigned it. But within a few hours the mother was of two unbearable pain and practical immobile. Hospital scans revealed that Michelle, then 56, had broken her right kneecap. Doctors applied a cast and said they were resting, in the expectation that it would […]

I took a gummy and almost died … Then I was transported to a heavenly party with divine beings

Madison Baker van Dallas, 30, has been struggling with insomnia since 2017. Despite trying recipes, freely available remedies and sleep specialists, nothing worked in the long term. At the end of 2022, Baker’s mother introduced her to Gummies with Delta-8 THC, a cannabiscompound that produces a mild high. Because Delta-8 naturally occurs in small quantities, […]

Meike Leonard: Four out of ten women can develop breast cancer that does not appear on scans. Here is how you can find out if you are at risk

A diagnosis of breast cancer almost always comes like a shock. But when Patricia Copestake was told that she had the disease, she had every reason to be more stunned than most. Only a few months earlier had the 57-year-old mother-Van-Seven attended a routine-Mammogram-an X-ray scan that was offered every three years from 50 to […]