Type 2 diabetes: The sign when you drink that could signal the chronic condition

Type 2 diabetes occurs when the body doesn’t produce enough insulin to function properly, or the body’s cells don’t react to insulin. This means glucose stays in the blood and isn’t used as fuel for energy, which may seem harmless at first, but overtime, this process can act as a precursor to heart disease. While […]

Eating hot sauce could slash your risk of death by 23%

Eating chillies could be good for your heart. A recent study showed that people who munch on the spicy food – more than four times a week – had a reduced death risk for cardiac and cerebrovascular causes. The research, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, also noted that those who […]

Stomach bloating: The unexpected daily habit that could be making you bloated

Stomach bloating is a physical clue our digestive system isn’t working optimally, and this can be due to a variety of reasons. Eating too quickly is a common cause as it robs the body of the chance to track its consumption and send the appropriate satiety signals to the brain. READ MORE Stomach bloating: Do […]

Sharon Osbourne health: Star’s ordeal was ‘worse than you can imagine’

Sharon Osbourne, 67, arrived in New York to film an episode of The Osbournes when she received the results of a colonoscopy and was diagnosed with bowel cancer. READ MORE Jamie Oliver health: The TV chef on his disorder – signs and symptoms Upon the new of her diagnosis, the star’s “stomach dropped” and she […]

Mum begs doctors for help after pubic hair starts growing on her face

Crystal Coombs was victim of a serious pitbull attack when she was nine-years-old. As chunk of skin was torn from her face, she needed surgery. Doctors decided to perform a graft by using skin from the American girl’s pubic area. But while this helped her to heal from the dog bite, it caused an unfortunate […]

Head of Fitbit Health Solutions talks payer strategy, evolution of health products

Earlier this month Google announced its plans acquire Fitbit for roughly $2.1 billion, shaking up the wearable industry, opening up a number of questions about exactly what lies ahead, and what an integration of the two companies looks like.  But the wearables company has long planted its roots in a handful of different markets and business strategies — consumer trackers, […]