Having a high resting heart rate may be linked to obesity and diabetes later in life, says a new study from Japan. Researchers say people with resting heart rates of over 80 beats per minute have higher odds of developing insulin resistance, diabetes and cardiovascular problems.

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Older people who have depression are much more likely to develop a dangerous type of internal body fat – one that can lead to diabetes and heart disease, according to a new study.  Researchers say the connection goes beyond obesity and suggests some biological link between a person’s mental state and fat that collects around [...]

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Congrats to Burlington, Vermont – the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just named it the healthiest city in America. The CDC says Burlington is among the best in exercise and among the lowest in obesity, diabetes and several other diseases.

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Diabetes is skyrocketing in the United States. A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says the rate of new cases of diabetes has nearly doubled over the past 10 years. The main reasons? The growing number of obesity and sedentary lifestyles.

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So far, the experimental exercise pills are working in mice, say researchers from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. Their new report shows sedentary mice that got one of the drugs for four weeks burned more calories and had less fat than those that did not take it. The second drug boosted the rodents’ endurance [...]

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Nearly 24 million people in the United States now have diabetes – that’s an increase of more than three million in two years, according to a new report from The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This means almost eight-percent of people in the U.S. have the disease, mostly type-2 diabetes which is linked with [...]

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Pinch me now. Am I sleeping? Or is this really a chocoholic’s dream come true? Researchers are looking for volunteers to yes, eat candy bars for a year… so they can test the health benefits of chocolate. No joke!

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