Sunniva Kwapeng struggled with lipoedema, a painful condition causing disproportionate fat accumulation, until finally being diagnosed in her 40s. An NTNU study found that a low-carb diet helped alleviate pain and resulted in more weight loss than a low-fat diet. Though compression garments provided relief, the overall treatment options for this poorly understood condition remain scarce.

According to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s most recent National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, an estimated 1 in 3 teens between the ages of 12 and 17 had prediabetes in 2023. This is approximately 8.4 million, or 32.7 percent, of American adolescents, and a significant rise from 1 in 5 teens reported in 2020.

Prediabetes is when your blood sugar (glucose) levels are elevated beyond 70 to 99 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL), but aren’t high enough for a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes, when levels are typically 200 mg/dL or higher. Prediabetes increases your risk not just for diabetes but other health conditions as well, including heart disease and stroke, so it’s essential to take steps to get prediabetes under control. Increasing your physical activity and losing a small amount of weight are both good ways to get started.

Women who drank heavily, even though they strongly wished to avoid pregnancy, were 50% more likely to become pregnant than those who drank little or not at all, according to new research. Surprisingly, cannabis use didn t show the same risk.