A 66-year-old grandfather who exercised daily was stunned to learn he was pre-diabetic — and he says making one small change to his eating habits helped reverse it.
Dance teacher Will McKechnie, from Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, told SWNS he had always considered himself healthy.
At 5 feet 10 inches tall and 167 pounds, he wore a medium-sized shirt, danced seven times a week, and didn't think twice about his daily snacks: a chocolate bar and a bag of chips.
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«I honestly thought I was really fit and healthy,» McKechnie said.
But after undergoing a free screening for people over 60 in May 2023, a routine blood test showed that his average blood sugar level was 6.2% — an indicator of pre-diabetes, according to SWNS.
McKechnie didn’t find out until a year later, during an unrelated appointment, when his doctor reviewed the results.
«I was so shocked and worried to hear I was pre-diabetic,» he said.
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Kris Jenner — known as the «momager» of the Kardashian-Jenner empire — has made headlines in recent weeks for her more youthful appearance, sparking rumors of a possible deep plane facelift.
A representative for Jenner confirmed to another outlet that Dr. Steven Levine of New York City performed Jenner’s recent work, but did not specify the type of procedure. (Fox News Digital reached out to Levine and Jenner for comment.)
Dr. Patrick Davis, a Beverly Hills facial plastic surgeon, said that Jenner appears «youthful and natural,» which is the hallmark of a «well-performed procedure.»
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«It is difficult to comment specifically on what technique was performed, though in some fashion, the structural elements of her face were lifted to reset her skin tissues,» Davis, who has not treated Jenner, hypothesized in an interview with Fox News Digital.
«She has a healthy-looking distribution of fat c..

Your daily meal selections could influence the quality of your sleep, new research says.
A study from the University of Chicago Medicine and Columbia University found that increasing your intake of fruits and vegetables could help promote more restful sleep.
Previous research has shown that people who lack quality sleep may be more likely to indulge in unhealthy foods that are high in fat and sugar — and now this new finding sheds more light on how consumed foods impact sleep.
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In the small study — which was published in «Sleep Health: The Journal of the National Sleep Foundation» — 34 healthy young adults reported their daily food consumption and wore a tracker to measure how often they woke up or changed sleep patterns during the night, according to a press release.
Those who reported eating more fruits and vegetables during the day were found to have «deeper, more uninterrupted sleep.»
Greater amounts of healthy..

Bill Gates is speaking out about his personal experience with Alzheimer’s — and his hope for progress in fighting the disease.
In an essay published this week on his blog at GatesNotes.com, the Microsoft co-founder and tech billionaire, 69, reflected on the difficulty of spending another Father’s Day without his dad, Bill Gates Sr.
The elder Gates passed away in 2020 at the age of 94 after battling Alzheimer’s.
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«It was a brutal experience, watching my brilliant, loving father go downhill and disappear,» Gates wrote in the blog post.
Today, motivated by his own experience with the common dementia, Gates — who serves as chair of the Gates Foundation — is committed to working toward a cure for the common dementia, which currently affects more than seven million Americans, or one in nine people over 65.
In his blog, Gates expressed optimism about the «massive progress» being made in the fight against Alzheimer..

The potential risk of cannabis use has been in the spotlight following recent research pointing toward negative health effects.
This includes a new meta-analysis by French researchers, published in the journal Heart, which reviewed multiple studies to assess the link between cannabis and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE).
The researchers analyzed data from more than 400 million patients involved in 24 previous cross-sectional studies (capturing data at a single point in time) and cohort studies (following patients over time). One study focused on medical cannabis.
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The overall results noted a significant increase in risk of major cardiovascular events, including a 29% higher likelihood of heart attack, 20% higher risk of stroke and twice the chances of cardiovascular death.
The danger was also elevated in people who used cannabis at least once a week.
Several studies found higher odds of acute..

Most households have a stash of painkillers tucked away for surprise headaches or stubborn cramps.
But some may not realize that all painkillers are not created equal, and they don’t all treat the same kind of pain.
Over-the-counter (OTC) pain relievers fall into two main categories, according to MedLine Plus.
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The first is NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) like ibuprofen and naproxen.
«These reduce both pain and inflammation, but can irritate the stomach if not taken with food,» Dr. Jessica Oswald, MD, MPH, an anesthesiologist and pain management specialist at UC San Diego Health, told Fox News Digital.
The other medication, acetaminophen, also helps with pain and fever, but does not reduce inflammation, Oswald noted.
Dr. Min «Frank» Wu, a physician at AdventHealth in Littleton, Colorado, elaborated on how these drugs work differently in the body.
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Researchers at Johns Hopkins University say they have uncovered an advanced method for detecting cancer.
A new study, published in the journal Cancer Discovery and partly funded by the National Institutes of Health, found that genetic material shed by tumors can be detected in the bloodstream three years prior to a cancer diagnosis.
The researchers analyzed plasma samples from a large Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study to assess risk factors for heart attack, stroke, heart failure and other cardiovascular diseases, according to a press release.
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Blood samples were analyzed from 26 participants who were diagnosed with cancer within six months of sample collection, and 26 who were not diagnosed with cancer.
Out of these 52 participants, eight scored positively on a multi-cancer early detection (MCED) lab test and were diagnosed with cancer within four months following blood collection.
MCED tests are an experimental ty..