Diabetes study reveals diagnosis gap affecting millions of people

Nearly half of adults worldwide who are living with diabetes don’t even know they have it, leaving millions vulnerable to dangerous complications.
A sweeping new study, published in the journal The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, examined data from more than 200 countries between 2000 and 2023, tracking how well health systems identify, treat and control the condition.
Researchers analyzed how many people with diabetes are undiagnosed, untreated, receiving suboptimal care or achieving optimal blood sugar control, broken down by age, sex, location and year.
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The researchers found that about 44% of people aged 15 and older with diabetes remain undiagnosed.
«Many people would not have signs or symptoms until their diabetes is very advanced, and many people are not going to the doctor often or at all for lab work,» Tanya Freirich, a registered dietitian nutritionist in North Carolina, told Fox Ne..

10 Questions to Ask Your Kid Besides ‘How Was School?’

Every parent has been on the receiving end of a one-word answer. You ask your kid how their day was, and they generously offer that it was “fine,” “good,” or “OK.” It probably triggers your own single-word reaction, even if you don’t say it out loud: “Ugh.”

“As parents, we’re desperate for information,” says Stevi Pucket-Perez, a pediatric psychologist at Children’s Health in Dallas. “We want to know what our kids have been doing, what’s happening—we want in on their lives.”

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There are ways to increase the likelihood of more meaningful conversations. For starters, move away from the idea that your kid will be ready to talk right after school, and instead focus on low-stakes, positive interactions. When your kid walks through the door, the first thing out of your mouth shouldn’t be a question, Pucket-Perez says; instead, establish a sense of connection by exclaiming, “I’m so excited to see you!” Or: “I’m so glad you’re home. I grabbed some snacks I tho..

Trump Cracks Down on Drug Ads—but U.S. Remains an Outlier

Donald Trump is ramping up pressure on drug companies to be more transparent about the risks associated with their prescription products.

In a memorandum signed on Tuesday, the President ordered federal health agencies to enforce existing rules about misleading prescription drug advertisements.

The order falls short of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s pledge on the campaign trail last year to altogether “ban pharmaceutical advertising on TV” to solve the U.S.’s “chronic disease epidemic,” as part of his “Make America Healthy Again” movement. But Kennedy called the order a “historic change” in an interview with Fox News on Tuesday. “In some cases, that might create an advertisement that’s four minutes long,” he said, as companies are required to list out their products’ side effects.

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TV ads won’t be the only ones affected by the order. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary, in a video posted on X, said in t..

Why microdosing Ozempic could become as common as taking a multivitamin

They may have gained popularity for diabetes and weight loss, but GLP-1 medications like Ozempic and Wegovy have been linked to ever-expanding health benefits.
In fact, some doctors — including Dr. Terry Dubrow, a plastic surgeon and TV personality based in Newport Beach, California — recommend that everyone takes a low daily dose, even if they don’t need to lose weight.
Dubrow spoke on camera with Fox News Digital about the benefits of «microdosing» these medications. (See the video at the top of this article.)
GLP-1 receptor agonists work by mimicking a hormone called glucagon-like peptide-1, which is released from the gut after eating.
The drugs help to regulate blood sugar, slow down emptying of the stomach and diminish appetite, and have also been shown to reduce the risk of heart disease.
«Sugar's the enemy, and these drugs affect sugar in your blood,» Dubrow told Fox News Digital. «They affect the way insulin reacts.»
GLP-1s help insulin move the glucose (sugar) out of the ..

The New MAHA Report Lacks Teeth, Experts Say

The first MAHA report, released in May and titled “Make Our Children Healthy Again,” mentioned ultra-processed foods more than 40 times, blaming them for negative health outcomes in children.

The just-released follow-up action plan, which outlines the Trump Administration’s strategy for fixing the problems identified by the first report, mentions ultra-processed foods only once, pledging that government agencies would continue to try to develop a definition for them.

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It’s just one way that the MAHA Strategy Report, released on Sept. 9, disappointed many public health advocates—including some MAHA supporters—who had hoped that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s maverick approach to science might upend decades of slow progress on improving nutrition among American children.

“The first MAHA report was revolutionary in a good way,” says Jerold Mande, an adjunct professor of nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health who was a senior policy offici..

Heart surgeon reveals what to eat (and not eat) for optimal cardiac health

Heart disease is the No. 1 killer in America, accounting for one in five deaths, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
While multiple lifestyle factors can cause heart health to decline, nutrition is a large component, experts confirm.
In an on-camera interview with Fox News Digital, cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Jeremy London shared how nutrition can sometimes be a sensitive topic, as diets can work differently for every individual.
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A focus on general dietary guidelines, including eating whole foods and avoiding processed foods, is a great place to start, according to the Savannah, Georgia-based expert.
Reaping the benefits of nutrition for heart health is about balance, he said.
«If I can eat whole foods 80% of the time, that's a win for me,» he said. «And I think that’s reasonable.»
Hydration is also an important component of heart health, London said. He recommends reaching fo..

Florida Is About to Have a Lot More Sick Kids

Florida’s Surgeon General, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, plans to remove the state’s vaccine mandates—a move that will lead to more infections, hospitalizations, and likely even some deaths of young children in the state.

Lifting the mandate would almost certainly lead to lower vaccine uptake in Florida, and it will have implications for Americans more widely. Florida would be the first state to formally lift the vaccine mandate and may inspire other states to drop the requirement for children to get vaccinated before being able to attend school. It will also worsen the declining confidence in vaccines that a growing number of Americans are experiencing, influenced by the vaccine-skeptical rhetoric of Ladapo, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and other officials.

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The requirement for children to have vaccines in order to attend school has helped the U.S. maintain relatively high vaccine coverage against many terrible diseases, includ..

Long-distance running tied to higher risk of colon cancer, early study suggests

Long-distance running, like marathons and ultramarathons, may not always be the health badge we thought it was. In fact, it could increase your cancer risk, according to a new study out of Virginia.
Dr. Timothy Cannon of the Inova Schar Cancer Institute began work on the study, which was presented at the 2025 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting in Chicago, after noticing ultramarathoners under 40 were showing up with advanced colon cancer.
To dig deeper, he launched a study of runners who had completed at least five marathons or two ultramarathons, excluding those with family history or other known risk factors.
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«The study supports the hypothesis that extreme endurance runners have an increased risk of precancerous polyps,» Cannon told Fox News Digital.
Researchers examined 100 participants between the ages of 35 and 50 who had never undergone a colonoscopy but had completed at lea..

Additives in ultra-processed foods linked to higher death risk in major study

A major new study found that eating more ultra-processed foods (UPFs) – especially those with certain additives – is tied to higher mortality from any cause over about 11 years of follow-up.
Published in the journal eClinicalMedicine, researchers looked at nearly 187,000 adults in the U.K. ages 40 to 75 using data gathered from the U.K. Biobank, and tracked their diets and health for 11 years.
Participants filled out multiple online food diaries describing what they ate in a 24-hour period. To figure out how much UPF and which additives (MUPs) people were really eating, the team matched those reported foods to actual supermarket products, checking ingredient labels for 57 potential markers of MUPs, only some of which are traditional additives.
Each food was scored based on how likely it was to contain a given additive. Then, for every person, researchers calculated what percentage of their total daily food intake came from UPFs or specific additives.
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Knee pain is becoming more common in younger adults for two specific reasons

Knee pain is often associated with aging, but more young people seem to be experiencing this issue.
With a greater tendency to play high-intensity sports and a higher overall BMI (body mass index), more younger individuals in their 30s and 40s are having knee problems – and some are even seeking out surgery.
Between 2000 and 2017, there was a 240% increase in inpatient knee replacements for patients between 45 and 64 years old, according to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
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A recent study published in the journal Osteoarthritis and Cartilage found that early structural changes in the knees are common by age 30. This often occurs without symptoms.
Researchers from Finland’s University of Oulu found signs of joint damage in more than half of the 297 participants, who were mostly asymptomatic, according to a press release.
The results showed minor articular cartilage defects (damage or injury ..