Nearly 40 percent of U.S. adults—and 50 percent of those over 65—have prediabetes. Eight out of 10 don’t know it. On the upside, the toolbox for preventing or reversing prediabetes is expanding. Here’s what to know.
Nearly 30 million U.S. adults have sleep apnea, say experts. Roughly 80 percent of them don’t know it. If you keep your bed partner up with your snoring, wake up gasping for air in the middle of the night, fall asleep while stopped at red lights, or wake up with morning headaches, you may be one of them.
I’ve spent a good part of my career arguing that anti-obesity drugs like Meridia and fenphen have serious side effects, are not terribly effective, and should be taken off the market. Several have been.
