While being overweight is generally never good for your health, carrying extra fat in certain areas can be particularly dangerous. One of the most concerning areas is the abdomen. In fact, a recent study conducted in China linked excess abominable adipose tissue to the progression of type-2 diabetes and to increased risks of kidney complications for patients with type-2 diabetes.

We often think that to improve our diets, we have to make major changes, drastically reducing calories or cutting out sugar entirely. But research is showing that we may actually be able to make our diets better just with one simple addition.

Here's some good news for women fighting breast cancer and for women who are at a higher risk for getting it. You may know that 80% of breast cancers are estrogen positive cancers. This doesn't mean that estrogen caused the cancer. But it does mean that estrogen stimulates the growth of the cancer. That's why oncologists prescribe anti-estrogen drugs for estrogen-positive breast cancer. But here's something you may not have heard about.