Be proactive with your health care using this expert advice on which important blood tests for women to ask for and how to read the results.

6 important blood tests for women you should know about

Be proactive with your health care using this expert advice on the bloodwork to ask for and how to read the results

Natasha Turner

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A few extra trips to the water cooler could help prevent type 2 diabetes, says a preliminary French study.

A few extra trips to the water cooler could help prevent type 2 diabetes, says a preliminary French study. People who drank the most water (up to 1 L a day) had a 30-percent-lower risk of developing diabetes than their counterparts. Scientists found that when your body is dehydrated, a water-regulation hormone called vasopressin is released, which over time can lead to strained insulin response and production.

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