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While the exact cause of prediabetes is unclear, experts believe this complex condition stems from various factors, including genetic makeup, lifestyle, and underlying cardiovascular health. This article will explore the factors involved in developing prediabetes, from unmodifiable factors like age and family history to modifiable ones like excess weight and a sedentary lifestyle. Common Causes Experts don’t know precisely why some people develop prediabetes and others do not. They know that in prediabetes, your body starts producing less insulin, develops insulin resistance, or both....

MORE: Get the latest NFL odds & betting advice at Sportsbook Review Arizona Cardinals vs. Cincinnati Bengals Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019 at Paul Brown Stadium (Cincinnati, Ohio) Line: Bengals -3 Opening with the Bengals favored by 4-points, 72-percent of wagers sided with the Arizona Cardinals to open the week. This caused the line to drop one point, indicating the potential for a tight game. More importantly, the total also fell one point, suggesting the potential for a back-and-forth, run-heavy approach....

The couple, named Josh and Lisa, regularly share prank videos on their TikTok page, @joshandlisa, but the fast-food themed clip has struck a chord with viewers. The clip, captioned “the sweetest pregnancy announcement,” has amassed more than 9 million views since being uploaded on Friday, and can be seen here. It shows a hand, thought to belong to Lisa, sliding a pregnancy test into a cone topped with vanilla soft serve, before showing her smoothing ice cream over the test cap to hide it in the dessert....

When it comes to the sex of a baby, Americans still prefer having a boy over a girl—but only just. In a 2018 Gallup Poll, 36 percent of Americans said they would want a boy compared with 28 percent who said they would rather have a girl. More tellingly perhaps, 36 percent said it wouldn’t matter or they didn’t have an opinion. The preference for boys is largely driven by men, with 55 percent of males quizzed as part of the study saying they would like a son, while just 18 percent wanted a daughter....

The video, found here, was posted to TikTok last week by Maddy Cifelli (@madi_lane_). So far, it has received more than 3 million views. “When your ex and his wife are in THE SAME labor and delivery room,” the video’s text overlay reads. In the video, Cifelli is lying in her hospital bed and lip-synching along to a popular TikTok sound, the lyrics of which are: “Oh, what a time to be alive....

The lawsuit was brought by Kentucky’s Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron and joined by the attorneys general of Tennessee and Ohio. U.S. District Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove made the ruling, according to The Associated Press. The mandate would require employees of federal contractors to be fully vaccinated against COVID by Jan. 4. “The question presented here is narrow,” Van Tatenhove wrote in his ruling. “Can the president use congressionally delegated authority to manage the federal procurement of goods and services to impose vaccines on the employees of federal contractors and subcontractors?...

St. Agnelo’s VNCT is one of the leading real-estate developers in India and it aims to cultivate the sport in Chennai by providing the right guidance and professional training to the Premier Futsal team Commenting on the announcement, Vimala Britto – Vice Chairperson, Premier Futsal said, “We are happy to associate with St. Agnelo’s VNCT as the co-owners of St. Angelo’s VNCT Chennai Singhams for Season 2. With a mission to grow the sport in India, Premier Futsal is dedicated to engaging with today’s youth by encouraging their participation in the sport by enabling them with right direction and guidance....

The United States international suffered a hamstring injury in his country’s opening World Cup fixture with Ghana in June. However, he made his comeback as a second-half substitute in Sunderland’s 2-0 friendly victory over Udinese on Saturday. Sunderland head coach Poyet believes the 24-year-old could now be ready for the visit to The Hawthorns after a full week’s training. “Jozy is coming along well,” Poyet told the club’s official website....

It’s easy to be skeptical. After all, so much of what we know about American health care is driven by a profit motive. But it turns out that there really are good programs to help many people get their prescription drugs at a reduced cost or even free. Prescription assistance programs (PAPs) are available across the country. They work by subsidizing the cost of prescription drugs through government or not-for-profit advocacy programs, or as public relations tools representing for-profit pharmaceutical companies....

Termites make their lofty homes by chewing up and spitting out mouthfuls of dirt, building a network of tunnels and vents that keep the interiors of the structures at a constant temperature throughout the year. Some African species build their nests as tall as 30 feet, and the structures can last for a century after they’ve been abandoned. That’s where Tobin comes in. He and hired workers coated dead termite hills in Ghana with rubber to make molds....

He was loyal to a fault, and paid for it. According to congressional investigators, Haldeman was Nixon’s righthand man and alter ego–the gatekeeper, go-between and implementer-in-chief for the president’s 1972 re-election campaign and the administration’s covert war against Vietnam dissenters. These activities merged disastrously on June 17, 1972, when five men working for the Committee to Re-Elect the President were arrested in what Ron Ziegler, Nixon’s press secretary, dismissively described as a “third-rate burglary attempt” at the Democratic National Committee’s offices in the Watergate complex....

In the same breath, the president told his audience that he knows “more about the environment than most people.” He continued, “I want clean air, I want clean water, I want a wealthy country… I’m an environmentalist. A lot of people don’t understand that.” Earlier this month, the president instituted a rule change that would reverse key environmental protections for endangered species and require an economic evaluation to be carried out before any new endangered species is added to list....

While not much is known about the President’s condition, a White House statement from physician Sean P. Conley, DO, FACEP, says “the President and First Lady are both well at this time, and they plan to remain at home within the White House during their convalescence.” By Friday afternoon, President Trump relocated to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Here’s what we know so far. Trump Has Mild Symptoms While The New York Times reports President Trump is experiencing fever, congestion, and cough, White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has only told reporters that the president is experiencing “mild symptoms....

Without proper screening, eleven percent of children with sickle cell anemia will experience a stroke by 20 years of age. Approximately one in four patients will have a stroke by age 45. Hearing this sort of news about your young child can be shocking, but with proper screening, this risk can be reduced significantly. Why Are People With Sickle Cell Anemia at Risk for Stroke? The majority of children with sickle cell anemia experience ischemic stroke, meaning that blood flow cannot get to one area of the brain....

There’s no cure for arthritis, but there are things you can do to reduce the likelihood of getting arthritis in your hands, preventing arthritis flare-ups, and reducing joint damage. Causes of Arthritis in the Hands Arthritic conditions can cause pain, stiffness, swelling, and tenderness in the small joints of the hands and fingers. Inflammatory arthritis conditions, like RA, psoriatic arthritis, gout, and ankylosing spondylitis cause inflammation. Symptoms of inflammation include redness, warmth, swelling, and pain....

Pearl River Police Department officers arrested the Reverend Travis Clark, 37, on September 30 after an onlooker noticed an unusual scene at the Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Pearl River, a town located just northeast of New Orleans. Just before 11 p.m., a passerby saw that the church’s lights were on later than usual and decided to check things out, The New Orleans Advocate reported. The unidentified person looked through windows and glass doors and saw Clark half-naked—but still wearing his priestly attire—and having sex with two women on the altar, according to court documents....

From building kits to action figures and toys, there is something for everyone. Lego Star Wars: The Mandalorian The Child 75318 Building Kit Price: $73.49 (8 percent saving) For fans of The Mandalorian, this building kit allows for fans to build their very own Baby Yoda and its gearshift knob—The Child’s favorite toy. The Child’s true name, Grogu, was not revealed until “Chapter 13: The Jedi” of The Mandalorian....

From basketball and biking to snowboarding and fast-pitch softball, women are playing and watching sports as never before. They are a vast new market in the sports-crazy United States, and in the coming months corporate America will mount an unprecedented effort to tap them. But how do you reach women jocks? Just because a woman goes mountain biking on weekends, does that mean she wants to read athlete profiles in one of the slew of new sports magazines soon to be published?...

De-clutter. Pack up your winter clothes, that extra sofa, your prized collection of ceramic roosters. “Start really moving out,” says Lisa LaPorta, cohost of HGTV’s “Designed to Sell.” “Know that the house you’re selling is not the house you live in anymore.” Neutralize your space. Hide all your personal items, including wedding photos and refrigerator magnets. “You want buyers to envision themselves living there,” says Pam Liebman, CEO of the Corcoran Group, a New York City-based real-estate firm....