It’s fun to share a good laugh, but did you know it can actually improve your health? Learn how to harness the powerful benefits of laughter and humour.

Whether you're guffawing at a sitcom on TV or quietly giggling at a newspaper cartoon, laughing does you good. Laughter is a great form of stress relief, and that's no joke.

Some people use the term “type 3 diabetes” to describe Alzheimer’s disease. However, official health organisations do not accept this term, and most doctors do not use it for diagnostic purposes.

Type 3 diabetes is a term used by some researchers to describe the theory that insulin resistance and insulin-like growth factor dysfunction in the brain may cause Alzheimer’s disease. More research needs to be done to understand the link between diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease.

Insulin and glucagon work together to regulate blood sugar levels and ensure that your body has a constant supply of energy.

Hypoglycaemia unawareness is more common than previously thought and can lead to serious complications.

Developing personal values helps you live a fulfilling life. Learn about different personal core values and how to choose ones that reflect your lifestyle.

The choices you’ve made throughout your life likely point to a pattern of priorities that help define your personal values and act as a guide. They make life fulfilling and give you a better sense of self-awareness. And without a clear understanding of them, you might struggle with self-discovery and experience difficulty in making decisions.

It might be the most wonderful time of the year for some people, but for many others Christmas and the holiday season are actually very stressful. This can affect you whether or not you’re living with a chronic or progressive health condition. The festive period brings with it many pressures, from feeling obliged to socialise more than usual to worries about how you are going to pay for everything.

Besides offering essentially no vital nutrients, sugar-sweetened drinks, including soda, can lead to health complications like weight gain, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and diabetes.

Alcohol can interact with diabetes medications and impact your blood sugar. If you’re living with diabetes, talk to your doctor about how alcohol may impact your condition management plan, even if you only have an occasional alcoholic beverage.

WHO aims to stimulate and support the adoption of effective measures for the surveillance, prevention and control of diabetes and its complications, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.

The term diabetes is the shortened version of the full name diabetes mellitus. Diabetes mellitus is derived from the Greek word diabetes meaning siphon - to pass through and the Latin word mellitus meaning honeyed or sweet. This is because in diabetes excess sugar is found in blood as well as the urine. It was known in the 17th century as the “pissing evil”.

People with type 2 diabetes may experience a lower sex drive. Communicating with your partner, lifestyle changes, or medication can help maintain your sex life.

Blurry vision means it’s harder to make out fine details in what you’re seeing. It can be a minor problem that can be resolved by taking eye drops. Other times, it’s a sign of something more serious like diabetes.

Research has shown that thanks to emotional contagion, it’s possible for us to ‘catch’ stress, anxiety, and other emotions from people. Just watching someone else showing classic signs of stress can be enough to trigger a stress response in us, which can lead to further feelings of exhaustion, worry, and even starting to avoid certain colleagues, friends, family, and loved ones.

If we could learn to spot subtle signs of experiencing chronic stress, we could really change our relationship with it. While we’re familiar with the terms fight and flight – the response when faced with danger, preparing you for action – there are actually five ‘fs’: fight, flight, freeze, flop, and fawn. So, how can you identify and address each ‘F’?

Do darker months dampen your mood? Spot the signs that you could be experiencing seasonal affective disorder.

Seasonal affective disorder, low mood and depression associated with autumn and winter, can make the months ahead challenging, so learn how to spot the early signs.

Uncontrolled diabetes has many serious consequences, including heart disease, kidney disease, blindness, and other complications. Prediabetes has also been linked to these conditions. Importantly, eating certain foods can raise your blood sugar and insulin levels and promote inflammation, which may increase your risk of disease.