#Healthwire: Why is diabetes on the rise?

The WHO says that between 1980 and 2014, the percentage of adults with diabetes increased from 4.7% of the global population to 8.5% (from 108 million to 422 million).The rise, it says, mirrors "the global increase in the number of people who are overweight or obese."

Among the WHO's key findings about exercise and :

• In 2010 nearly a quarter of adults (18 and older) were classified as "insufficiently physically active."

• Even more alarming were the figures on inactivity among adolescents, with 84% of female adolescents and 78% of males falling short.

• In 2014, almost one in four adults aged over 18 years was overweight and more than one in 10 were obese.

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#Healthwire: Castor oil.

Another possible solution to your wart problem is to rub castor oil on the wart. The oil can help moisturize the skin until the wart breaks apart and disappears.

#Technology: Actress going braless accidentally flashes breasts during interview on Facebook Live

An actress has been left red-faced when she accidentally flashed her breasts during a Facebook Live broadcast. Argentine star Virginia Gallardo, 29, was about to be interviewed by the actress Flor Vigna, in her Facebook Live program when the huge flash occurred. www.mirror.co.uk

#Healthwire: Prevention

The most important thing parents can do has nothing to do with doctors or the emergency room and everything to do with preventing drowning in the first place. “Water safety is by far the most important thing,” Reiter says.

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