Main Page Article Search E-Lerts™ Newsletter: Current E-Lerts™ Newsletter Archives E-Lerts™ Newsletter Recipes Archives Defeat Diabetes® E-Lerts™ Newsletter Subscribe Defeat Diabetes ® News by Daniel H. Rasolt Books You Can Use™ Subscribe to Defeat Diabetes Foundation Mailings
About Diabetes Body Care    » Alternative Medicine    » Care    » Cats    » Children    » Dental    » Dogs    » Elderly    » Eye    » Hospital    » Monitor    » Pets    » Pregnancy    » Self-Management    » Support Systems    » Surgery    » Traditional Medicine Children Complications Defeat Diabetes Foundation Drugs Elderly E-Lerts™ Governments & Organizations Health & Fitness Insulin MADDCAP™ Mr. Diabetes® Nutrition Obesity Other Diseases Pregnancy Research Risks Self-Management Supplements Type 1 Warning Signs

 

 

 

     

Care » Pregnancy

Search our News Articles Archives for diabetes and health news. Search by word or phrase.  The latest article will appear first.

Search For:  

Search in all categories / subcategories
Search in current category / subcategory

Omega-3 Intake During Pregnancy Closely Related To Infant Development Posted: Friday, April 11, 2008

Omega-3 fatty acid consumption during the last trimester of pregnancy appears to help with the motor and cognitive development of the infant. Higher omega-3 concentrations in the blood of the infants (which was also representative of a higher content in the mothers blood) was revealed to be strongly correlated to advanced development, according to a recent study.

Periodontal Disease Causes Gestational Diabetes In Pregnant Women Posted: Friday, April 04, 2008

Dr. Ananda P. Dasanayake, a professor of epidemiology and health promotion at the NYU College of Dentistry, led the study on 256 women at New York s Bellevue Hospital Center through their first six months of pregnancy.

How To Detect True Gestational Diabetes Posted: Friday, April 04, 2008

The study showed that 7% of women diagnosed with gestational diabetes were already diabetic at the time of first visit and were misdiagnosed with gestational diabetes, when they had diabetes. They also found that, a HBA1C level at the first visit of less than 5.3 would not develop gestational diabetes during the entire course of pregnancy.

Breast-Feeding Curbs Type 2 Diabetes Later Posted: Thursday, March 20, 2008

Breast-fed babies appear to be less likely to develop type 2 diabetes when they reach adolescence, according to findings published in the medical journal Diabetes Care.

Diabetes In Pregnancy Increases Children's Diabetes Risk Posted: Thursday, March 06, 2008

Researchers have identified a link between the occurrence of type 2 diabetes in adults and the presence of type 1 diabetes or pregnancy-related diabetes in their mothers.

Low Vitamin B12 in Pregnancy Linked to Insulin Resistance in Offspring Posted: Thursday, February 21, 2008

Low plasma vitamin B12 in the first trimester and high folate levels in the second trimester of pregnancy predispose offspring to insulin resistance, according to the results of a study.

The Cause of Gestational Diabetes May Have been Found Posted: Wednesday, November 07, 2007

Scientists at Stanford University School of Medicine may be on the right path of discovering the pathology behind the development of diabetes during pregnancy, commonly known as Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM).

Causes of Pregnancy Loss Differ in Women With Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes Posted: Wednesday, November 07, 2007

Rates of pregnancy loss and neonatal deaths are similar among women with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, investigators in New Zealand report, but the causes of pregnancy loss vary between the two groups.

Better Glycemic Control Prevents Infertility Posted: Thursday, October 11, 2007

A Swedish study indicates that the fertility of women with type 1 diabetes was reduced prior to 1985, but since then is its begun to normalize, if diabetic complications were avoided

Treating Gestational Diabetes Reduces Childhood Obesity Posted: Friday, September 07, 2007

Treating gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) during pregnancy may reduce the child's risk of becoming obese, according to the results of a new study.

 

 

 

 

 

 Costa Rica Travel Corp. will donate a portion of the proceeds to and is a sponsor of Defeat Diabetes Foundation.