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Weight Loss and Exercise Reduces Urinary Incontinence in Prediabetes

Posted: Thursday, February 16, 2006

Losing a modest amount of weight, just 10 pounds through dietary changes and increased physical activity reduces the occurrence of urinary incontinence (UI) in women with prediabetes

Women with Type 1 Have Low Bone Density

Posted: Thursday, February 16, 2006

Bone mineral density (BMD) in premenopausal women with type1 diabetes, is 3 percent to 8 percent lower than in women without diabetes, investigators report

Risk of Urinary Incontinence Higher in Diabetics

Posted: Friday, December 02, 2005

Women with type 2 diabetes face an increased risk of urinary urge incontinence, but 17 percent of incontinence of any quantity and nearly 15 percent of severe incontinence can be avoided with the prevention of diabetes.

Homocysteine Levels Predicts Future Diabetes After Gestational Diabetes

Posted: Monday, November 28, 2005

High homocysteine in the early postpartum period is an independent risk factor for the development of diabetes in women with a history of pregnancy-induced diabetes (a.k.a. gestational diabetes). More than 15 percent of these individuals will have to undergo amputation

Childhood Tummy Fat Predicts Diabetes And Heart Trouble for Girls

Posted: Monday, November 21, 2005

The scientists concluded in an article appearing in the scientific journal Pediatrics that having a larger waistline at the beginning of adolescence meant a 16 percent increase in the likelihood that by the time she was 18 or 19 a girl would be at risk of having diabetes or heart trouble.

An even more striking result was that girls who had larger-than-average waistlines as adolescents but trimmed down by the time they were young women were not at increased risk of the two chronic diseases.

Hormone Linked to Sugar Control in Diabetics

Posted: Thursday, August 25, 2005

High blood levels of a hormone called adiponectin are associated with improved sugar control in women with diabetes.

In addition, high adiponectin levels are associated with high levels of HDL "good" cholesterol and with reduced inflammation.

Nomogram Evaluating Exercise Capacity Can Predict Survival in Women

Posted: Thursday, August 18, 2005

Exercise capacity is an independent predictor of mortality in women, results from a study of 5,721 asymptomatic women.

Glyburide Effective for Managing Gestational Diabetes

Posted: Wednesday, August 10, 2005

Glyburide may control gestational diabetes unresponsive to diet therapy "Women should be switched to insulin if they are unable to achieve adequate glycemic control on glyburide," Dr. Jacobs on advised

Obese Men Cannot Process Carbs as Efficiently as Obese Women

Posted: Saturday, July 23, 2005

Because obese men may not process carbohydrates as efficiently as obese women, it ultimately, leads to a decrease in fitness level and the development of metabolic disorders.

Obese Men Cannot Process Carbs as Efficiently as Obese Women

Posted: Saturday, July 23, 2005

Because obese men may not process carbohydrates as efficiently as obese women, it ultimately, leads to a decrease in fitness level and the development of metabolic disorders