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Voiding Difficulty Common in Diabetic Women

Posted: Friday, April 16, 2004

Women with type 2 diabetes are nearly five times more likely to have unrecognized voiding difficulty compared with nondiabetic control subjects

Diabetes Important Factor In Osteoporosis Management

Posted: Monday, April 05, 2004

Diabetes plays a role on the incidence of osteoporosis in older women, and care of patients with diabetes should include a careful assessment of bone health. Hip fractures are recognized as a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Women with type 1 diabetes had a 6.9- to 12-fold increase in relative risk. The data are less clear in type 2 diabetes.

Death Risk 70% Higher in Diabetics with Heart Failure

Posted: Wednesday, March 31, 2004

Diabetes increases the overall risk of death by 70 percent in diabetic women hospitalized with heart failure.

Women With Type 2 Diabetes Have Increased Risks Of Poor Cognitive Function & Substantial Cognitive Decline

Posted: Wednesday, March 10, 2004

"Women with type 2 diabetes had increased odds of poor cognitive function and substantial cognitive decline. Use of oral hypoglycemic therapy, however, may ameliorate risk. Women with diabetes were at 25-35% increased odds of poor cognitive function.

Whole Grains Good for the Diabetic Heart

Posted: Saturday, March 06, 2004

Women with type 2 diabetes who incorporate more whole grains, bran, and cereal fiber into their diets may reduce their risk of heart disease, according to a new study.

What's more, low-glycemic index foods, that is, readily digested carbohydrates that cause a rapid rise in blood sugar levels, may also help to curb early signs of heart trouble

Diabetes During Pregnancy Skyrockets

Posted: Friday, February 27, 2004

Researchers at Kaiser Permanente have uncovered still more evidence that the nation is gaining weight: a staggering 35 percent increase in the number of women who develop diabetes while pregnant. The condition, known as gestational diabetes, usually goes away after the baby is born.

Storing Too Much Iron May Put Healthy Women at Increased Risk for Type 2 Diabetes

Posted: Friday, February 27, 2004

Higher amounts of iron stores in the blood are associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes in healthy women who have no known diabetes risk factors.Excessive iron stores can cause type 2 diabetes among patients with hemochromatosis, a genetic defect in the regulation of iron absorption.

Storing Too Much Iron May Put Healthy Women at Increased Risk for Type 2 Diabetes

Posted: Friday, February 27, 2004

Higher amounts of iron stores in the blood are associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes in healthy women who have no known diabetes risk factors. Excessive iron stores can cause type 2 diabetes among patients with hemochromatosis, a genetic defect in the regulation of iron absorption

Staying In Shape Staves Off Diabetes

Posted: Tuesday, January 06, 2004

High-fit women were 70 percent less likely to develop diabetes than low-fit women. "For every additional minute on the treadmill, there was a 14-percent reduction in the risk of developing diabetes," the investigators report.

Need for Postpartum Screening of Women With Gestational Diabetes by Family Physicians

Posted: Thursday, October 30, 2003

Family physicians frequently fail to adequately screen women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Gestational diabetes occurs in about 5% of pregnancies in the United States and "as many as 69% of women diagnosed with GDM are at risk for recurrence in subsequent pregnancies," he said. Additionally about half of the women diagnosed with GDM will develop type 2 diabetes.