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New Gestational Diabetes Guidelines Find More Women at Risk

Posted: Sunday, March 07, 2010

New blood sugar measurements used to determine gestational diabetes will mean that lower levels may pose risks for mother and baby.

Early Pregnancy Weight Gain Linked to Diabetes

Posted: Sunday, February 28, 2010

Pregnant women who gain weight rapidly during the early stages of pregnancy are at higher risk for gestational diabetes, a new study found.

Siblings Key in Gestational Diabetes Risk

Posted: Sunday, January 24, 2010

A family history of diabetes increases a woman's risk of developing gestational diabetes, a new study confirms.

Breastfeeding Curbs Heart and Diabetes Risk Factors

Posted: Sunday, December 20, 2009

Mothers who breastfeed seem to have a lower long-term risk of developing a collection of risk factors for diabetes and heart disease than women who bottle-feed, a new study suggests.

Breastfeeding A Child May Protect Women from Metabolic Syndrome

Posted: Thursday, December 03, 2009

Breastfeeding A Child May Protect Women from Metabolic Syndrome, A Condition Linked to Diabetes and Heart Disease in Women

Study Highlights

* This is the first study to measure all components of Metabolic Syndrome before pregnancy and after weaning in women of childbearing age
* Metabolic Syndrome, which affects up to 37 percent of U.S. women between ages 20 – 59, is a clustering of risk factors related to obesity and metabolism that may predict future diabetes and heart disease during midlife and early death for women
* Another recent Kaiser Permanente study found that women with gestational diabetes are 2.5 times more likely to develop Metabolic Syndrome after pregnancy

Short Women at Greater Risk for Gestational Diabetes

Posted: Friday, November 20, 2009

Caucasian women with GDM are shorter than pregnant women without GDM regardless of the diagnostic criteria used or the severity of glucose intolerance.

New IDF Guidelines on Diabetes Management

Posted: Monday, November 16, 2009

The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) announced the release of several new guidelines related to diabetes management at the IDF 20th World Diabetes Congress. These include the first-ever international guidelines on the management of diabetes in pregnancy and guidelines on the use of self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) among Type 2 diabetic patients not being treated with insulin.

Vegetables Protect Unborn Child Against Diabetes

Posted: Monday, November 09, 2009

New evidence is emerging for how important it is for pregnant women to eat good, nutritious food. Expecting mothers who eat vegetables every day seem to have children who are less likely to develop Type 1 diabetes, according to a new study from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

In Early Pregnancy, Metabolic Syndrome Increases the Risk of Preterm Birth

Posted: Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Women with metabolic syndrome in early pregnancy have a higher risk for preterm birth, according to study findings.

Lower Cut-Offs Needed in Screening for Gestational Diabetes

Posted: Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Some women who test negative for gestational diabetes on glucose challenge and glucose tolerance tests are still at significant risk of developing Type 2 diabetes and hypertension 15 years later.