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Unhealthy Diet During Pregnancy Could Have Long Term Effects on Offspring

Posted: Friday, July 04, 2008

In addition to drinking, smoking, and doing drugs, eating an unhealthy diet while pregnant could have long term effects on one's offspring. A recent study suggests that serious conditions such as heart disease and diabetes develop more often when one's mother consumes unhealthy foods while pregnant.

Hyperglycemia Without Diabetes Linked to High Birth Weight

Posted: Thursday, May 22, 2008

The presence of hyperglycemia in pregnancy below levels diagnostic for diabetes is associated with an increased risk for several negative pregnancy outcomes, according to new research.

Diabetes Doubling Before Motherhood

Posted: Tuesday, April 29, 2008

The number of pregnant women with pre-existing diabetes has more than doubled in seven years, a California study found, a troubling trend that means health risks for both mothers and newborns. And the number of diabetic teenagers giving birth grew fivefold during the same period, according to the study, the largest of its kind. This comes from a new study published in Diabetes Care.

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.

Red Wine, Tea, Helps Regulate Blood Sugar in Type 2's

Posted: Wednesday, April 09, 2008

Food scientists have found that certain antioxidants found in red wine and tea may help regulate the blood sugar of people with type 2 diabetes by inhibiting the action of alpha-glucosidase that controls the absorption of glucose from the small intestine, and protect the body from complications such as high blood pressure and heart disease.

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.

Caesarean Births More Often The Last

Posted: Thursday, April 03, 2008

Women who have their first child by Caesarean section birth are less likely to have subsequent children, a recent study reports. With over 600,000 births being accounted for, it was found that women giving birth to their first-born are 12 percent less likely to have more than one child than those that deliver their first-born vaginally.

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.