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Breast-Feeding Lowers Mom's Risk of Diabetes Posted: Thursday, October 05, 2006

Breast-feeding your baby can cut your risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 15% a year and reduce the risk of breast and ovarian cancer.

Gestational Diabetes Increases the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Posted: Thursday, August 31, 2006

Among women with a family history of type 2 diabetes, those with prior GDM were more likely to have CVD risk factors.

Diabetic Youths Have Multiple Cardiovascular Risk Factors Posted: Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Children and adolescents with diabetes commonly have additional risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a new report.

Diabetes in Pregnancy Does Not Motivate to Better Health Posted: Wednesday, August 23, 2006

They have less healthy diets and are more likely to smoke than women whose pregnancies were free of diabetes, a large new study shows.

Women with Preeclampsia Have Double the Type 2 Diabetes Risk Posted: Thursday, June 15, 2006

Researchers reported that preeclampsia is an independent risk marker for type 2 diabetes, even when gestational diabetes is taken into account.

Diabetic Women NOT Getting Birth Control Advice Posted: Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Women with diabetes are less than half as likely as non-diabetic women to receive counseling on birth control from their doctors, despite the risk to the baby if a woman with diabetes conceives before optimal blood sugar control is achieved.

L-Carnipure Supplements Helps To Reduce Diabetes During Pregnancy Posted: Friday, September 09, 2005

Taking supplements of L-Carnipure tartrate during pregnancy can significantly reduce the increased level of plasma free fatty acids that is considered the main cause of insulin resistance in pregnant women. Insulin resistance during pregnancy can lead to gestational diabetes, which affects about 5-10 per cent of pregnancies

Diabetes Can Complicate Untreated Depression in Pregnancy Posted: Thursday, August 18, 2005

These women face the risk of “decreased prenatal care, decreased ability to meet the nutritional demands of pregnancy—either because of eating too little in general or not eating healthy foods—and an increased risk of addictive substance abuse

Glycemic Control Fosters Delivery of Normal Weight Infants Posted: Monday, November 15, 2004

Women with diabetes who maintain strict glycemic control during pregnancy are able to deliver infants that do not differ in weight or body composition from those of nondiabetic women

Familial History of Diabetes, Hypertension Are Potential Predictors of Gestational Diabetes Posted: Friday, February 13, 2004

Pregnant women with a first-degree family history of type 2 diabetes have a 2 to 8-fold greater risk of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) than do women without such a family history, especially those who have at least one sibling with diabetes, according to an American case-control study. Furthermore, women who have a sibling with chronic hypertension also have a 2 to 3-fold increased risk of GDM.

 

 

 

 

 

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