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Diabetes Pregnancy And Care

This is very important to understand. As pregnancy advances, particularly from after 28 weeks, placental activity increases to keep the baby in good health. To do this placenta produces some hormones which act against Insulin and your do [...]

Posted On : Oct, 01 2010 | Comments : 0

Pregnancy-related diabetes likely to recur: study

Researchers found that the risk of having gestational diabetes during a future pregnancy increases with each previously affected one -- from 41 percent after the first to 57 percent after two pregnancies complicated by gestational diabet [...]

Posted On : Jul, 31 2010 | Comments : 0

Diabetes Risk in Kids During Pregnancy

Pregnancy is a very delicate state of health. During this time women are advised to take good care of themselves. A new study says that pregnant mothers who have high blood glucose will lead their kids to low insulin sensitivity which is [...]

Posted On : Jun, 24 2010 | Comments : 0

Pregnancy can raise diabetes risk in kids

A new study has shown that kids of mothers whose blood glucose (sugar) was high during pregnancy are more likely to have low insulin sensitivity-a risk factor for type 2 diabetes. "We know that children born to women with type 2 dia [...]

Posted On : Jun, 23 2010 | Comments : 0

Excessive Weight Gain During Pregnancy Raises Gestational Di...

Excessive weight gain during pregnancy, especially the first trimester, may increase a woman's risk of gestational diabetes, say U.S. researchers. Their three-year study included 345 pregnant women with gestational diabetes and [...]

Posted On : Feb, 23 2010 | Comments : 0

Siblings key in pregnancy-related diabetes risk

And the risks associated with having a brother or sister who is diabetic are much higher than having one or even two parents with the disease, Dr. Catherine Kim of the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor and her colleagues fo [...]

Posted On : Jan, 14 2010 | Comments : 0

Diabetes in pregnancy creating dangerous cycle

Two Auckland health experts have teamed up to study gestational diabetes and how the illness differs among ethnic groups. AUT professor of nutrition Elaine Rush and National Women's Pregnancy Diabetes Clinic physician Janet Rowan are [...]

Posted On : Jan, 12 2010 | Comments : 0

Drinking soda during pregnancy increases chance of diabetes,...

There's a warning for women who like sugary soft drinks. A local doctor is the first to find a link between those beverages and the future health of you and your children. It is the first study of its kind – and the news is not good f [...]

Posted On : Dec, 04 2009 | Comments : 0

Higher intake of sugary cola may cause gestational diabetes

Consuming too much sugar-laced cola drinks a week prior to conceiving raises the risk of developing gestational diabetes during pregnancy, finds a novel study. Findings of the study also suggest that children of such women are at an increas [...]

Posted On : Dec, 03 2009 | Comments : 0

Vegetables in pregnancy lowers child's diabetes risk: study

Mothers who eat plenty of vegetables during pregnancy will have children who are less likely to have type 1 diabetes, a new study suggests. The risk of type 1 diabetes was twice as high in children whose mothers rarely ate vegetables d [...]

Posted On : Nov, 02 2009 | Comments : 0

Healthy Diet plus Exercise Reduces Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

Boston (DbTechNo) - Onset of diabetes can be greatly delayed by eating a healthy diet and exercising, say researchers of a new study. This interesting study finding applies to people with many symptoms of pre-diabetes, meaning that they are [...]

Posted On : Oct, 30 2009 | Comments : 0

Diabetes and pregnancy

DIABETES mellitus is a condition in which the blood glucose is too high (hyperglycaemia). It is due to insufficient insulin being produced or the cells in the body being unable to use insulin the way they should. Without insulin, the blood [...]

Posted On : Oct, 28 2009 | Comments : 0

Pregnancy and Gestational Diabetes

Not only are cases of Type Two diabetes on the rise, so are the cases of Gestational Diabetes, with one in seven women being diagnosed nationwide. Every pregnant woman knows the drill, about halfway through the pregnancy, she's asked drink [...]

Posted On : Oct, 24 2009 | Comments : 0