Tag: women’s health

ScienceDaily (June 6, 2011) — New research finds that gestational diabetes, or pregnancy-related diabetes, may not raise the risk of heart disease independent of other cardiovascular risk factors except in certain high-risk populations, such as Hispanics. The results are being presented at The Endocrine Society's 93rd Annual Meeting in Boston. "The prevalence of gestational diabetes is increasing, ...

Many women must deal with diabetes as well as menopause. Whether you have type 1 or type 2 diabetes, there are extra health considerations that may or may not impact your menopausal and perimenopausal years. Types of diabetes *Juvenile or type 1 diabetes affects young children who are either born with or develop diabetes as children. *Adult onset ...

Pregnant women will be asked to get on their bikes as part of a major WA study. The Cycle Study, involving at least 200 women with a history of gestational diabetes, aims to prevent a recurrence and reduce the chances of obesity and diabetes in offspring. The women will take part in a supervised exercise program in ...

Women who have diabetes, high blood pressure, or are obese before pregnancy are more likely to have a child with autism, according to new research. [...]

By Shahreen Abedin WebMD Feature Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD For women, living with type 2 diabetes can be tough. Diabetes brings many other health risks that you need to know about. For instance, women with type 2 diabetes are more likely than other women to have high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or heart disease. The good news: A healthy ...

One of the common health complaints I hear from women coming to see me is low energy and sex drive.  Women seem to need extra help with their mojo, especially mothers whose hormones go awry after pregnancy. As a naturopathic physician, I look for the underlying cause(s) for any health condition rather than simply covering up ...

FRIDAY, April 29 (HealthDay News) -- Multiple pregnancies may increase the risk of obesity, diabetes and the buildup of plaque in the arteries, suggests new research in mice. Scientists from the University of Cincinnati and colleagues studied mice late in gestation in either their first or fourth pregnancy. Those in their fourth pregnancy had severe glucose ...

Gestational diabetes, or when a woman develops temporary diabetes when she’s pregnant, is on the upswing, and the worst thing about that, doctors say, is it means more Type II diabetes later in life. Women who get gestational diabetes are much more likely to develop diabetes later in life. According to Provena Saint Joseph obstetrician/gynecologist Dr. ...

"If there is anything that this disease has done to improve my life, it taught me at a young age how to take care of myself." - Nikki Peterson, 24 years old, diabetes for 14 years. Like Nikki, women with diabetes must adapt to their unique, individual challenges associated with their disease. From sexual dysfunction and ...

Babies born to obese moms appear to have an increased risk of dying before birth, at delivery, and during their first year of life, according to a new study. [...]