Diabetes mellitus
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Eat Your Way to a Spicier Sex Life
WebMD: Women: Pregnancy &bull YesterdayYour love life is lacking, and you're tempted to try certain foods to reignite the spark. Edible aphrodisiacs can turn up the heat in more ways than one. For centuries, the smell, taste, and appearance of food has been touted as passion-producing," says Sari Greaves,… Full Story »
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When Mom Has Pregnancy Diabetes, Breast-Feeding Curbs Child Obesity
Yahoo! News: Pregnancy Search &bull Yesterday
FRIDAY, Feb. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Breast-feeding reduces the risk of obesity in children born to mothers with diabetes during their pregnancy, a new study indicates. It's known that children of diabetic pregnancies are at increased risk for obesity. The… Full Story »
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When Mom Has Pregnancy Diabetes, Breast-Feeding Curbs Child Obesity (HealthDay)
Yahoo! News: Parenting/Kids News &bull Yesterday
FRIDAY, Feb. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Breast-feeding reduces the risk of obesity in children born to mothers with diabetes during their pregnancy, a new study indicates. It's known that children of diabetic pregnancies are at increased risk for obesity. The… Full Story »
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Antenatal Thyroid Screening Fails To Improve IQ In 3-Year-Olds
Pregnancy News & Obstetrics News from Medical News Today &bull Yesterday
Children of mothers screened and treated for reduced thyroid function during pregnancy show no signs of improved IQ compared to women who receive no treatment, new research has uncovered. Scientists from Cardiff University's School of Medicine working with colleagues from The Wolfson Institute of… Full Story »
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Promising obesity-drug candidate destroys bone, studies say
Chicago Tribune &bull Feb 9, 2012
A potential obesity drug causes rapid bone loss, studies find. Myung J. A compound that looked to be a possible wonder drug for obesity and metabolic disease, such as diabetes, may not make it to store shelves. Research published this… Full Story »
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Gastric bypass can affect how medications work
LA Times: Health &bull Feb 9, 2012
Gastric bypass: Is it a diabetes fix? Q: I suffer from chronic back pain that requires ongoing pain medication, but the medication only works for two to three hours at a time. Years ago, I had gastric bypass surgery. How does this surgery affect how medications work? Is it true that it can limit full absorption of… Full Story »
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Fasting Plus Chemo May Help in Cancer Fight: Study
MedicineNet: Women's Health General &bull Feb 9, 2012
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Fasting, especially when combined with chemotherapy, appears to slow the growth of cancerous tumors in mice, new research suggests. In the mouse study, published in the current issue of Science Translational Medicine, researchers found… Full Story »
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CDC: Doctors Increasingly Prescribe Exercise
WebMD: Women: Pregnancy &bull Feb 9, 2012In 2010, 1 in 3 adults who saw a doctor or other health care professional was advised to increase their physical activity as a means of maintaining or improving their health. That's a significant increase over 2000, when less than a quarter… Full Story »
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Some Men May Inherit a Higher Risk of Heart Disease From Dad
WebMD: Women: Pregnancy &bull Feb 8, 2012The finding is significant in the world of genetics because it ties heart disease risk to the male Y chromosome. Previous studies have suggested that the Y chromosome, which carries relatively few genes, has little to do with inheritance beyond… Full Story »
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Seeing more than just blurred vision in your eye exam
LA Times: Health &bull Feb 8, 2012
According to the study, "eye care providers often detected signs of chronic disease before other healthcare providers - 65 percent of the time for high cholesterol, 20 percent of the time for diabetes, and 30 percent of the time for… Full Story »
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Understanding the FIT Platform for Parents
WebMD: Women: Pregnancy &bull Feb 8, 2012Being fit is something we all aspire to -- both for ourselves and our children. But what does it mean to be fit? Does it mean walking a mile every day? Having salad for lunch? Staying thin enough to fit… Full Story »
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Bread and Other Common Foods Top List of Sodium Culprits
WebMD: Women: Pregnancy &bull Feb 7, 2012Feb. 7, 2012 -- About 90% of us get too much sodium every day, and most of it comes from common restaurant or grocery store items, the CDC reports. The No. 1 culprit? Bread and rolls. The average person gets… Full Story »
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Coffee could improve memory
The Daily Telegraph: Health: Women's &bull Feb 7, 2012
Researchers said the drink could improve the memory of people suffering from diseases of the brain or age-related forgetfulness, and may even prevent symptoms from appearing in the first place. The disease lowers glucose levels in the brain, causing impairment… Full Story »
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Diabetes Takes Toll on Women's Hearing: Study
MedicineNet: Women's Health General &bull Feb 6, 2012
FRIDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Diabetes is associated with hearing loss in women, especially if the blood sugar disease isn't well-controlled, new research indicates. The study, done by researchers at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, examined the medical records… Full Story »
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Giving Birth More Than Once Lead To Weight Gain And Other Problems For Mouse Moms And Male Offspring
Pregnancy News & Obstetrics News from Medical News Today &bull Jan 31, 2012
Women have long bemoaned the fact that as they have more children, their weight gain from pregnancy becomes more difficult to lose. A new study using a mouse model that mimics the human effects of multiparity (giving birth more than once) has found that mouse moms who gave birth four times accrued significantly more fat compared to primiparous females (those giving birth once) of similar age. The study also found significantly more inflammation in the… Full Story »
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Animal Fat Consumption Before Conception Linked To Gestational Diabetes Risk
Pregnancy News & Obstetrics News from Medical News Today &bull Jan 28, 2012
Gestational diabetes increases the risk for certain pregnancy complications and health problems in the newborn. Women whose diets were high in total fat or other kinds of fats - but not in animal fat or cholesterol - did not have an increased risk. Moreover, the increased risk for gestational diabetes seen with animal fat and cholesterol appeared to be independent of other, dietary and non-dietary, risk factors for gestational diabetes. For example,… Full Story »
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Canadian Pharmacies Hopeful of Less Type 1 Diabetes with Higher Infant Vitamin D Dosage
SkyNewsWire.com: Health and Fitness &bull Jan 27, 2012
(SkyNewswire.com) Scientists have always thought of preventive measures for conditions like type 1 diabetes, which is incurable once it sets in. Canadian pharmacies say around 300,000 children in Canada suffer from the medical condition, which affects more people in northern… Full Story »
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High animal fat diet increases gestational diabetes risk, study finds
Science Daily: Pregnancy and Childbirth News &bull Jan 25, 2012
Gestational diabetes is a form of diabetes seen during pregnancy. Gestational diabetes increases the risk for certain pregnancy complications and health problems in the newborn. Moreover, the increased risk for gestational diabetes seen with animal fat and cholesterol appeared to be independent of other, dietary and non-dietary, risk factors for gestational diabetes. For example, exercise is known to reduce the risk of gestational diabetes. Among women who exercised, however, those who consumed… Full Story »
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Umbilical Cord Blood: Cure for Diabetes?
Pregnancy Weekly Blog &bull Jan 23, 2012
Scientists from the University of Illinois at Chicago may be onto a cure for Type 1 diabetes using umbilical cord blood. Dr. Yong Zhao and his team were able to "kickstart" the pancreas, reducing the need for injected insulin in… Full Story »
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Little change in U.S. obesity rates in recent years
MSNBC.com: Pregnancy &bull Jan 17, 2012
Subway riders walk through the turnstiles while leaving the U.S. Open in New York in this September 4, 2007 file photo. NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The number of kids and adults in the United States who are obese has held steady over the last few years, two reports out Tuesday suggest. Government researchers found that in 2009 and 2010, about one in three adults and one in… Full Story »
