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Health Encyclopedia: Type 2 Diabetes Risk Factors

Risk Factors

Over 19 million Americans have diabetes; up to 95% of these cases are type 2. In addition, 26% of Americans age 20 and older (and 40% of Americans age 65 and older) have impaired fasting glucose, a pre-diabetes condition that increases the risk for diabetes. According to a 2006 study, a total of 73 million Americans either have diabetes or are at risk of developing it.

Historically, type 2 diabetes usually developed after the age of 40, but it is now also increasing in children. Given...

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Gestational Diabetes: Control It For Your Child's Sake

By Craig Stoltz , Health Expert

...Care illustrates why it's so important to control gestational diabetes. Uncontrolled blood sugar... Read more »

Straight from the Womb: Are we dooming our children?

By Dr. Frank Varon , Health Expert

...study evaluated maternal glycemia using the universal gestational diabetes mellitus screening... Read more »

Diabetes Risk during Pregnancy

By Deanne Stein , Health Expert

...necessary because it is common for some women to develop gestational diabetes during pregnancy.... Read more »

Postpartum Depression

By Deborah Gray , Health Expert

...of standard prenatal care, just as screening for gestational diabetes is right now. And in the... Read more »

A1c Accuracy

By Gretchen Becker , Health Expert

The hemoglobin A1c test, usually referred to simply as the "A1c," can be accurately translated into... Read more »

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Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

What is gestational diabetes mellitus?Pregnancy has typically been viewed as a statement of health, as it should be. In the midst of morning sickness, heartburn, exhaustion, and the excitement of... Read more »

Type 1 Diabetes: diabetes mellitus, juvenile diabetes

...of type 2 diabetes that develops only in Caucasian teenagers. It accounts for 2 - 5% of type 2 cases.Gestational Diabetes. An estimated 5% of pregnant women develop a form of type 2 diabetes in... Read more »

Infertility In Women: Highlights

...(IVF) or fertility drugs are at increased risk for:Pre-eclampsia (high blood pressure during pregnancy)Gestational diabetes (diabetes during pregnancy)Placental abruption (placenta becoming... Read more »

Type 2 Diabetes: References

...Jun;29(6):1263-1268.Crowther CA, Hiller JE, Moss JR, McPhee AJ, Jeffries WS, Robinson JS. Effect of treatment of gestational diabetes mellitus on pregnancy outcomes. N Engl J Med. 2005 Jun... Read more »

Infertility in Men: Complications of ART

...placenta becoming detached from the uterus (placental abruption), third trimester miscarriage, and gestational diabetes.IVF. Increase risks of placental abruption, the placenta developing in the... Read more »

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Type 2 Diabetes Often Follows Gestational Diabetes

August 12, 2008

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Women who experience diabetes while they're pregnant are significantly more likely to develop type 2 diabetes following the... Read summary »

Gestational Diabetes Warrants Post Pregnancy Care

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(Ivanhoe Newswire) ? Women who develop a form of diabetes associated with pregnancy should continue receiving regular checkups for diabetes after... Read summary »

Healthy Gums Equal Healthy Babies

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Weight Gain During Pregnancy

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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Gaining too much weight during pregnancy may be harder on your baby than you think. A new report from the Kaiser Permanente... Read summary »

How Gestational Diabetes Develops

May 02, 2008

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- We may finally know why five-percent of women develop diabetes while they are pregnant. New research from the Stanford... Read summary »

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