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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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David's Guide to Getting Our A1C Under 6.0

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Gestational Diabetes: Control It For Your Child's Sake

By Craig Stoltz , Health Expert

...mothers who did not control their blood sugar during pregnancy were nearly twice as likely to be... Read more »

Straight from the Womb: Are we dooming our children?

By Dr. Frank Varon , Health Expert

...obesity with the total range of hyperglycemia in pregnancy. Metabolic imprinting in women and... Read more »

Diabetes Risk during Pregnancy

By Deanne Stein , Health Expert

...me into an automatic high-risk situation with my pregnancy. Being over 35 doesn't help either. I... Read more »

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What do I need to know about diabetes?"

...95% of people with diabetes have type 2 diabetes. Gestational diabetes, also known as diabetes of pregnancy - This type of diabetes strikes pregnant women. Gestational diabetes usually resolves... Read more »

Infertility In Women: Highlights

ART and Pregnancy ComplicationsAssisted reproductive technologies (ART) increase the risk for pregnancy complications. Many of these complications are due to the multiple births associated... Read more »

Hypothyroidism: Risk Factors

...Because the symptoms of hypothyroidism and menopause are so similar, hypothyroidism may easily be missed.Pregnancy is a major factor in the higher risk in women. It affects the thyroid in a number... Read more »

Uterine Fibroids and Hysterectomy: Symptoms

...them as hard lumps in the lower abdomen.Very large fibroids may give the abdomen the appearance of pregnancy and cause a feeling of heaviness and pressure. In fact, large fibroids are defined by... Read more »

Prognosis for Adult Asthma

...temporarily stop breathing, then resume with a gasp, often many times during each hour of sleep.Asthma and Pregnancy. Uncontrolled asthma in pregnant women puts them at higher risk for... Read more »

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