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Health Encyclopedia: Type 2 Diabetes Risk Factors
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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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Expert & Community Posts
Postpartum Wrap-up
By Kelsey Bonilla , Health ExpertPregnancy Tracker: 7 weeks postpartum Size of the Baby: 11 pounds Biggest Obstacle: Finding... Read more »
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 »
Pregnancy Nutrition and Weight Gain
By Amy Hendel , Health ExpertA mother's health and nutrition even before pregnancy, let alone during the 9 months, has a huge... 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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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 »Pregnancy and Exercise
Years ago, exercising during pregnancy was considered dangerous to both the mother and the child. In the 1950’s doctor’s accepted women who were pregnant walking one mile per day, and it was... Read more »Gestational Diabetes
Gestational diabetes is diabetes that occurs only during pregnancy. Diabetes is when your blood glucose level is too high. According to the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse, between three... Read more »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 »Oops, I think I'm Pregnant!
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...(possibly fatal) harm to an unborn baby if used during pregnancy. Therefore, it is important to... Read more »
...(possibly fatal) harm to an unborn baby if used during pregnancy. Therefore, it is important to... Read more »
...(possibly fatal) harm to an unborn baby if used during pregnancy. Therefore, it is important to... Read more »
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The Background on Labor Contractions
December 04, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- New insight into what happens to the uterus muscles during pregnancy may offer a therapy for preterm labor, the most serious... Read summary »
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 »
Weight Gain During Pregnancy
November 12, 2008(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 »
Healthy Gums Equal Healthy Babies
September 30, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) ? One step to a healthier newborn might be a new toothbrush and some better dental hygiene. The reason: gum disease is linked to a... Read summary »
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