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August 11, 2009
"Low-GI" Foods May Help Women With Gestational Diabetes
Following a low-GI diet during pregnancy can help women with GDM control their blood glucose without using insulin.
August 6, 2007
A Low-Fat Vegan Diet Helps Improves Glucose Control and Heart Health
Eating right and exercising are the best ways for patients with type 2 diabetes to begin to treat their disease. This study shows that a low-fat vegan diet and a diet based on ADA nutrition recommendations can help people with type 2 diabetes control their blood glucose levels and lower their chances for heart and blood vessel problems. These improvements were greater with the low-fat vegan diet.
A1C Predicts Diabetes and Heart Disease
A1C testing is better than fasting blood glucose testing at finding out patients’ long-term risks for getting diabetes and heart and blood vessel disease. This finding adds supporting evidence to the use of A1C testing to diagnose diabetes.
December 17, 2007
A1C: Racial and Ethnic Differences
January 3, 2011
Action Needed to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes in High-Risk Youths
It is important to screen high-risk young people for insulin resistance and cholesterol problems. It may be particularly important for health care providers to help Hispanic and female minority adolescents get enough exercise and make healthier food choices.
May 1, 2011
Adolescent Obesity Linked to Later Diabetes and Heart Disease
Having a higher BMI during adolescence increases a person’s risk for obesity-related diseases later in life. The risk of getting diabetes as an adult is more closely tied to having a higher BMI close to the time of diagnosis. But the risk of heart disease is linked to having a higher BMIs in both adolescence and adulthood. This may mean that the processes that lead to heart disease happen more gradually than those that cause diabetes.
September 1, 2010
Adolescents’ Blood Pressure Can Define Their Future Risk for Hypertension
Males have higher blood pressure levels than females even in adolescence and are more likely to get high blood pressure. However, for both males and females, blood pressure during adolescence, even when it is well within the normal range, can predict the chance of getting high blood pressure later on. Health care professionals who treat adolescents should pay special attention to measuring their patients’ blood pressure and body weight to help identify those who may need special care or treatment to avoid high blood pressure later in life.
September 4, 2009
Advanced Diabetes May Hinder Glucose Processing During Exercise
Exercise seems to trigger muscles to take in blood and process glucose appropriately in uncomplicated type 2 diabetes, but this triggering mechanism is hindered in people with diabetic blood vessel complications. Larger studies are needed to learn more about the causes of this problem.
May 15, 2011
Age at Her First Period Can Help Predict a Woman’s Diabetes Risk
The age at which a girl gets her first period is linked to her risk for diabetes later in life. The earlier a girl starts her period, the more likely she is to have risk factors for diabetes as an adult. This information is important for creating treatments and therapies aimed at preserving health and preventing the development of type 2 diabetes. Further study is needed to see if the early age of a girl when she gets her first period itself may be a risk factor for developing type 2 diabetes as an adult
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