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Diabetes 'increases birth defect risk'

“Diabetic mothers-to-be have high risk of giving birth to children with congenital abnormality,” The Guardian said today. The news is based on UK research that compared the rates of birth defects in women with and without d [...]

Posted On : Feb, 08 2012 | Comments : 0

Excessive Weight Gain During Pregnancy Raises Gestational Di...

Excessive weight gain during pregnancy, especially the first trimester, may increase a woman's risk of gestational diabetes, say U.S. researchers. Their three-year study included 345 pregnant women with gestational diabetes and [...]

Posted On : Feb, 24 2010 | Comments : 1

Treating diabetes shows benefit to babies

Treating mild gestational diabetes cut the risk of having an extra-large baby and resulting complications such as a C-section, researchers report today.Treatment also lowered rates of pregnancy-induced high blood pressure and pre-eclampsia, [...]

Posted On : Oct, 01 2009 | Comments : 0

Diabetes is a Growing Health Risk for Children

Parents often casually remark that today's children grow up too quickly. In one particularly alarming sense, that sentiment is true. A generation of children whose health has been threatened by sedentary behavior and poor eating habits now [...]

Posted On : Nov, 26 2008 | Comments : 0

Kids with Diabetes in your Care

Except for new Brunswick, there are currently no provincial or territorial policies, regulations or legislation requiring school boards or schools to require all schools to accommodate and protect students with diabetes or other life threat [...]