01 Feb 2008
A multidisciplinary approach is needed to improve preconception care for women with diabetes. By Dr...Type-2 diabetes is now the most common form of diabetes in women of reproductive years, accounting ...
in pregnancy, involving 2,767 women with type-1 diabetes and 1,041 women with type-2 diabetes, concluded ...
: Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health. Pregnancy in women with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, 2002 ...
01 Dec 2007
are best managed by a multidisciplinary team. Diabetic foot problems can occur in type-1 and type-2 ...
. Diabetes Care 2005; 28: 2206-10. 18. NICE. Type 2 diabetes: prevention and management of foot problems ...
KEY POINTS Disease of the foot is one of the most serious complications of diabetes ...
01 Aug 2007
. There is an increased risk of pre-eclampsia and the mother is also at risk of developing postnatal type-2 diabetes ...
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is defined as glucose intolerance that begins, or is first ...
or diabetes may pre-date the pregnancy. GDM affects 2-9 per cent of all pregnancies, depending on diagnostic ...
01 Jun 2007
Patients with type-2 diabetes who are receiving methotrexate for psoriasis have an increased risk of severe liver fibrosis, according to the results of a study in Sweden. Researchers reviewed 169 liver ...
or more of type-2 diabetes, overweight, alcohol over-consumption, or chronic hepatitis B or C, 25 ...
01 Aug 2008
The menopause is associated with increased risk factors for CHD and diabetes. By Dr John C...as metabolic syndrome, a condition that predisposes to CHD and diabetes. The menopause is associated with adverse changes in metabolic risk factors for CHD and type-2 diabetes, as well as with adverse vascular ...
and type-2 diabetes, as well as with adverse vascular effects. Risk factors for CHD and diabetes ...
01 Aug 2009
| by Mr Brian M Brady and Mr Tim J Child
with the condition, including increased risk of cardiovascular disease and type-2 diabetes mellitus. The menopause ...
of cardiovascular disease and type-2 diabetes, and is a central feature of metabolic syndrome. 5 In PCOS ...
risk of cardiovascular disease and type-2 diabetes mellitus. PCOS and metabolic syndrome have many ...
01 Feb 2009
the risk of fracture in women with type-2 diabetes, but not in men. The authors suggest that regulators and clinicians should reconsider recommending these drugs to women with type-2 diabetes. Loke YK, Singh S ...
28 Jul 2011
Diabetes leads to the development of chronic wounds because the wound repair cascade is disrupted...Studies in diabetic rats have shown that topical erythropoietin can promote wound repair. Fibronectin is also deficient in the wound tissue of diabetic patients. This study investigated the effect of topical treatment of erythropoietin and fibronectin on wound repair in diabetic mice. The results showed ...
01 May 2010
| by Rosie Dodds
infections, atopic dermatitis, asthma in young children, obesity, type-1 and type-2 diabetes, childhood ...
not breastfed. 3
For mothers, breastfeeding was associated with a reduced risk of type-2 diabetes, breast ...
, the likelihood of being overweight or obese, or having type-2 diabetes was lower in breastfed subjects. One meta ...
03 May 2011
| by Professor Stephen Franks
-term risk of developing type-2 diabetes.
The diagnosis of PCOS is principally clinical, supported by a ...
disturbance, hirsutism, type-2 diabetes
SECTION 1: INCIDENCE AND AETIOLOGY PCOS ...
with metabolic abnormalities that translate into a significantly increased risk of developing type-2 diabetes. 3 ...