What are the chances our baby girl could get diabetes?

September 1st, 2010 roy Posted in Diabetes 6 Comments »

My boyfriend got diagnosed with type 1 diabetes 3 days before our daughter was born, 3 months later I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. I am really worried for our 8 month old baby girl. We are going to watch her carb intake as she gets older but wanted to know what the chances were for her getting it are.

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What happens when someone has diabetes and they drink?

August 28th, 2010 roy Posted in Diabetes 5 Comments »

I have a friend that drinks alcohol (not the hard stuff) but he has diabetes. I don’t know what to do because I’m really close to this friend. He always reacts the worst to me out of everyone only when he drinks. I just need some help on how to deal with him and what happens to him with it? Plus how can I get him to stop drinking. Oh I should add that he drinks a 12 pack of Natural Light.

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Diabetes Drugs Avandia (rosiglitazone) And Actos (pioglitazone) Have Same Heart Disease And Death Risks

August 26th, 2010 roy Posted in Diabetes No Comments »

A new analysis of diabetes medications Avandia (rosiglitazone) and Actos (pioglitazone) revealed that the risk of heart attack and/or heart failure, or death were the same, approximately 4%. The study has been published in the latest issue of Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, an American Heart Association journal. Takeda Pharmacuetical Co…

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What is the purpose of a diabetes educator?

August 24th, 2010 roy Posted in Diabetes 1 Comment »

Does a diabetes educator diagnose you with diabetes (specifically gestational diabetes in my case) or do they just tell you about diabetes?

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What are the chances of our baby having diabetes?

August 20th, 2010 roy Posted in Diabetes 6 Comments »

Right now I’m sort of seeing the man I hope to marry and the other day we brought up the subject of babies. We discussing that there may be a high risk if we had children that one of our babies would have diabetes. Diabetes runs in my family and I believe it runs in his. He is a diabetic and I’m not. We figure we are in a very high risk category, but since at this time we’re not married or planning to have kids yet we haven’t asked a doctor. We would both like your opinions and answers.

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Diabetes Patients Who Undergo Bariatric Surgery Require Fewer Medications

August 17th, 2010 roy Posted in Diabetes No Comments »

Type 2 diabetes patients who underwent bariatric surgery appear to require significantly less medication and incur considerably lower health costs, says a report published in this month’s issue of Archives of Surgery, a JAMA/Archives journal…

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Does having diabetes affect when you will start your first period?

August 16th, 2010 roy Posted in Diabetes 4 Comments »

I’m thirteen years old almost fourteen i have had diabetes since i was eight years old. I still haven’t started my period. My mom says its proably because i have diabetes. When you have type 1 you have to take insulin which is a hormone. So she says it can affect all of my other hormones and my growth. But im really wondering is this true?

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What are the chances of her getting diabetes?

August 12th, 2010 roy Posted in Diabetes 8 Comments »

My friend wants to know what are her cousins chances of getting diabetes? She is 11, she is pretty skinny, but she eats. A LOT. And hates vegetables. He grandfather and a few people before him had it. It skipped her cousin’s dad and aunt. How could we get her to eat healthier, and what are her chances of getting diabetes?

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What is the best Christmas treats that diabetes people can eat?

August 8th, 2010 roy Posted in Diabetes 8 Comments »

I am doing two different kind of treats for my social club but some are requesting me to make something that people with diabetes can eat. What’s is the best treat for Christmas that is easy to make and diabetes can eat?

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Dietary Habits Of Aftrican-Americans Are Similar, Diabetes Or Not

August 8th, 2010 roy Posted in Diabetes No Comments »

Researchers looking for differences in eating habits of African Americans based on whether or not they had Type 2 diabetes uncovered an unexpected result: No matter what the blood sugar level was, the dietary intakes were pretty much the same…

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