Women’s Health

Type 2 diabetes doubles short-term fracture risk for older women.

According to results of a large observational cohort study, children and youth whose mothers had gestational diabetes were almost twice as likely as their peers to develop diabetes by age 22.

Increased cardiovascular risk found in women with glucose concentrations at the upper end of the normal range during pregnancy.

Breastfeeding (BF) may protect against obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus in children exposed to maternal diabetes in utero.

Lifestyle intervention in pregnancy might reduce adverse effects of maternal obesity on neonatal adiposity.

Research suggests testosterone and AMH levels could be used to predict risk for PCOS in premenarchal daughters of women with PCOS.

Treatment throughout pregnancy may reduce rate of miscarriage or preterm delivery.

Children of mothers with untreated gestational diabetes mellitus are at risk of insulin resistance and impairment in glucose metabolism.

Optimism correlated with lower incidence of type 2 in postmenopausal women.

Trial examines differences in glycemic control and quality of life when using different insulin delivery methods.