Postmenopausal women with normal glucose tolerance focus of study.
Read More »The Impact of Insulin Use and Mortality from Breast Cancer in Women with Diabetes
Insulin use for more than three years associated with increased risk of disease… People with diabetes may be at a greater risk of cancer such as liver, pancreas, endometrium, colorectum, bladder, and breasts. Certain diabetes medications can increase the odds of cancer even more. A previous study has suggested that …
Read More »Vitamin D3 Supplementation and Weight Loss Prevent Cancer in Older Women
Vitamin D supplementation in combination with weight loss is linked to significant reduction in interleukin 6 levels… Obesity and vitamin D deficiency are associated with inflammation and activation of adipokine-related pathways thus increasing risk for several cancers. According to Paulette D. Chandler, MD, MPH, from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and …
Read More »Higher Risk of Disordered Eating Behavior Follows Young Women with Type 1 Diabetes into Adulthood
The risk of eating disorders and disordered eating behavior is higher for female adolescents with type 1 diabetes than their non-diabetic counterparts, and remains higher well into adulthood… A recently study followed 126 adolescent girls with type 1 diabetes treated at the diabetes center of the Hospital for Sick Children …
Read More »Women Retain Insulin Sensitivity Better than Men
Protein activity in female muscles said more efficient… It’s long been known that obese men are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than obese women, but researchers at McMaster University have discovered it may be related to a difference between the sexes in the activity of a protein in …
Read More »Abdominal Muscle and Type 2 Diabetes in Postmenopausal Women
A greater muscle to total abdominal area ratio was associated with lower odds of diabetes…. Skeletal muscle loss with diabetes onset is common and low muscle mass can be a potential risk factor for diabetes. Studies show that glucose storage and consumption by lean muscle are important factors when looking …
Read More »Effects of Lifestyle Intervention and Metformin on the Development of Type 2 in Women With or Without GDM
Women with a history of GDM had 48% increased risk of developing diabetes… From previous studies it is known that women with gestational diabetes are at a higher risk for the development of type 2 diabetes. Previous results from the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) showed that Intensive Lifestyle Intervention (ILS) …
Read More »Women’s Risk For Diabetes Increases If Parents Smoked
Women whose mothers smoked while pregnant are two to three times as likely to be diabetic as adults…. Fathers who smoked while their daughter was in utero also contribute to an increased diabetes risk, but more research is needed to establish the true effect. Michele La Merrill, assistant professor of …
Read More »Does Detemir Cross the Placenta in Women with Diabetes?
The relatively new long-acting insulin analog needs to be studied to determine its absorption pharmacokinetics… Insulin detemir (IDet) is a relatively new long-acting insulin analog that offers improved absorption pharmacokinetics and slower tissue distribution due to high plasma protein binding. As IDet is increasingly used for treatment of insulin-requiring diabetes, …
Read More »Type 1 Women Have A 40% Greater Risk of Mortality than Men
In the meta-analysis, women also had twice the excess risk of fatal and nonfatal vascular events, compared with men with type 1 diabetes… Australian researchers have done a meta-analysis to provide reliable estimates of any sex differences in the effect of type 1 diabetes on risk of all-cause mortality and …
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