Women’s Health

A simple community program has been shown to be effective in preventing excess weight gain with a program based on simple health messages, small changes behavior, and delivered conveniently in a community setting…. 

Women with Type 2 diabetes who ate more than 9 g of bran per day had a 35% lower risk for death from cardiovascular disease and a 28% lower risk for all-cause mortality compared with women who ate less bran, according to new study findings….

Older women who have diabetes face another potential health challenge: colorectal cancer. Researchers from Mayo Clinic report that having diabetes more than doubles the risk of developing certain types of colorectal cancer among women older than 55…. 

Researchers found that, among nearly 140,000 women, Asian women had the highest rate of gestational diabetes, at nearly 7 percent. They were followed by Native American women, at 5.6 percent, and Latina women, at 5 percent…. 

Women who eat a high-carbohydrate diet — especially a lot of bread, pizza, jam, and similar products — are at an increased risk of coronary heart disease, researchers said….

Consuming carbohydrates with high glycemic index — an indicator of how quickly a food affects blood glucose levels — appears to be associated with the risk of coronary heart disease in women but not men, according to a report….

Among elderly Americans, women and those with diabetes and dementia are most likely to find themselves in the Medicare Part D drug plan “doughnut hole”….

Mothers who do not breastfeed have a 50 percent increased risk of developing Type 2 diabetes later in life compared with childless women, Australian research has found….

Lu Wang, MD, PhD, from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA, and colleagues write, “The obesity epidemic is a major health problem in the United States….