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posts related to: Insulin
Type 1 diabetes
Type 1 diabetes occurs when the body produces no insulin. It is often referred to as insulin-dependent diabetes. It is also sometimes known as juvenile diabetes, or early-onset diabetes, because it usually develops before the age of 40, often in the teenage years. Type 1 diabetes is far less common than type 2 diabetes, which occurs when there is…
Diabetes linked to Mum’s age
11 August, 2000 DIABETES LINKED TO MUM’S AGE BABIES born to older mothers are at increased risk of diabetes, it has been discovered. The risk is highest for the first-born child of an older mother and actually falls for subsequent children, despite the mother becoming older. A total of 1,375 families in Oxfordshire with one…
Diabetes linked to mum’s age
11 August, 2000 BABIES born to older mothers are at increased risk of diabetes, it has been discovered. The risk is highest for the first-born child of an older mother and actually falls for subsequent children, despite the mother becoming older. A total of 1,375 families in Oxfordshire with one of more children with diabetes…
Diabetes
There are two types of diabetes that can affect pregnant women. Insulin-dependent diabetes is a permanent condition which develops early in life and which needs to be treated with insulin. Gestational diabetes develops for the first time during pregnancy and is usually temporary. Insulin-dependent diabetes If you are a diabetic who takes insulin to control…
