Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Gestational Diabetes: A Guide for Pregnant Women


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Gestational diabetes is a kind of diabetes that can happen during pregnancy. It usually goes away after delivery.

Gestational diabetes is treated by controlling blood sugar. Some women can do this with a special diet for diabetes and staying active. Other women will need insulin shots or diabetes pills.


Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Monday, October 12, 2009

A Lifetime of Good Health: Your Guide to Staying Healthy

A Lifetime of Good Health: Your Guide to Staying Healthy
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This guide to staying healthy is brought to you by womenshealth.gov because we understand women's needs for quick and trustworthy information to help their constantly changing bodies and minds. Your health needs nurturing to live long and well throughout the years, which requires a holistic approach throughout the "health span"- the quality years you can have in addition to just your years of life. This approach to life-long health begins with healthy behaviors to prevent and manage the many health conditions that can affect you. Although there are genetic risks that you cannot control for many diseases, there are some risks that you can overcome by following key preventive steps. These steps are outlined in this booklet and are not difficult to follow! Please use them to make healthy choices for yourself and for the people you love.


Source: womenshealth.gov

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Talking About Eating Disorders

Talking About Eating Disorders
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This booklet reflects many discussions, suggestions and comments made by health professionals, professional bodies, lay and voluntary organisations, people with eating disorders and their friends and family.


Source: The Playfield Institute

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Memory Matters

Memory Matters
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Most persons with dementia remain undiagnosed by their primary care providers, and families often fail to recognize the significance of early cognitive symptoms. In response, there has been a growing interest in screenings for memory problems. The proposed answer is that screening for memory dysfunction, Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias is important, but raises pragmatic, ethical as well as theoretical considerations that need to be addressed before general screening practices can be widely implemented.


Source: Alzheimer's Prevention (Alzheimer's Foundation of America)