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.
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.
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.
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.
This booklet is intended for those who have just learned that they have osteoporosis and those who may still have questions about how to manage this disease. It contains the collective wisdom of many individuals who have adjusted to their diagnosis and now live full and active lives.
The National Aging in Place Council published Modifying Your Home Environment to Promote Greater Independence: A Guide to Aging in Place to give consumers ideas they can use to live more safely and confortably in their homes.
This easy-to-read tip sheets contain the basics about reducing risk for type 2 diabetes for children and their families. Includes a list of resources for more information.
The report looks at the importance of exercise at all ages, including its role in youth, in maintaining strong bones in adulthood and in preventing falls and speeding rehabilitation.
Whether you live an hour away or across the country, this booklet offers a roadmap for those new to the challenges of caring from afar for ill or elderly loved ones. Included: how to assess your care situation; develop a care team; hold a family meeting; access community organizations and private agencies; and balance work and caregiving.
Does your life move at a hectic pace?
You may feel stressed from school, after-school activities, peer pressure, and family relationships. Your busy schedule may lead you to skip breakfast, buy lunch from vending machines, and grab whatever is in the refrigerator for dinner when you get home.
This brochure talks about schizophrenia, its symptoms and causes, treatment options and where to go for help.
This patient brochure provides information about the use of aspirin to prevent ischemic strokes in men.
The more you know about Parkinson's disease, the better you will be able to live with it. You can find a lot of information out there. Be careful to use only resources from trusted sources.
Click on the image to download fact sheetThis two-sided page is part of the NICHD Milk Matters campaign, designed to teach parents, children, and health care professionals about the importance of calcium for children and teens. In addition to calcium, bones need weight-bearing activity to make them strong. This fact sheet explains bone-building activities, lists some examples, and describes their benefits for bone health. This item is also available through the We Can! program.
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This information is about the tooth and gum problems caused by diabetes. You will learn what you can do each day and during each year to stay healthy and prevent diabetes problems.
Treatments for osteoarthritis of the knee can help reduce pain. They can also help you stay active. Most people can find a treatment plan that works for them. A combination of treatments often works best.
This guide can help you learn about options. It can help you come up with a treatment plan that works for you. This guide covers ways to help you feel better. It also covers research about treatments that usually don’t help.
Osteoporosis means that bones become less dense (or less solid). Bones that are less dense are weak and break easier. If your doctor has told you that you have osteoporosis, this guide is for you. It looks at ways to prevent broken bones caused by osteoporosis. It can help you talk to your doctor or nurse about ways to lower your risk of broken bones. It covers:This guide is based on a government-funded review of research reports about osteoporosis treatments to prevent broken bones.
- Different kinds of treatments for preventing broken bones from osteoporosis.
- How well they work.
- Side effects of osteoporosis medicines.
- Price.
A booklet for people with anorexia nervosa, their families or anyone who is interested in learning more about the condition. The booklet looks at causes and treatments and lists contacts for further help.
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Depression is a serious medical illness that negatively affects how you feel, the way you think and how you act.
Click on the image to download bookletThis booklet is for people who have back pain, as well as family members, friends, and others who want to find out more about back pain. The booklet describes causes, diagnosis, and treatments, and research efforts to learn more about it, many of which are supported by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) and other components of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health (NIH). If you have further questions after reading this booklet, you may wish to discuss them with your doctor.
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This booklet answers basic questions about arthritis and rheumatic diseases. The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) has other fact sheets and booklets that provide more information about specific forms of arthritis and rheumatic diseases.
Click on the image to download health reportThis four-color, easy-to-read summary of the Health Consequences of Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General (2004) was developed for the public. This document explains what the report says and what it means to you. Smoking harms nearly every organ of the body, causing many diseases, reducing the health of smokers in general, and often leading to incurable disease and death.
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This booklet is for adults with cancer who experience pain. It is also for their carers. It is based on the recommendations from a national clinical guideline on how to look after patients with cancer who have pain.
Click on the image to download handboook“The Healthy Heart Handbook for Women” will give you newinformation on women’s heart disease and practical suggestionsfor reducing your own personal risk of heart-related problems.You’ll find out about a little-known form of heart disease in womenand how to get it diagnosed properly. The handbook will alsohelp you make sense of widely publicized research on the impactof a lower fat diet on women’s heart disease risk.
This report serves to highlight and update the substantial progress made in PD research during the past 5 years. While the report highlights the work of the Udall Centers, many contributions have been made by other NINDS grantees and researchers around the world.
Click on the image to download chartThis chart shows the choices you can make to reduce your intake of saturated fat. But it also considers other aspects of foods, such as the amount of salt or sugar they contain, to help you make the healthiest choices.
Click on the image to download bookletThis booklet is for people who have rheumatoid arthritis,as well as for their family members, friends, and others who want to find out more about this disease. The booklet describes how rheumatoid arthritis develops,how it is diagnosed, and how it is treated, including what people can do to help manage their disease. It also highlights current research efforts supported by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) and other components of the Department of Health and Human Services’ National Institutes of Health (NIH).Source: NIAMS.NIH
Click on the image to download guideThis “how-to” guide is designed for community-based organizations who are interested in developing their own effective fall prevention programs. This guide is designed to be a practical and useful tool, and it provides guidelines on program planning, development, implementation, and evaluation.
Click on the image to download bookletCardiovascular diseases are killing more and more people around the world, striking rich and poor alike. Those who survive a heart attack or stroke often need to take long-term medical treatment. If you have ever had a heart attack or stroke, or had to care for someone who has, you will know that these diseases can seriously affect the life of both the patient and his or her family. The effects can even reach beyond the family to the community.
Yet so many heart attacks and strokes could be prevented. That is why you should read this booklet. It explains why heart attacks and strokes happen and how you can avoid them. It tells you what you should do to avoid becoming a victim. This publication is available for free download, hard copies can be ordered from WHO Press.
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a general name given to a group of advanced lung diseases.
Diseases that fall under this group are:
- Emphysema
- Chronic Bronchitis
- Adult Refractory Asthma (not fully reversible)
- Severe Bronchiectasis
These diseases have many things in common. They have many of the same signs and symptoms. They also have many of the same treatments and tests. Shortness of breath occurs in more advanced stages of disease. COPD may exist for years without noticable shortness of breath.
Click on the image to download bookletWhy is it called multiple sclerosis?
The word sclerosis comes from the Greek ‘skleros’ meaning hard. In multiple sclerosis, hard areas called ‘plaques’ (also known as lesions or scars) develop around the damaged nerves. ‘Multiple’ refers to the many different areas of the central nervous system that may have damaged myelin. The lesions show up on scans but having lots of lesions or scars isn’t always the same as saying that your MS is severe – many things about MS are complicated.
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Some people are more at risk of having a stroke than others. Some factors can’'t be changed – like your genes or your age. However, simple lifestyle changes may prevent a stroke from happening.
If you have already had a stroke, simple lifestyle changes may help prevent you from having another stroke.
Click on the image to download bookletDesigned for the person newly diagnosed with Parkinson's disease (PD), this 30-page booklet serves to answer questions that may arise upon diagnosis. It shares resources, medical expert testimony, and the experiences of people who have dealt with the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease.
