Diabetes

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Diabetes and Women’s Health

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Diabetes: Take Charge of Your Pregnancy

Prevengamos la diabetes tipo 2. Paso a Paso (in Spanish) (NIH)

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Research

2012

Have Diabetes? Get Tips for Safe Travels (6/30/2012)
Summer is here, and so is vacation season. If you have diabetes, make plans to manage your disease while traveling so you can stay healthy and enjoy your trip.

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2011

Diabetes and Pregnancy (12/8/2011)
Learn how to control your blood sugar before and during pregnancy to help prevent birth defects and other poor outcomes, such as miscarriages or stillbirths.

Diabetes and Pregnancy (5/10/2011)
Control your blood sugar before and during pregnancy to help prevent birth defects and other poor outcomes, such as miscarriage or stillbirth.

Women at High Risk for Diabetes, Access and Quality of Health Care, 2003-2006 (3/15/2011)
This report uses national datasets to provide information about the quality of care among women at high risk for diagnosed diabetes compared with women not at high risk. CDC and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality collaborated on the development of this report.

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2010

Managing Diabetes during the Holidays (12/7/2010)
Having diabetes shouldn't stop you from enjoying holiday celebrations and travel. With some planning and a little work, you can stay healthy on the road and at holiday gatherings with friends and family.

Gestational Diabetes (8/31/10)
Get the answers to the questions you have about gestational diabetes - a type of diabetes that develops or is first recognized during pregnancy.

Hypertension, High Serum Total Cholesterol, and Diabetes: Racial and Ethnic Prevalence Differences in U.S. Adults, 1999-2006 (4/30/10)
Forty-five percent of adults had at least one of three diagnosed or undiagnosed chronic conditions--hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, or diabetes; one in eight adults (13%) had two of these conditions; and 3% of adults had all three chronic conditions.

Diabetes during Pregnancy (2/24/10)
Women with uncontrolled diabetes just before and during early pregnancy have a greater chance of miscarriage, stillbirth, having the baby prematurely, or having a baby with birth defects. This podcast discusses the importance of controlling diabetes during pregnancy.

2009

Gestational Diabetes and Women Podcast (5/15/09)
This women's health podcast focuses on gestational diabetes (GDM) to help educate women who may have been diagnosed with GDM now or in the past. GDM is a condition that can lead to pregnancy complications.

Diabetes and Depression in Older Women Podcast (5/15/09)
This women's health podcast focuses on the association between diabetes and depression in older women and the importance of getting help when feeling depressed.

Women with Diabetes: Quality of Health Care, 2004-2005 (1/27/09)
CDC and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality are pleased to release this report, which uses national data sets to show gaps in knowledge about quality of care among women with diagnosed diabetes. The report examines the quality of health care in the United States for women with and without diagnosed diabetes, using the most scientifically-based measures and national data sources available.

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