History of Diabetes » plan http://historyofdiabetes.org Great Information on the HIstory of Diabetes Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:54:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Gestational Diabetes http://historyofdiabetes.org/types-of-diabetes/gestational-diabetes http://historyofdiabetes.org/types-of-diabetes/gestational-diabetes#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:51:08 +0000 admin http://historyofdiabetes.org/types-of-diabetes/gestational-diabetes

Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) is a type of diabetes that occurs in women during late pregnancy. This type of diabetes affects both the mother and the child. There are no cures yet to be discovered, but there is a way to prevent this type of diabetes. The key and most helpful prevention plan is education. Women should educate themselves before or during pregnancy to avoid for obtaining this disease. Also this type of diabetes has many risk factors. Some which are talked about in the video such as obesity and ethnicity. So in this video it will provide information on how to educate women on GDM and how to avoid from getting this disease.

Duration : 0:3:55


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]]> http://historyofdiabetes.org/types-of-diabetes/gestational-diabetes/feed 1 Using Family History to Improve Your Health http://historyofdiabetes.org/family-history-of-diabetes/using-family-history-to-improve-your-health http://historyofdiabetes.org/family-history-of-diabetes/using-family-history-to-improve-your-health#comments Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:47:04 +0000 admin http://historyofdiabetes.org/family-history-of-diabetes/using-family-history-to-improve-your-health Students discuss how a family health history can provide information about you and your familys risk of developing common chronic diseases such as diabetes, asthma, cancer and heart disease. These diseases result from the combined effects of multiple genes and environmental factors.

The movie depicts the Risk Continuum and Pick The Risk activities which are available for free download from http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/traits/activities/

This project was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Genetic Services Branch and the March of Dimes.

Duration : 0:6:18


Tags: chronic, disease, family, genes, genetics, health, hispanic, History, lesson, pedigree, plan, risk

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