Mar 13, 2007

Article of the Week: Urinary Incontinence

Tara Dairman

Sometimes diabetes, gynecological issues (such as those Jan Chait writes about in her blog entry this week), and urinary problems go hand in hand. In fact, women with diabetes have a 70% higher chance of developing urinary incontinence (the involuntary loss of urine) than those without. This article describes the different types of incontinence and several methods of treatment, including bladder retraining, drug therapy, and inserted devices.

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And remember that articles on a wide variety of diabetes topics are always available in our magazine archives section!

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Mar 13, 2007

Just Itching to Share the News

Jan Chait

So I get this e-mail from Web Editor Tara Dairman one day asking me if I've ever had any experience with diabetes-related yeast infections and would I like to blog about it.

"You want me," I zapped back, "to tell the world about my itchy hooha?"

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Feb 23, 2007

New Guidelines for Lowering Women’s Heart and Stroke Risks

Tara Dairman

The American Heart Association released updated guidelines this week for preventing cardiovascular disease (heart disease and stroke) in women. The guidelines, which were published in a special issue of the journal Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association, provide new information on how aspirin, hormone therapy, and supplements should (or should not) be used in women for cardiovascular disease prevention.

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Feb 15, 2007

What We’re Reading: Diabetes and Disordered Eating

Tara Dairman

This week, we’d like to direct your attention to this post at diabetes.about.com entitled “Eating Disorders in Teens with Type 1 Diabetes.” The post examines a new study that shows that eating disorders are twice as common in teenage girls with Type 1 diabetes than in their peers who don’t have diabetes. It includes information on warning signs for eating disorders and the dangers of insulin dose manipulation for weight control.

The About Diabetes blog is written by Debra Manzella, a writer and practicing nurse.

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Nov 08, 2006

Women's Sexual Health

Joe Nelson

It’s been a number of weeks since I wrote about sexual health, and I was reminded that my first blog entry on the topic was primarily about men. Someone commented that women have sexual problems too, but often seem to be left out of these discussions. Historically, this has been true, but over the past few years women’s sexual health has started to receive more attention.

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Oct 16, 2006

Magnesium: Give This Mineral Some Respect

Amy Campbell

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