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Gestational Diabetes: Testing Helps Protect Yourself and Your Baby
September 2017Gestational diabetes is a type of diabetes that develops only during pregnancy. Diabetes means your blood glucose, also called blood sugar, is too high. Your…
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When Should I Start Being Tested for Osteoporosis?
September 2016Q: When should I start having bone-density tests? A: A bone-density test tells you and your doctor if you have normal bone density, low bone…
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Do Women Have Different Diabetes Risk Factors?
July 2016Most risk factors for diabetes apply to both men and women: weight, inactivity, family history, race, age, high blood pressure and abnormal cholesterol and triglyceride…
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