Diabetes Care

Learning about diabetes mellitus pathophysiology is very important, with the main focus being to determine what the causes are and what we can do in the future to prevent more people from developing diabetes. However, in the meantime we also have to focus on treating people who are already suffering from diabetes, whether that is [...]

If you are a pregnant woman with type 1 diabetes, pregnancy can be a time of concern.  There is good reason to be concerned, as your body will need an increased amount of insulin.  The last three months of your pregnancy will need the greatest increase.
The reason for the increased need of insulin is due [...]

When a pregnant woman’s blood glucose levels become too high, she will develop diabetes of pregnancy, commonly known as gestational diabetes.  This can be scary, but for most moms, the diabetes disappears after giving birth.
One of the problems of gestational diabetes is that the developing baby becomes too large, causing a difficult delivery.  It is [...]

Being pregnant can be hard enough.  The morning sickness, the growing belly, being kicked from the inside.  Add gestational diabetes to this mix and things can get very stressful for the expecting mother.
Fortunately, it is possible to diet for gestational diabetes and control the diabetes.  Even better news, gestational diabetes disappears after the baby has [...]