diabetic women

Pre-pregnancy diabetes tied to more birth defects

washingtonpost.com - Health  Wed, 07/30/2008 - 12:39

ATLANTA -- Diabetic women who get pregnant are three to four times more likely to have a child with birth defects than other women, according to new government research.


 

Pre-pregnancy diabetes tied to more birth defects

Headlines from the Associated Press  Tue, 07/29/2008 - 23:37

ATLANTA (AP) -- Diabetic women who get pregnant are three to four times more likely to have a child with birth defects than other women, according to new government research....


 

Metformin increases pathologic complete response rates in breast...

EurekAlert! - Cancer  Sun, 06/01/2008 - 23:00

(University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) Metformin, the common first-line drug for type 2 diabetes, may be effective in increasing pathologic complete response rates in diabetic women with early stage breast cancer who took the drug during chemotherapy prior to having surgery, paving the way for further research of the drug as a potential cancer therapy, according to researchers at the University of Texas M.

D. Anderson Cancer Center.