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(GolinHarris International) Cardio-metabolic risk factors such as high blood sugar and insulin, and low high density lipoprotein cholesterol that are present before pregnancy, predict whether a woman will develop diabetes during a future pregnancy, according to a Kaiser Permanente study in the current issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology.

(Kaiser Permanente) A new Kaiser Permanente study found more than 10 percent of women of Chinese and Korean heritage may be at risk for developing diabetes during pregnancy.

The first of its kind, the 10-year study of 16,757 women and 22,110 pregnancies in Hawaii found that Chinese-American and Korean-American women's gestational diabetes risk is one-third higher than average -- and more than double that of Caucasian and African-American women.

(Kaiser Permanente) A new Kaiser Permanente study found the chicken pox vaccine also reduces the risk of shingles among children.

The study used electronic health records to identify and follow 172,000 vaccinated children for two-plus years and found that herpes zoster, known as shingles in adults, is very rare among children who have been vaccinated for chicken pox.

This is the largest study of its kind.

(Kaiser Permanente) Study found high levels of workplace exposure to Bisphenol-A may increase the risk of reduced sexual function in men.

This is the first human study to look at the effect of BPA on the male reproductive system. Rodent studies have shown BPA's detrimental effect on male reproductive system.

The five-year study of 634 workers in China found workers with BPA exposure had quadruple risk of erectile dysfunction, and seven times more risk of ejaculation difficulty.