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Gestational Diabetes Information

This page summarizes and links to information available from several primary sources on diabetes in general, together with items specific to gestational diabetes.

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), gestational diabetes occurs in 2 to 5 percent of pregnancies and at higher rates among African Americans, Hispanics/Latino Americans, and American Indians (rates in American Indians range from 1 to 14 percent). The condition disappears when the pregnancy is over. A history of gestational diabetes, however, is a risk factor for eventual development of noninsulin-dependent diabetes.

The The March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation provides a wide range of information about conception, pregnancy, maternal health, and birth defects, including a succinct summary of facts about gestational diabetes.

The American Diabetes Association (ADA), formed in 1940, was created to fight diabetes through education and research. Local chapters and affiliates use volunteers to organize educational and screening programs and to conduct fundraising activities to support research aimed at care, control, and cure of diabetes. Patient educational programs are conducted by the State and metropolitan affiliates. There are 53 affiliate organizations and over 800 local chapters.

The Association publishes educational materials for a variety of lay audiences and patients. Some topics include blood and urine testing, information for rescue personnel, insulin, foods and nutrition, children with diabetes, employment, travel, and complications such as hypoglycemia and foot problems. The ADA publishes several journals and magazines, including Diabetes Forecast, a monthly magazine providing information on living successfully with diabetes, for patients and families. The primary pages of information about diabetes and its treatment are as follows.

• What is Diabetes and Who Gets it.....Take The Risk Test
• Living With Diabetes
• ADA Publications Catalog
• Main American Diabetes Association page
• Canadian Diabetes Association page

• Diabetes Overview
  • Hypoglycemia
  • Insulin-Dependent Diabetes
  • Noninsulin-Dependent Diabetes
  • Diabetes Statistics
• Diabetes Dictionary
• Diabetes Organizations, Professional and Voluntary
• Patient Information Documents page

• National Diabetes Fact Sheet
  
• Diabetes Articles from CDC
  
• CDC Diabetes Page

• Clinical Guidelines for Management of Diabetes
• AACE Diabetes Resources List

• The Virtual Diabetic
• The Virtual Diabetic II
• The Virtual Diabetic III

The Food and Nutrition Information Center (FNIC) is a service of the National Agricultural Library, part of the Agricultural Research Service of the U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), maintains bibliographies and resource guides on diabetes, food composition, and various aspects of nutrition.

• Diabetes Newslist (misc.health.diabetes). This is a source of messages and queries about diabetes from internet users.
• The Yahoo Diabetes List. Yahoo is an index of World Wide Web resources on a great variety of topics.
• Diabetic DataCentre. This site collects information about diabetes.
• DiabetesNet. Another site collecting information about diabetes.

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