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Nicole Johnson
Living with Diabetes: Nicole Johnson, Miss America 1999: Forget everything you thought you knew about the Miss America Pageant. After reading Nicole Johnson's Book "Living with Diabetes," it's clear this independent-thinking reformer immediately stepped off her pageant runway and into the trenches as a hands-on activist, lobbying for more comprehensive medical funding as well as raising both public consciousness and millions of dollars for diabetes research, forever metamorphosing public opinion along the way. Ms. Johnson, is a champion for all women with diabetes.

History of Gestational Diabetes Raises Lifelong Risk in Mother and Child - 04/26/06

Markers Of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Inherited, Persist & Raise Risk For Heart Disease, Diabetes - Menstrual irregularity and unhealthy metabolic traits associated with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) are inherited and persist with age, putting women with PCOS at a high risk for cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes.That finding is reported in a new study published April in the early online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 04/19/06

Depo Provera may up diabetes risk in some women - Contraception with depot medroxyprogesterone acetate is associated with an increase in the risk of diabetes in some Latino women with prior pregnancy-related or "gestational" diabetes, a study hints. 03/22/06

Take child's diabetes diagnosis seriously - By JULIE A. RIESS, Ph.D. Five years ago today our lives changed forever. On Monday, March 19, 2001, our son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. It is common for parents and older children to remember the day, date and hours leading up to and following the diagnosis. 03/19/06

Exercise lowers pregnancy-related diabetes risk 03/15/06

Gestational diabetes raises future diabetes risk 03/10/06

Exercise Curbs Pregnancy-Related Diabetes Risk. 01/16/06

Calcium Supplements Don't Help Girls Lose Fat. 01/16/06

''Fidgety" Babies of Diabetic Moms Don't Get Large. 01/03/06

2005

Keyhole Surgery for Cysts Protects the Ovaries 12/30/05

Alcohol Cuts Risk of Diabetes in Older Women 12/29/05

Breastfeeding May Help Keep Type 2 Diabetes at Bay. 11/29/05

Increased Duration Of Breastfeeding Associated With Decreased Risk Of Diabetes - Women who breastfeed longer have a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to a study in the November 23/30 issue of JAMA. 11/23/2005

Rate Of Cellular Energy Production Lower In Persons At Risk For Type 2 Diabetes - The rate of insulin-stimulated energy production is significantly reduced in the muscles of lean, healthy young adults who have already developed insulin resistance and are at increased risk of developing diabetes later in life. 08/26/2005

Caffeine and Nighttime Hypoglycemia: A study in the UK, published in the June issue of "Diabetes Care," has concluded that caffeine is linked to a significant reduction in episodes of nocturnal hypoglycaemia (very low blood glucose levels) in people with type 1 diabetes. Diabetes Care; Reuters Health, as posted on IDF.org, June 23, 2005.

Treating Mom's Diabetes Helps Baby: Controlling disease can reduce birth problems, study finds. Associated Press, June 13, 2005.

Eating Disorders in Type 1 Diabetics: Eating disorders not uncommon in females with Type 1 Diabetes: The Relationship of Disordered Eating Habits and Attitudes to Clinical Outcomes in Young Adult Females With Type 1 Diabetes. Diabetes Care 28:84-88, 2005

Dark Chocolate is Good For You! New research shows that eating dark chocolate reduces the risk of damaging changes in the body that can lead to diabetes. But it works only if you eat plain, dark chocolate high in disease-fighting chemicals called flavanols. Milk or white chocolate is unlikely to have the same effect. Short-term administration of dark chocolate is followed by a significant increase in insulin sensitivity and a decrease in blood pressure in healthy persons. Am. J. Clinical Nutrition, Mar 2005; 81: 611 - 614. [Story at Daily Mail: Abstract at Am. J. Clinical Nutrition; full text at Am. J. Clinical Nutrition, requires subscription.] March 2005

Diabetes A Bigger Heart Disease Risk For Women Than For Men - Women with diabetes have a significantly greater risk of dying from coronary heart disease (CHD) than men with diabetes, researchers reported at the Second International Conference on Women, Heart Disease and Stroke. 02/26/2005

2004

Storing Too Much Iron May Put Healthy Women At Increased Risk For Type 2 Diabetes - Higher amounts of iron stores in the blood are associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes in healthy women who have no known diabetes risk factors, according to a study in the February 11, 2004 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). 02/13/2004

2003

2002

Early Intervention Stops Damage To Insulin-Producing Cells In Women At High Risk For Type 2 Diabetes - Giving an anti-diabetes drug early to women at high risk for type 2 diabetes preserves the health of their insulin-producing cells better than postponing treatment until they actually develop the disease, according to a study from the Keck School of Medicine of USC. 06/17/2002



		Of Interest to Women with Diabetes Gestational diabetes Pregnancy Infertility & Adoption Staying Healthy Lifestyle, Exercise, Diet and Stress Management Eating Disorders M. Sarah Rosenthal The Type 2 Diabetic Woman: The Type 2 Diabetic Woman is designed to address the unique physical and emotional aspects of type 2 diabetes for women. Stressing the importance of good self-management, bestselling health writer M. Sara Rosenthal presents information on nutrition, exercise, self-testing, medications, sex, and pregnancy in a warm, supportive manner. The book focuses on how to work with your health-care team, how to make the right lifestyle changes, and how to prevent long-term complications. Deb Butterfield Showdown With Diabetes: Butterfield was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 10; at age 34 she received a successful pancreas/kidney transplant, and was cured of the disease. Five years later, Butterfield takes only small daily oral doses of immunosuppressive drugs to prevent organ rejection, and she is the director of the Insulin-Free World Foundation, devoted to finding cures for diabetes. Here she first chronicles her own struggle with the disease and then offers similarly affected readers a thorough, up-to-date guide to current research and future possibilities for their own cures. Butterfield makes crystal clear from the outset that the burden of having type 1 diabetes is ``grossly underestimated'' by medical professionals and the general public. Butterfield rejects out of hand the standard establishment line (see Touchette, below) that careful disease management leads to healthy living. Despite her adhering religiously to her treatment regimen, ``within a four-year period diabetes killed the nerves below my knees, caused bleeding in the back of my eyes, the amputation of part of a toe, a skin graft''and that was before the kidney failure and heart attack that finally led to her transplant operation. As Butterfield points out, the focus of diabetes research has been management; her mission is to refocus onto finding cures. This is a forceful, eloquent, engrossing, and ultimately convincing argument.				main Research page Diabetes research, clinical trials, studies Research information links about diabetes and women Read article disclaimer Nicole Johnson Living with Diabetes: Nicole Johnson, Miss America 1999: Forget everything you thought you knew about the Miss America Pageant. After reading Nicole Johnson's Book "Living with Diabetes," it's clear this independent-thinking reformer immediately stepped off her pageant runway and into the trenches as a hands-on activist, lobbying for more comprehensive medical funding as well as raising both public consciousness and millions of dollars for diabetes research, forever metamorphosing public opinion along the way. Ms. Johnson, is a champion for all women with diabetes. 2006 History of Gestational Diabetes Raises Lifelong Risk in Mother and Child - 04/26/06 Markers Of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Inherited, Persist & Raise Risk For Heart Disease, Diabetes - Menstrual irregularity and unhealthy metabolic traits associated with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) are inherited and persist with age, putting women with PCOS at a high risk for cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes.That finding is reported in a new study published April in the early online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 04/19/06 Depo Provera may up diabetes risk in some women - Contraception with depot medroxyprogesterone acetate is associated with an increase in the risk of diabetes in some Latino women with prior pregnancy-related or "gestational" diabetes, a study hints. 03/22/06 Take child's diabetes diagnosis seriously - By JULIE A. RIESS, Ph.D. Five years ago today our lives changed forever. On Monday, March 19, 2001, our son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. It is common for parents and older children to remember the day, date and hours leading up to and following the diagnosis. 03/19/06 Exercise lowers pregnancy-related diabetes risk 03/15/06 Gestational diabetes raises future diabetes risk 03/10/06 Exercise Curbs Pregnancy-Related Diabetes Risk. 01/16/06 Calcium Supplements Don't Help Girls Lose Fat. 01/16/06 ''Fidgety" Babies of Diabetic Moms Don't Get Large. 01/03/06 2005 Keyhole Surgery for Cysts Protects the Ovaries 12/30/05 Alcohol Cuts Risk of Diabetes in Older Women 12/29/05 Breastfeeding May Help Keep Type 2 Diabetes at Bay. 11/29/05 Increased Duration Of Breastfeeding Associated With Decreased Risk Of Diabetes - Women who breastfeed longer have a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to a study in the November 23/30 issue of JAMA. 11/23/2005 Rate Of Cellular Energy Production Lower In Persons At Risk For Type 2 Diabetes - The rate of insulin-stimulated energy production is significantly reduced in the muscles of lean, healthy young adults who have already developed insulin resistance and are at increased risk of developing diabetes later in life. 08/26/2005 Caffeine and Nighttime Hypoglycemia: A study in the UK, published in the June issue of "Diabetes Care," has concluded that caffeine is linked to a significant reduction in episodes of nocturnal hypoglycaemia (very low blood glucose levels) in people with type 1 diabetes. Diabetes Care; Reuters Health, as posted on IDF.org, June 23, 2005. Treating Mom's Diabetes Helps Baby: Controlling disease can reduce birth problems, study finds. Associated Press, June 13, 2005. Eating Disorders in Type 1 Diabetics: Eating disorders not uncommon in females with Type 1 Diabetes: The Relationship of Disordered Eating Habits and Attitudes to Clinical Outcomes in Young Adult Females With Type 1 Diabetes. Diabetes Care 28:84-88, 2005 Dark Chocolate is Good For You! New research shows that eating dark chocolate reduces the risk of damaging changes in the body that can lead to diabetes. But it works only if you eat plain, dark chocolate high in disease-fighting chemicals called flavanols. Milk or white chocolate is unlikely to have the same effect. Short-term administration of dark chocolate is followed by a significant increase in insulin sensitivity and a decrease in blood pressure in healthy persons. Am. J. Clinical Nutrition, Mar 2005; 81: 611 - 614. [Story at Daily Mail: Abstract at Am. J. Clinical Nutrition; full text at Am. J. Clinical Nutrition, requires subscription.] March 2005 Diabetes A Bigger Heart Disease Risk For Women Than For Men - Women with diabetes have a significantly greater risk of dying from coronary heart disease (CHD) than men with diabetes, researchers reported at the Second International Conference on Women, Heart Disease and Stroke. 02/26/2005 2004 Storing Too Much Iron May Put Healthy Women At Increased Risk For Type 2 Diabetes - Higher amounts of iron stores in the blood are associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes in healthy women who have no known diabetes risk factors, according to a study in the February 11, 2004 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). 02/13/2004 2003 2002 Early Intervention Stops Damage To Insulin-Producing Cells In Women At High Risk For Type 2 Diabetes - Giving an anti-diabetes drug early to women at high risk for type 2 diabetes preserves the health of their insulin-producing cells better than postponing treatment until they actually develop the disease, according to a study from the Keck School of Medicine of USC. 06/17/2002



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