Word: hyperglycemia
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...were surprised to see that the effect of the 9p21 variant on coronary artery disease was actually greater, rather than smaller, among individuals with diabetes,” Doria said. “We found that the greater effect was due to a synergism between the genetic variant and hyperglycemia,” Doria said. “Diabetic individuals who had both factors had a risk of coronary artery disease up to eight times higher than that of diabetic subjects who have neither factor.” The study’s findings, while at an early stage, await...
...into a stream of nutrients, including glucose (sugar), lipids (fats), and amino acids (the building blocks of protein). If your meal happens to be junk food - say, a processed bun with a cheap beef patty, French fries and a Coke - the rush of sugar causes something called "post-prandial hyperglycemia": a big spike in blood-sugar levels. Poor diet in the long-term leads to hypertension and buildup of gunk in blood vessels that increases heart-attack risk. But there are short-term effects too. "People don't understand this, even most physicians," says O'Keefe. Tissue becomes inflamed, just...
Researchers analyzed medical information on 9,439 mother-child pairs who received health care through Kaiser Permanente in the Pacific Northwest and Hawaii. All women gave birth between 1995 and 2000, and none had pre-existing diabetes. The women were screened for hyperglycemia, or high blood sugar, and gestational diabetes; their children were measured for weight between the ages of 5 and 7 - what researchers call the adiposity-rebound period, during which excessive weight gain usually predicts adult obesity. Regardless of factors like race or ethnicity, birth weight and maternal weight gain or age, researchers found that the risk...
Women typically get screened for hyperglycemia at weeks 24 to 28 of their pregnancy, but the test is not universally given. Hillier encourages mothers-to-be to talk to their doctors about diabetes risk, insist on getting screened and, most importantly, to work out a treatment plan if necessary. "In sticking with treatment, women not only improve their outcome during pregnancy, but also in the long term for their child," she says...
...estimated 1.25 million Americans take insulin injections daily. With too little of the life-saving hormone, a diabetic's blood sugar can rise to dangerous levels (hyperglycemia); with too much, the sugar level falls too low (hypoglycemia), and the diabetic may go into a coma...