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...diabetes - a form of the disease that occurs only during pregnancy - were nearly twice as likely to bear overweight children, compared with healthy moms. And the data showed that some mothers with "normal" blood-sugar readings were at risk as well: pregnant women with blood-sugar levels at the highest end of the currently accepted normal range were at least 22% more likely to have heavy children than women in the lowest quartile...
...mg/dl to 140 mg/dl) were still 22% more likely to have overweight children than women at the low end of normal (with blood-sugar levels between 43 mg/dl and 94 mg/dl), and 28% more likely to bear children who become obese. "Even in what's considered normal, in the highest quartile there was an elevation in risk," says Dr. Teresa Hillier, a CHR endocrinologist and senior investigator and lead author of the study. "You could argue, should we consider lowering the criteria? One forty [mg/dl] is the typical cutoff [for diabetes]. Some ppl have argued that it should...
...studies, mostly in the Pima Indian population, have shown a link between a mother's diabetes and obesity in her children. Hillier's study is the first, however, to suggest that treatment of the disease eliminates risk. In her analysis, Hillier found that children born to women with the highest levels of blood sugar were no likelier than other kids to become heavy if their mothers had been treated for diabetes during pregnancy...
...acclaimed and beloved film was released detailing a heartbreaking love story. It earned $170 million worldwide, was nominated for eight Oscars and won three. That film was Brokeback Mountain. I was surprised that neither it nor The Notebook rated a mention, as those films are the two highest-grossing romantic dramas of the past several years...
Sosland, the Expos donor, praised Sommers’ leadership. “She is or was considered by the very highest people at Harvard as an academic expert,” he said...