OBJECTIVES This study evaluated a simple relaxation breathing exercise for acute improvement of postprandial glycemic and insulinemic status. DESIGN Healthy human subjects were randomized to control breathing (CB; n=13) or a relaxation breathing exercise (RB; n=13) that was repeated every 10 minutes for the 30 minutes before and 90 minutes after consuming a glucose challenge (oral glucose tol...

BACKGROUND To investigate which factors during gestational diabetes pregnancies correlate with the risk of developing impaired glucose tolerance or diabetes 1 year postpartum and to compare this risk in women with gestational diabetes and women with a normal oral glucose tolerance test during pregnancy. METHODS Of 315 women with gestational diabetes, defined as a 2-hr blood glucose value of a...

In the U.K., 8–10% of those 65 years of age have diabetes (1), and more than a quarter of care-home residents may have the condition (2). Diabetes is often undiagnosed (2), and screening is recommended (3). However, the use of fasting glucose measurements alone has not been validated in the elderly population, and concerns have been expressed that results using this method are inconsistent in o...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationship among A1C, fasting plasma glucose (FPG), and 2-h postload plasma glucose in the Dutch general population and to evaluate the results of using A1C for screening and diagnosis of diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS In 2006-2007, 2,753 participants of the New Hoorn Study, aged 40-65 years, who were randomly selected from the population of Hoorn, the Ne...