On Tue 01 Jul 2008 05:56:36p, Janet Wilder told us...

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> On Tue 01 Jul 2008 09:49:20a, Goomba told us...
>>
>>> Julia Altshuler wrote:
>>>> Steve Pope wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> My own guess is that general obesity, HFCS in particular, and a large
>>>>> volume of prescription drugs that can cause diabetes are behind it.
>>>>
>>>> Which prescription drugs cause diabetes?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --Lia
>>>>
>>> Steroids raise the blood sugar, but with *most* folks it is just
>>> temporary as they don't take them routinely. This isn't "diabetes" per
>>> se, but in the hospital we'll often treat them with some insulin anyway
>>> as evidence is that controlled blood sugars lessen infection and help
>>> healing progress.
>>>
>>
>> Is gestational diabetes more often temporary than permanent?
>>
>
> Usually temporaray.
>

Thanks, Janet.

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