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Find out what vitamin D is and what it does in your body, what foods provide it, and about vitamin D supplements.

Find out what thiamin is and what it does in your body, what foods provide it, and about thiamin supplements.

Find out what thiamin is and what it does in your body, what foods provide it, and about thiamin supplements.

Find out what multivitamin/mineral supplements are, what they do in your body, and about multivitamin/mineral supplements.

Find out what multivitamin/mineral supplements are, what they do in your body, and about multivitamin/mineral supplements.

The Community Preventive Services Task Force recently posted new information on its website, "Diabetes Prevention and Control: Combined Diet and Physical Activity Promotion Programs to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes Among People at Increased Risk." This information is available at http://www.thecommunityguide.

The efficacy and safety of contraceptives have been questioned for decades; however, whether a relationship exists between hormonal contraceptives and gestational diabetes (GDM) is undetermined. The aim of this study was to investigate whether maternal risk for GDM was influenced by type of contraceptive method used before pregnancy.

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The true prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is unknown. The objective of this study was 1) to provide the most current GDM prevalence reported on the birth certificate and the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) questionnaire and 2) to compare GDM prevalence from PRAMS across 2007–2008 and 2009–2010.