Gestational diabetes is a third type of diabetes that only occurs in women who are pregnant. It typically develops around the 24th week of pregnancy, and it's caused by pregnancy hormones that can interfere with insulin and keep it from working properly, spiking a woman's blood sugar levels. Because gestational diabetes usually begins later in pregnancy, it doesn't typically cause birth defects in the baby.

However, if it goes untreated and glucose levels are not controlled, it can cause complications at birth that can be harmful to the baby. A C-section may be required to deliver the baby, which may be born with low blood sugar and higher risk of symptoms such as developing breathing problems. Many women can control their blood sugar through diet, exercise and medication during pregnancy, and most cases of gestational diabetes go away after the baby is born.

Friends Life Care is a long term care specialist based in Pennsylvania which his offering a series of healthy exercise workshops for seniors with obesity symptoms. The six week courses are held in Delaware by a trained physical therapist, and they focus on low impact strength training and conditioning.

Participants get educated about healthy exercise and how to benefit from it while avoiding pain and injury. Each 90 minute session covers aging and fitness tips and provides a good workout. For example, in a typical session participants will do exercises like push ups, half squats, standing from a chair, split squats, single leg half squats, hamstring stretches, upper back stretches, neck stretches and abdominal exercises. The leader of the workshop notes that he's seen great improvements in participants in terms of their self-confidence and fitness levels.

Doctors in Newcastle, Australia are calling for restrictions or possible bans on over the counter medication sales of ibuprofen-codeine tablets like Nurofen Plus and Panafen Plus. This is due to concerns about patient addiction and fatal health complications. Some doctors are concerned that ibuprofen could be toxic or dangerous when linked to addictive codeine.

Potential medical problems that can result include kidney failure, ulcers and gastrointestinal haemorrhaging. A group of doctors calling for restrictions on the product cite the cases of four patients who presented to the hospital with signs of kidney failure due to long-standing misuse of ibuprofen taken in combination with codeine. However, a top industry regulator says that restrictions are already in place and that those who stick to the recommended doses of the products should not be concerned.