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<blockquote data-quote="Dark Horse" data-source="post: 1684193" data-attributes="member: 52527"><p>The Joslin Centre in USA has information regarding the risks of the child of someone with type 1 diabetes also getting the disease:- <a href="http://www.joslin.org/info/genetics_and_diabetes.html" target="_blank">http://www.joslin.org/info/genetics_and_diabetes.html</a></p><p></p><p>Regarding mothers with type 1, they say, "if the mother has type 1 diabetes and is age 25 or younger when the child is born, the risk is reduced to 1 in 25 (4 percent) and if the mother is over age 25, the risk drops to 1 in 100 — virtually the same as the average American."</p><p></p><p>If someone doesn't want to take anti-depressants, there is other help available:- </p><p><a href="http://depressionuk.org/index.php/how-we-can-help/" target="_blank">http://depressionuk.org/index.php/how-we-can-help/</a></p><p><a href="https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/depression/self-care-for-depression/#.WnDDo2hl_rc" target="_blank">https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/depression/self-care-for-depression/#.WnDDo2hl_rc</a></p><p><a href="https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/drugs-and-treatments/antidepressants/alternatives-to-antidepressants/#.WnDEzGhl_rc" target="_blank">https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/drugs-and-treatments/antidepressants/alternatives-to-antidepressants/#.WnDEzGhl_rc</a></p><p><a href="http://www.moodjuice.scot.nhs.uk/depression.asp" target="_blank">http://www.moodjuice.scot.nhs.uk/depression.asp</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dark Horse, post: 1684193, member: 52527"] The Joslin Centre in USA has information regarding the risks of the child of someone with type 1 diabetes also getting the disease:- [URL]http://www.joslin.org/info/genetics_and_diabetes.html[/URL] Regarding mothers with type 1, they say, "if the mother has type 1 diabetes and is age 25 or younger when the child is born, the risk is reduced to 1 in 25 (4 percent) and if the mother is over age 25, the risk drops to 1 in 100 — virtually the same as the average American." If someone doesn't want to take anti-depressants, there is other help available:- [URL]http://depressionuk.org/index.php/how-we-can-help/[/URL] [URL]https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/depression/self-care-for-depression/#.WnDDo2hl_rc[/URL] [URL]https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/drugs-and-treatments/antidepressants/alternatives-to-antidepressants/#.WnDEzGhl_rc[/URL] [URL]http://www.moodjuice.scot.nhs.uk/depression.asp[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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