Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
Straight from the Womb: Are we dooming our children?
A study evaluating the risks of maternal glycemia related to the risk of obesity in childhood was just published in Diabetes Care by the American Diabetes Association. This study evaluated maternal glycemia using the universal gestational diabetes mellitus screening from two different multiethnic, geographically separate populations. There were 9,439 mother-child pairs that were included in the analysis for this study.
The key finding was that an increasing hyperglycemia was associated with an...
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Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
......excitement of pregnancy, women might be oblivious to other changes in their bodies that lead to developing gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Gestational diabetes is defined as the... Read more »Type 2 Diabetes: References
...Jun;29(6):1263-1268.Crowther CA, Hiller JE, Moss JR, McPhee AJ, Jeffries WS, Robinson JS. Effect of treatment of gestational diabetes mellitus on pregnancy outcomes. N Engl J Med. 2005 Jun... Read more »What do I need to know about diabetes?"
...longer able to use that insulin effectively. Nearly 95% of people with diabetes have type 2 diabetes. Gestational diabetes, also known as diabetes of pregnancy - This type of diabetes strikes... Read more »Type 1 Diabetes: diabetes mellitus, juvenile diabetes
...of type 2 diabetes that develops only in Caucasian teenagers. It accounts for 2 - 5% of type 2 cases.Gestational Diabetes. An estimated 5% of pregnant women develop a form of type 2 diabetes in... Read more »Type 2 Diabetes: Risk Factors
...cholesterol less than 35 mg/dL or triglyceride level 250 mg/dL or higherHave had diabetes during pregnancy (gestational diabetes) or have given birth to a baby that weighed more than 9... Read more »Images
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