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Sunday, October, 25, 2009

Gestational Diabetes

Gestational diabetes may up Type 2 risk

October 03, 2008
Developing gestational diabetes during pregnancy significantly increases a woman's chance of having Type 2 diabetes later on, a new study has found. Researchers looked at 633,449 women who gave birth between 1995 and 2002. Of the participants, two percent of the women who did not have gestational diabetes went on to develop Type 2 diabetes later, while 19 percent of the women who had gestational diabetes later developed Type 2. Read more »

Expert & Community Posts

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Gestational Diabetes: Control It For Your Child's Sake
By Craig Stoltz , Health Expert

...Care illustrates why it's so important to control gestational diabetes. Uncontrolled blood sugar... Read more »

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Straight from the Womb: Are we dooming our children?
By Dr. Frank Varon , Health Expert

...study evaluated maternal glycemia using the universal gestational diabetes mellitus screening... Read more »

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Diabetes Risk during Pregnancy
By Deanne Stein , Health Expert

...necessary because it is common for some women to develop gestational diabetes during pregnancy.... Read more »

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Postpartum Depression
By Deborah Gray , Health Expert

...of standard prenatal care, just as screening for gestational diabetes is right now. And in the... Read more »

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Pregnancy Nutrition and Weight Gain
By Amy Hendel , Health Expert

...showed that if you gain excess weight AND develop gestational diabetes (diabetes during... Read more »

Health Guide

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 »
Gestational Diabetes
......Diabetes Information Clearinghouse, between three and eight percent of pregnant women will develop gestational diabetes.   Although the exact cause of gestational diabetes is not known,... Read more »
Gestational diabetes
...risk factors and prenatal screening at 24 to 28 weeks of pregnancy will lead to early detection of gestational diabetes. Read more »
Gestational diabetes
...... Glucose intolerance during pregnancy Causes, incidence, and risk factors Gestational diabetes is usually diagnosed during the 24th to 28th weeks of pregnancy. In many... Read more »
Gestational diabetes
... An oral glucose tolerance test between the 24th and 28th weeks of pregnancy is the main test for gestational diabetes. Read more »

Related News

Type 2 Diabetes Often Follows Gestational Diabetes
August 12, 2008

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Women who experience diabetes while they're pregnant are significantly more likely to develop type 2 diabetes following the... Read summary »

Gestational Diabetes Warrants Post Pregnancy Care
June 10, 2009

(Ivanhoe Newswire) ? Women who develop a form of diabetes associated with pregnancy should continue receiving regular checkups for diabetes after... Read summary »

How Gestational Diabetes Develops
May 02, 2008

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- We may finally know why five-percent of women develop diabetes while they are pregnant. New research from the Stanford... Read summary »

Snoring during Pregnancy Could Mean Gestational Diabetes
July 08, 2009

(Newswire) -- For pregnant women, snoring may mean more than just sleepless nights for their husbands. New research from the Northwestern University... Read summary »

Healthy Gums Equal Healthy Babies
September 30, 2009

(Ivanhoe Newswire) ? One step to a healthier newborn might be a new toothbrush and some better dental hygiene. The reason: gum disease is linked to a... Read summary »