Health Expert Missy Foy shares health management news and commentary at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/177518/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/177518/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/177518/index http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/177518/137421/gestational-2 Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:17:00 -0400 Missy Foy Be sure to read Part 1 of this series here!   By the early twentieth-century, doctors knew that some women, at that time it seemed to be mostly white women, had sugar appear in their urine toward the end of their pregnancies.  They also knew that this condition went away when the mother gave birth.  In 1954, a doctor in Boston began a ten year study to see if this condition was an early warning sign for these women developing... http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/177518/137421/gestational-2 http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/177518/136868/1-marketplace Mon, 18 Apr 2011 13:30:00 -0400 Missy Foy Read Missy's last post, How Do I Know if I Have Gestational Diabetes? Gestational diabetes was only added to the World Health Organization's list of diagnostic codes in 1979.  Was this a new phenomenon in 1979?  Physicians had known about diabetes for centuries.  Had doctors just discovered gestational diabetes in 1979?  Insulin had been used to treat diabetes since 1921 and oral medications since the early 1960s. ... http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/177518/136868/1-marketplace http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/177518/136713/gestational Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:41:00 -0400 Missy Foy Read Missy's first post, What is Gestational Diabetes?   Gestational diabetes usually has no symptoms.  It is diagnosed by a lab test called an Oral Glucose Tolerance Test.  In the United States, a screening glucose tolerance test is performed between the 24th and 28th week of pregnancy.  This initial screening test usually involves having the pregnant woman consume a pre-mixed drink with 50 grams of glucose, or sugar,... http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/177518/136713/gestational http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/177518/136577/gestational Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:16:00 -0400 Missy Foy Special Guest Series by Missy Foy   In its international manual of medical diagnoses, the World Health Organization defines gestational diabetes as "carbohydrate intolerance resulting in hyperglycemia of variable severity with onset or first recognition during pregnancy."  What exactly does all that mean?  And, more importantly, what does that mean for the expectant mother and her unborn child?    We can start with a... http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/177518/136577/gestational