Diabetes is among the most frequent medical conditions in pregnancy potentially leading to complications such as big babies, cesarean sections, injury during vaginal delivery and complications for the newborn baby.
Glucose Challenge Test During Pregnancy
The glucose challenge test does not necessarily diagnose diabetes but it screens women who may be at risk and who may need a 3-hour glucose tolerance test or GTT.
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Diabetes and the First Trimester of Pregnancy
Women who have diabetes are at an increased risk for complications during pregnancy, including increased risk of birth defects or fetal death. These risks can be minimized by planning pregnancy ahead with the help of your obstetrician and primary diabetes care provider.
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Effect of Metformin on Gestational Diabetes in Pregnancy
Researchers in Greece have recently expressed the efficacy of metformin in treating gestational diabetes.
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Diagnosing Gestational Diabetes
Gestational diabetes carries the same symptoms and problems as other forms of diabetes not associated with pregnancy because the body loses the ability to handle food sugars and insulin development.
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Snoring and Pregnancy Gestational Diabetes
A new study from researchers at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine has found that women who reported frequent snoring during their pregnancy were more likely to develop gestational diabetes.
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Diabetes - Type 1, Type 2 and Gestational
Diabetes is when your body has elevated sugar levels, while gestational diabetes is diabetes diagnosed for the first time in pregnancy.
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How to Know if You Have Diabetes During Pregnancy in 12 Steps
Diabetes, the tendency to have increased blood sugars, is among the most common medical conditions in pregnancy.
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Gestational Diabetes Invites Future Heart Disease
It seems gestational diabetes causes the carotid artery wall to thicken, a condition that may trigger heart disease.
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Gestational Diabetes
Gestational diabetes is a condition unique to pregnant women. During pregnancy, the body becomes intolerant to glucose causing a temporary condition similar to mild forms type 1 or type 2 diabetes.
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Pregnancy Complications With Obese Mothers
Obesity is a growing epidemic thought to be the cause of various growing
health conditions like diabetes, cardiovascular disease and premature
death.
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Diabetes Screening During Pregnancy
This is a clinical summary of U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendations for screening for diabetes in pregnancy.
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