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Pregnancy-related high blood pressure, diabetes linked to la...

Most of the changes that come with pregnancy—growing a belly “bump,” being tired, mood swings, cravings for particular foods, and the like—are normal, temporary, and harmless. Two other changes, pregnancy-related h [...]

Posted On : Feb, 23 2012 | Comments : 0

Pregnancy diabetes to soar after test change

The number of women with gestational diabetes could increase 50 per cent under guidelines that will call for universal screening of pregnant women and lower the blood glucose level deemed for a positive diagnosis. The Australasian Diabete [...]

Posted On : Feb, 20 2012 | Comments : 0

Diabetes in pregnancy, poverty linked to ADHD

NEW YORK: Babies born to poor mothers with pregnancy-related diabetes have an extra-high risk of developing attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a new study suggests. So-called gestational diabetes typically develops duri [...]

Posted On : Jan, 09 2012 | Comments : 0

Diabetes in pregnancy, poverty linked to ADHD

So-called gestational diabetes typically develops during the second or third trimester of pregnancy, especially in women who are overweight before getting pregnant, eat an unhealthy diet and don't exercise. It affects between two and [...]

Posted On : Jan, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

Exercise doesn`t prevent pregnancy-related diabetes

New York: Pregnant women who exercised regularly during the second half of their pregnancies did not lower their odds of developing pregnancy-related diabetes in a new clinical trial. Researchers in Norway found that when they randomly as [...]

Posted On : Dec, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

Predicting Gestational Diabetes--Is it Possible?

Gestational diabetes is a condition which occurs in roughly 3-10% of women in pregnancy. As the prevalence of diabetes in the North American population increases, so too has the incidence of gestational diabetes, which is defined as gluco [...]

Posted On : Jun, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

Pregnancy Related Diabetes Risk Increased by Post-Birth Weig...

A second pregnancy can be put at risk by women who gain weight after giving birth for the first time, a new study says. For such women, the risk of pregnancy-related diabetes more than doubles. The study, done by Kaiser Permanente in Oakl [...]

Posted On : May, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

Fever during pregnancy, diabetes and obesity may raise autis...

Having the flu during pregnancy isn't associated with a heightened risk of autism or developmental delay in children, although having a fever during pregnancy might be. And giving birth by Cesarean section isn't associated with au [...]

Posted On : May, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

Diabetes Pill Can Prevent Obese Mums From Having Fat Babies

Thanks to a diabetes drug, obese mothers-to-be will be able to prevent their babies from inheriting the fat factor. According to a new clinical trial, obesity of a child can be controlled in the mother's womb through a metformin if ta [...]

Posted On : May, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Diabetes during pregnancy raises risk of diabetes later in l...

Gestational diabetes, or when a woman develops temporary diabetes when she’s pregnant, is on the upswing, and the worst thing about that, doctors say, is it means more Type 2 diabetes later in life. Women who get gestational diab [...]

Posted On : May, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Diabetes in pregnancy a risk years later

A type of diabetes that strikes during pregnancy may disappear at birth, but it remains a big red flag for mothers' future health — one that too many seem to be missing. Roughly half of women who have had gestational diabe [...]

Posted On : Feb, 08 2011 | Comments : 0

Diabetes in pregnancy a risk years later

A type of diabetes that strikes during pregnancy may disappear at birth, but it remains a big red flag for mothers' future health - one that too many seem to be missing. Roughly half of women who have had gestational diabetes - [...]

Posted On : Feb, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

Diabetes Pregnancy And Care

This is very important to understand. As pregnancy advances, particularly from after 28 weeks, placental activity increases to keep the baby in good health. To do this placenta produces some hormones which act against Insulin and your do [...]

Posted On : Oct, 01 2010 | Comments : 0

Pregnancy-related diabetes likely to recur: study

Researchers found that the risk of having gestational diabetes during a future pregnancy increases with each previously affected one -- from 41 percent after the first to 57 percent after two pregnancies complicated by gestational diabet [...]