The study covered in this summary was published on ResearchSquare.com as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed. Women with risk factors for gestational diabetes and a normal or borderline ...

You’re nearing your third trimester and you’ve been told you have to take a test for diabetes at your next appointment. Maybe you’ve seen the posts on the message boards—the desperate ones that say, ...

We randomly assigned, in a 1:1 ratio, women between 4 weeks’ and 19 weeks 6 days’ gestation who had a risk factor for hyperglycemia and a diagnosis of gestational diabetes (World Health Organization ...

Gestational diabetes is diagnosed using an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) around 24 to 28 weeks of pregnancy. This test involves taking the mother’s blood before they consume a sugary drink. A ...

Caring for a baby is a full-time job, often causing new mothers to overlook their own health needs. This situation is exemplified by the low compliance with postpartum glucose screening among women ...

"The study indicates that vaginal progesterone use may raise the risk of gestational diabetes, with longer and earlier ...

Claire Meek, Professor of Chemical Pathology and Diabetes in Pregnancy, University of Leicester Gestational diabetes is diagnosed using an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) around 24 to 28 weeks of ...

Pregnancy can be a roller coaster of screenings, tests, and health check-ups to ensure you and the baby are happy and healthy. One of these routine prenatal checks is the pregnancy glucose test, which ...

More than half of the women with gestational diabetes in the UK are undiagnosed, according to a new study. Researchers investigating testing methods for the condition found that over 50% of pregnant ...