Current guidelines for gestational diabetes recommend screening for everyone during the 24–28th weeks of pregnancy. Screening can help detect gestational diabetes to prevent complications from the ...

Gestational diabetes affects one in seven expecting women globally and rates of this troubling condition are rising. Blood glucose levels that become elevated for the first time during pregnancy can ...

According to the CDC, 5-9% of pregnant women in the U.S. are diagnosed with gestational diabetes.

You probably know someone with diabetes, as it is an increasingly common disease. In 2017, more than 425 million adults were living with diabetes, and more than 1,106,500 children were living with ...

In a double-blind pilot trial, lactoferrin-enriched yogurt added to routine iron supplementation helped prevent ferritin ...

Gestational diabetes is a special type of diabetes that can affect pregnant women. The condition is defined as elevated blood sugar levels, without previously known diabetes. Treatment involves ...

In Australia 12-14% of pregnancies are affected by gestational diabetes. Despite its prevalence, most people aren’t aware the risks don’t end when the pregnancy does. Diabetes occurs when the level of ...

How Australian pregnant women are tested for gestational diabetes is set to change, with new national guidelines released today. Changes are expected to lead to fewer diagnoses in women at lower risk, ...

'I won’t be able to be with the baby all the time which is going to break me' ...

Gestational diabetes develops during pregnancy (gestation). Like other types of diabetes, gestational diabetes affects how your cells use sugar (glucose). Gestational diabetes causes high blood sugar ...

Pregnancy isn’t for the faint of heart. In addition to everyday annoyances like nausea, swelling, backaches, and gas, up to 10 percent of moms-to-be are also stuck with gestational diabetes, according ...

Type 1 diabetes researcher Anette Ziegler has never believed the word impossible. Important steps in her career have been driven by a spirit of opening new paths and constantly pushing beyond ...