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 ...

A study suggests measuring abdominal fat thickness on ultrasound alongside a glucose challenge test may help identify ...

When screening pregnant women for gestational diabetes, casual blood glucose testing misses 70% of the cases. This Kobe University study should encourage obstetricians to depend on more reliable tests ...

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 ...

For a pregnant woman newly diagnosed with gestational diabetes, every meal, glucose test, and clinic visit becomes a decision ...

Gestational diabetes has been reported to be on the rise, but a new study from British Columbia found that changes in screening practices explain much of the increase. The study is published in CMAJ ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In British Columbia, the screening process for gestational diabetes shifted from a two-step to a one-step ...

An analysis of more than 500,000 pregnancies over a 15-year period suggests much of the increase in gestational diabetes rates observed during the study period can be attributed to changes in ...

When Sophie was pregnant with her first baby, she had an oral glucose tolerance blood test. A few days later, the hospital phoned telling her she had gestational diabetes. Despite having only a ...

When screening pregnant women for gestational diabetes, casual blood glucose testing misses 70% of the cases. This study should encourage obstetricians to depend on more reliable tests to help prevent ...