Overall, 79% of the participants randomly assigned to oral agents maintained glycemic control without insulin. Doortje Rademaker, MD, from the Amsterdam University Medical Center, and colleagues ...

Learn about the risks of gestational diabetes, especially for Black women, and how early testing and lifestyle management can ensure a healthy pregnancy and baby.

Frequency of primary outcome was 27.6 and 23.4% in glyburide and insulin groups, respectively. (HealthDay News) — For women with gestational diabetes, glyburide is not noninferior to insulin, ...

Children with a high genetic risk for type 2 diabetes who were also exposed to maternal gestational diabetes are more likely ...

The GRACE trial suggests that real time continuous monitoring can reduce the risk of having a larger baby in women with ...

An abstract presented at CHEST 2021 showed that women who entered pregnancy with sleep-disordered breathing were associated with higher levels of insulin resistance and potential risk of gestational ...

A University of Michigan Health Endocrinologist Jennifer Wyckoff says high blood sugar levels during pregnancy can lead to really large babies, which is dangerous for both mom and baby.

During pregnancy, the placenta secretes hormones that increase insulin resistance, which may cause gestational diabetes (GD). Left untreated, diabetes can damage the placenta. GD begins in the ...

There seems to be a connection between gestational diabetes and childhood obesity. Studies suggest that gestational diabetes increases the risk of childhood obesity. Share on Pinterest VlarVix/Getty ...

Treatment of gestational diabetes with metformin, and glyburide if needed, does not meet noninferiority criteria versus insulin. (HealthDay News) — With respect to the proportion of infants born large ...