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Gestational diabetes mellitus: Opportunity, not despair

Should gestational diabetes mellitus be viewed as an opportunity, or an inequality, and should it be a cause for dynamism or despair? Sanjay Kalra and Ankia Coetzee present their perspective on gestational diabetes mellitus.

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Women and diabetes: Our right to a healthy future

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Healthy lifestyle may mitigate CVD risk following gestational diabetes

Women with a history of gestational diabetes have a significantly increased risk for cardiovascular disease, which may be modified by healthy lifestyle factors, prospective study data show.

October Cochrane review round-up

The two diabetes-related Cochrane reviews published in October focused on diabetes during pregnancy; the first covered different methods of glucose monitoring, while the second compared oral antidiabetic agents with insulin, with both concluding that better quality research is needed to draw firm conclusions.

Women with gestational diabetes are failing to self-monitor

More than a third of women with gestational diabetes are failing to self-monitor their postprandial blood glucose levels, with possible implications for pregnancy outcomes, according to a French pilot study.

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19-10-2017 | Gestational diabetes | Article

Early versus 6–12 week postpartum glucose tolerance testing for women with gestational diabetes

J Perinatol 2017; 38: 118–121. doi: 10.1038/jp.2017.159

02-10-2017 | Gestational diabetes | Review | Article

Screening and treatment for early-onset gestational diabetes mellitus: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Immanuel J, Simmons D. Curr Diab Rep 2017; 17: 115. doi: 10.1007/s11892-017-0943-7

16-09-2017 | Sexual dysfunction | Practical approach | Article

A practical approach to managing hypoactive sexual desire disorder in women with diabetes

This review provides an overview of the diagnosis and management of hypoactive sexual desire disorder, aiming to provide a practical approach to an under-recognized complication in women with diabetes.

31-03-2017 | Specific populations | Review | Article

Nonpharmacological interventions to prevent type 2 diabetes in women diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus: A systematic overview

Miyazaki C et al. Diabetol Int 2017; 8: 160–180. doi: 10.1007/s13340-017-0316-0

13-01-2017 | Gestational diabetes | Article

“It’s a very big burden on me”: Women’s experiences using insulin for gestational diabetes

Gray MF, Hsu C, Kiel L et al. Matern Child Health J 2017; 21: 1678–1685. doi: 10.1007/s10995-017-2261-8

13-01-2017 | Gestational diabetes | Review | Article

Primary prevention of gestational diabetes mellitus through nutritional factors: A systematic review

Donazar-Ezcurra M et al. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2017; 17: 30. doi: 10.1186/s12884-016-1205-4

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