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Gestational diabetes and pregnancy

Screening

05-12-2023 | Gestational diabetes | News

Early gestational diabetes intervention improves pregnancy outcomes

Identifying and treating women with gestational diabetes before 20 weeks’ gestation improves their pregnancy outcomes, shows the randomized TOBOGM trial.

09-26-2019 | Gestational diabetes | News

Selective early hyperglycemia pregnancy screening proposed

Women should only be screened for hyperglycemia in early pregnancy if they carry risk factors for gestational diabetes, French researchers propose.

06-25-2018 | Gestational diabetes | Article

Polyphenol-rich foods and risk of gestational diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Pham NM, Do VV, Lee AH. Eur J Clin Nutr 2018. doi: 10.1038/s41430-018-0218-7

06-13-2018 | Neonatal diabetes | Review | Article

Congenital diabetes: Comprehensive genetic testing allows for improved diagnosis and treatment of diabetes and other associated features

Letourneau LR, Greeley SAW. Curr Diab Rep 2018; 18: 46. doi: 10.1007/s11892-018-1016-2

05-28-2018 | Risk factors | Article

Diabetes risk scores for Hispanics living in the United States: A systematic review

Juarez LD et al. Diabetes Res Clin Prac 2018. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2018.05.009

05-04-2018 | Gestational diabetes | Article

The post-HAPO situation with gestational diabetes: The bright and dark sides

Lapolla A, Metzger BE. Acta Diabetol 2018; Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s00592-018-1146-7

01-03-2018 | Gestational diabetes | Article

Prenatal counseling on type 2 diabetes risk, exercise, and nutrition affects the likelihood of postpartum diabetes screening after gestational diabetes

Jones KE et al. J Perinatol 2018; Advance online publication. doi: 10.1038/s41372-017-0035-1

Lori Berard / International Diabetes Federation

11-13-2017 | Specific populations | Interview | Article

Women and diabetes - our right to a healthy future

Editorial Board member Lori Berard addresses 2017's World Diabetes Day theme, providing her insights on the key considerations for managing diabetes in women (9:51).

10-19-2017 | 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

10-02-2017 | 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

09-06-2017 | Pregnancy | News

August Cochrane review round-up

Three Cochrane reviews published in August covered the topic of diabetes during pregnancy, finding that more research is needed to guide the best strategy for detecting gestational diabetes and to establish whether preconception care is beneficial for women with type 1 or 2 diabetes.

Pregnancy

03-10-2017 | Gestational diabetes | Review | Article

Gestational diabetes mellitus: An updated overview

Chiefari et al. J Endocrinol Invest 2017; 40: 899–909. doi: 10.1007/s40618-016-0607-5

02-22-2017 | Gestational diabetes | Review | Article

Early pregnancy biochemical predictors of gestational diabetes mellitus

Powe CE. Curr Diab Rep 2017; 17: 12. doi: 10.1007/s11892-017-0834-y

11-08-2016 | Gestational diabetes | News

Gestational diabetes vascular risk not solely down to type 2 diabetes development

Women with gestational diabetes have a subsequent increased risk for adverse macrovascular outcomes, even if they never develop type 2 diabetes, report researchers.

09-07-2016 | Gestational diabetes | News | Article

Predictive models for gestational diabetes ranked

Dutch researchers have assessed the ability of 12 published models to predict gestational diabetes in a large cohort of women.