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Should all pregnant women be screened for gestational diabetes?

Should all pregnant women be screened for gestational diabetes?

by main | May 17, 2025 | Uncategorized

In January 2014, by way of tackling gestational diabetes, the Preventive Services  Task Force in the USA announced that it agreed that all women in America should be screened for the condition when they are 24 weeks pregnant.  So where do we stand in the UK?  ...
Gestational diabetes – risks, symptoms, complications and treatment

Gestational diabetes – risks, symptoms, complications and treatment

by main | May 11, 2025 | Uncategorized

Gestational diabetes is the name given to a form of diabetes which only occurs during pregnancy.  Typically beginning between 24 and 28 weeks gestation, this is linked to the placenta producing the following hormones:   Human placental lactogen (hPL) Human...
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