Tag: Pregnancy
Prevalence of Gestational Diabetes Varies Across Seasons
At one- and two-hour diagnostic levels, prevalence is lower in winter and higher in summer
Too Much Folate in Pregnancy Tied to Increased Autism Risk
Mothers with very high blood levels of folate at delivery twice as likely to have a child with autism
High Maternal Glucose May Adversely ‘Imprint’ Baby
Elevated blood glucose and excess weight during pregnancy may change baby's metabolism
Too Much Folate in Pregnancy Tied to Raised Autism Risk
Mothers with very high blood levels of folate at delivery twice as likely to have a child with autism
Fluconazole Use May Raise Risk of Certain Birth Defects
Study shows increased odds of cleft lip with cleft palate, d-transposition of the great arteries
Artemisia Extract Ups Insulin Sensitivity in GDM
Randomized trial shows sizable reduction in fasting plasma glucose, serum insulin levels, HOMA-IR
Flu Vaccine in Pregnancy Protects Mother and Infant
Infants benefit when a woman gets influenza immunization during pregnancy, researchers confirm
Serum Prolactin in Pregnancy Predicts Prediabetes/Diabetes
Higher in women with postpartum normal glucose tolerance versus prediabetes/diabetes
MAGED2 Mutation Causes Antenatal Bartter’s Syndrome
Symptoms disappeared spontaneously during follow-up in infants who survived
CDC: Births of Triplets, Quadruplets on Decline in U.S.
Rate fell 41 percent between 1998 and 2014; decline highest among white women
