Gestational diabetes: Blood sugar levels once considered normal are not safe for baby, mother

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Gestational diabetes: Blood sugar levels once considered normal are not safe for baby, mother

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Two to three times more pregnant women may soon be diagnosed and treated for gestational diabetes, based on new measurements for determining risky blood sugar levels for the mother and her unborn baby, according to a new study. Blood sugar levels that were once considered in the normal range are now seen as causing a sharp increase in the occurrence of overweight babies, early deliveries, cesarean section deliveries and potentially life-threatening preeclampsia.

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DrRobertGreene Dr Robert Greene

New data supports lowering the level of "normal bloog sugar" to capture more accurate estimates of gestational diabetes http://bit.ly/alqqsH

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