Blood sugar control early in pregnancy important
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In women with diabetes,  increasing hemoglobin A1C levels early in pregnancy -- an  indicator of poor blood sugar control -- are associated with  increasing risk of poor pregnancy outcomes, according to a  report in the journal Diabetes Care.
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NEW YORK  - Children born to mothers who developed diabetes during pregnancy are more likely to be overweight or obese than their peers, according to a new study.
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Women who stay active early in pregnancy may have lower cholesterol than those who take it easy, new research suggests.
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Pregnant women with diabetes tend to have overly large babies, which isn't good for either party. An Israeli team has now shown that the problem can be avoided if mothers strictly control their blood sugar levels during pregnancy.
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The risk of developing high  blood pressure during pregnancy (gestational hypertension) is  higher in pregnancies resulting from infertility treatments  compared with those resulting from spontaneous conceptions.
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For people with type 2 diabetes, taking an inhaled form of insulin before meals and a single daily injection of long-acting insulin provides blood sugar control comparable to that of a conventional all-injection insulin regimen, researchers report.
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NEW YORK  - Women with type 2 diabetes are  at increased risk for several poor pregnancy outcomes compared  with the general population, and with women who have type 1  diabetes, a Danish study shows.
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Taking GlaxoSmithKline Plc's  Lamictal epilepsy drug during the first three months of  pregnancy may increase the chances of having a baby with a  cleft lip or palate, U.S. regulators warned on Friday.
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NEW YORK  - During pregnancy, a blood test  called alpha-fetoprotein can determine a woman's risk of having  a child with birth defects. Now, new research suggests that  this test can also predict a deadly problem that occurs after  birth -- sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
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The higher a pregnant woman's level of blood sugar, the greater the risk to her newborn &#151; whether the mother has diabetes or not, the largest study on the problem suggests. The findings released Friday may lead to more women being diagnosed with diabetes during pregnancy and given stricter diet advice or medication to lower blood sugar.
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NEW YORK  - Women who have given birth to five or more infants have an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus, researchers report in the journal Diabetes Care. This appears to be the case, even after considering the influence of other known risk factors, such as obesity and socioeconomic status.
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NEW YORK  - A group of Italian researchers  is recommending routine thyroid-function screening for women  during early pregnancy, because they believe attention deficit  and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children may be associated  with an iodine deficiency in mothers.
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NEW YORK  - For people with type 2  diabetes, taking an inhaled form of insulin before meals and a  single daily injection of long-acting insulin provides blood  sugar control comparable to that of a conventional  all-injection insulin regimen, researchers report.
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Diabetics should be monitoring their blood sugar levels more frequently due to new research that suggests sustained elevated levels may increase the risk of heart disease.
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Diabetics should test their blood sugar levels more regularly to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, a study says.
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Children who were born prematurely, regardless of their actual birth weight, have a reduction in insulin sensitivity -- a pre-diabetic condition that can lead to full-blown diabetes.
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Pregnant women with serious gum disease appear to have an increased risk of delivering prematurely, but whether this condition actually triggers early labor remains unclear, according to a new study.