Maternal Diabetes

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  Following Mediterranean-Style Diet During Pregnancy Reduces Risk Of Gestational Diabetes: Study

  The study says that following a simple Mediterranean-style diet might not be able to the overall risk of adverse maternal and offspring complications, but it may help reduce risk of gestational diabetes and weight gain during pregnancy.

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  High Blood Sugar During Pregnancy May Up Risk Of Congenital Heart Defect: 5 Diabetic-Friendly Fruits

  Maternal diabetes may prove detrimental for the fetal heart development of the child, a new study has revealed

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  Here's Why High Blood Pressure Is A Silent Killer; Trust These Natural Ways To Manage It Better

  Over a billion people across the globe suffer from high blood pressure or hypertension. It may also be a leading risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, foetal and maternal death in pregnancy, dementia and renal failure

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  Higher Maternal Iron Levels May up Gestational Diabetes Risk

  Pregnant women who are particularly vulnerable to iron deficiency, may also be at risk if iron is found in excess in their bodies. They are likely to develop gestational diabetes, a study has found.

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  Maternal B12 Deficiency May up Diabetes Risk in Babies

  Women with vitamin B12 deficiency during pregnancy may predispose their children to metabolic diseases such as Type-2 diabetes, a team of researchers led by one of Indian origin has warned.

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  Maternal Diabetes May Up Health Risks In Babies: Study

  London: Babies born to mothers with gestational diabetes or pre-gestational diabetes (prior to pregnancy) may be at an increased risk of developing malformations, abnormal size, jaundice and low blood sugar, says a new study. “Both gestational diabetes and pre-gestational diabetes in pregnancy are associated with worse neo-natal outcomes compared...

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  Maternal Diabetes May Up Health Risks In Babies, Says Study

  Babies born to mothers with gestational diabetes (which develops during pregnancy) or pre-gestational diabetes (prior to pregnancy) may be at an increased risk of developing malformations, abnormal size, jaundice and low blood sugar, says a new study.

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  Breastfeeding May Reduce Mother's Risk of Diabetes: Study

  Breastfeeding has the potential to reduce the long-term risk of developing Type 2 diabetes among women with gestational diabetes, and is a cost-effective intervention, says a study.

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  Maternal Folate Level May Decrease Child Obesity Risk

  Adequate intake of folic acid during pregnancy is likely to protect children from a future risk of obesity.

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  Mothers' Obesity, Gestational Diabetes Ups Early Puberty Risk In Daughters

  Daughters born to overweight mothers who also developed gestational diabetes are significantly more likely to experience an earlier onset of one sign of puberty, a new study has found.

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  Breast-feeding cuts diabetes risk in children

  Infants whose mothers had diabetes during pregnancy are at a higher risk for childhood obesity, but breast-feeding lowers that risk.

• Diabetes during pregnancy affects children

  Babies who are exposed to mom's diabetes and obesity while in the womb are at increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes in adolescence.

• Maternal obesity and birth defects

  A recent study suggests that women who are obese when they become pregnant appear to be more likely to give birth to babies with various birth defects than women of healthy weight. Moreover, simply being overweight but not obese at the time of conception seems to increase the risk of having a child with heart defects or more than one unrelated birt...

• Maternal age linked with diabetes among children

  A study was carried out to check the association of maternal age at the time of delivery with the risk of childhood diabetes. It was found that older mothers have a risk of type 1 diabetes among their children. Type I Diabetes is also known as insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. People with this type of diabetes mellitus make little or no insu...