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Rates of Gestational Diabetes Higher in the Summer Months --Doctors Lounge

Rates of Gestational Diabetes Higher in the Summer Months --Doctors Lounge

Back to Journal ArticlesWEDNESDAY, Sept. 14, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Gestational diabetes may be more common in the summer than in other seasons, according to research presented at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes, held from Sept. 12 to 16 in Munich.The new study involved 11,538 pregnant women and was led by Anastasia Katsarou, M.D., of Lund University in Malmö, Sweden.Her team tracked seasonal patterns in rates of gestational diabetes, as well as glucose tolerance.


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Exercise Fails to Prevent Gestational Diabetes Recurrence

Exercise Fails to Prevent Gestational Diabetes Recurrence

Action Points Note that this small, randomized trial of stationary bike-riding for pregnant women with a history of GDM found no difference between intervention and usual care with regards to recurrent GDM.Some cardiovascular measures were improved however.Supervised home-based exercise initiated at 14 weeks of gestation did not prevent the recurrence of gestational diabetes, but it was tied to fitness and psychological benefits for the mother, Australian researchers reported.


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Seasonal Discrepancy Observed in Gestational Diabetes Diagnoses, Blood Glucose Levels

Seasonal Discrepancy Observed in Gestational Diabetes Diagnoses, Blood Glucose Levels

Seasonal Discrepancy Observed in Gestational Diabetes Diagnoses, Blood Glucose LevelsShare this content:linkedingooglePrintThe frequency of gestational diabetes diagnoses appear to vary with the season.New research has found that the season of the year may impact the frequency of gestational diabetes diagnoses and 2-hour glucose concentration."The frequency of gestational diabetes diagnosis is higher during the summer months and there is actually a difference of 0.15 mmol/L in the 2-hour blood glucose concentrations between winter and summer in the tests that the pregnant women have undergone," study investigator Anastasia Katsarou, MD, PhD, of the Lund University and Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden, told Endocrinology Advisor.