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- Relationship to Diabetes
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TORONTO - A higher proportion of women are developing diabetes during and prior to pregnancy, raising their risk of giving birth to infants with such serious birth defects as congenital heart disease, researchers say.
A study published Thursday in the journal Diabetes Care found rates of both gestational and pre-gestational diabetes among Ontario women doubled between 1996 and 2010.
The magnitude of the jump in incidence over the 14-year period came as somewhat of a surprise, said lead researcher Dr. Denice Feig, an endocrinologist at Mount Sinai Hospital who heads the Toronto hospital's Diabetes in Pregnancy Program.
http://www.calgaryherald.com/health...egnancy+harm+infants+study/9695924/story.html
A study published Thursday in the journal Diabetes Care found rates of both gestational and pre-gestational diabetes among Ontario women doubled between 1996 and 2010.
The magnitude of the jump in incidence over the 14-year period came as somewhat of a surprise, said lead researcher Dr. Denice Feig, an endocrinologist at Mount Sinai Hospital who heads the Toronto hospital's Diabetes in Pregnancy Program.
http://www.calgaryherald.com/health...egnancy+harm+infants+study/9695924/story.html