GESTATIONAL DIABETES

This study tested a program where community health workers used a tablet app to screen pregnant women in rural India for anemia, high blood pressure, and diabetes. Women who screened positive were referred to a doctor for treatment. The goal was to see if this approach could redu…

This study tested a special nutrition checklist and guide for pregnant women with gestational diabetes in Malaysia. 206 women took part, with half using the checklist plus standard care and the other half receiving standard care alone. The goal was to see if the tool helped contr…

This study compared continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) to the usual screening test for gestational diabetes in over 1,600 pregnant women. The goal was to see if CGM leads to fewer health problems for newborns and lower healthcare costs. Researchers tracked outcomes like large bi…

This study tested a new, noninvasive breath test to see if it can identify pregnant women at risk for developing gestational diabetes. Twenty pregnant women took a special sugar drink, and their breath was analyzed instead of drawing blood. The goal was to see if this breath test…

This study tested a short pre-session program to help people at risk for type 2 diabetes attend more classes and lose more weight. It involved 483 adults from underserved backgrounds, including Hispanic and Black communities. The goal was to make the National Diabetes Prevention …

This study tested a program called Healthy for 2/Healthy for U, which used phone coaching and a website to help pregnant women manage their weight gain. The goal was to prevent too much weight gain during pregnancy, reduce the risk of gestational diabetes, and prevent obesity in …

This study tested a special group prenatal care program called Targeted Lifestyle Change (TLC) for obese pregnant women at high risk for gestational diabetes. 305 women joined the study. The program focused on healthy eating and physical activity to see if it could lower the chan…

This study followed 255 women with gestational diabetes to see if a blood test during pregnancy could predict who will develop type 2 diabetes after giving birth. Researchers measured three markers in the blood and checked glucose tolerance three months after delivery. The goal i…

This study looked at 200 pregnant women with gestational diabetes to see if a blood test called fructosamine can predict who will need insulin. Gestational diabetes affects 2-6% of pregnancies and can cause serious problems if not treated. The goal was to find a simple way to gui…

This study followed over 2,100 pregnant women to track their blood sugar levels throughout pregnancy. Researchers wanted to see how glucose patterns relate to gestational diabetes and whether the baby is born larger than normal. The goal was to better understand these links, not …

This study looked at 210 women who had gestational diabetes during pregnancy to understand their risk of developing type 2 diabetes later in life. Researchers compared them to similar women without gestational diabetes, about 8 years after giving birth. The goal was to identify r…

This study looked at 500 women who had gestational diabetes during pregnancy to see how many developed diabetes or pre-diabetes within 4 to 12 weeks after giving birth. Researchers compared women diagnosed with gestational diabetes before 24 weeks of pregnancy to those diagnosed …