Blood test may identify gestational diabetes risk in first trimester
(WorldNews Health)

News Release Thursday, August 16, 2018 NIH analysis suggests early screening could allow for lifestyle changes before condition develops. A blood test conducted as early as the 10th week of pregnancy may help identify women at risk for gestational diabetes, a pregnancy-related condition that poses potentially serious health risks for mothers and infants, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health and other institutions. The study appears in Scientific Reports. Gestational diabetes occurs only in pregnancy and results when the level of blood sugar, or glucose, rises too high. Gestational diabetes increases the mother`s chances for high blood pressure disorders of pregnancy...