Clinical Benefits Found from Treating Mild GD

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Treatment of mild gestational diabetes yields some clinical benefit, a randomized trial showed... In addition, treated women were significantly less likely to develop gestational hypertension or preeclampsia (P=0.015), said Mark Landon, M.D., of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network....

http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/SMFM/12726

Preliminary study, but worth talking to your docs about!

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