Pregnancy Diabetes Doubles Risk Of Language Delay In Children

Saturday, November 8, 2008 - 02:35 in Health & Medicine

Children born to mothers with pregnancy-related diabetes run twice the risk of language development problems, according to a new study. This study is the first to isolate the effect of gestational diabetes from other factors including family socioeconomic status, alcohol and tobacco consumption as well as maternal hypertension during pregnancy.

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