Pregnant women with mildly abnormal blood sugar levels at higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes

Wednesday, May 20, 2009 - 14:49 in Health & Medicine

TORONTO, May 22, 2009 ? Gestational diabetes happens in more than three per cent of pregnancies in Ontario. Usually the condition resolves itself after delivery, but many studies have shown that these women are at a very high risk for developing "regular" type 2 diabetes later in life.

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