Gestational Diabetes

Thanks to Nicole over at Babies and Bellies for the heads up on this one.

Guidelines Issued About Lack of Evidence for Screening for Gestational Diabetes.

According to the article:

The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has issued a recommendation statement and systematic review about lack of evidence to recommend screening for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and has published them in the May 20 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine.

"In 2003, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force concluded that evidence was insufficient to advise for or against routinely screening all pregnant women for [GDM]," write Teresa A. Hillier, MD, MS, from Kaiser Permanente Northwest in Portland, Oregon, and colleagues from the USPSTF who coauthored the systematic review of evidence about the benefits and harms of screening for gestational diabetes.

Read the full text here.

Gestational Diabetes