login
Become a member
Quick Registration
Full Registration Benefits -
Free Homepages for Doctors
Free Homepages for Hospitals
Free Homepages for Medical Conference
Free Homepages for NGO's
Personal Health Record Creation
Access to all Medical Slides
Access to all Jobs & Products Sale
Diabetes During Pregnancy Doubles Language Development Problems in Kids
The research team from Universite Laval's School of Psychology suggests that gestational diabetes can adversely affect brain development of babies leading to language delay in children.
During the study the research team led by Professor Ginette Dionne analysed the vocabulary and grammar skills of 221 children whose mothers were diagnosed with gestational diabetes.
These tests were conducted at different intervals between ages 18 months and 7 years.
They found that children born to mothers with gestational diabetes achieve poorer scores on tests of spoken vocabulary and grammar than children of healthy mothers.
The differences between the two groups are probably due to the effects of gestational diabetes on the brain development of babies.
These effects persist even after the children start school.
However, researchers suggest that the impact of pregnancy-related diabetes on language development is not inevitable, as children of more educated mothers appear less affected.
This protection may be the result of the more stimulating environment in which children of more highly educated mothers develop, but it could also be due to genes that could make some babies less vulnerable, said Dionne.
For the moment, we cannot isolate the two factors, but ongoing studies should allow us to answer that question, she added.
The study appears in journal Pediatrics.
Source-ANI
SPH
|
|
More News on: Diabetic Retinopathy, Pregnancy and Diet , Sleep Problems in Children, Diabetes, Diabetic Diet, Trimester of pregnancy, Pregnancy and Exercise, Home Pregnancy Test, Pregnancy, Psychological Changes In Pregnancy
 Comment & Contribute
|
Medwonders Health Network
- Health News Index
 | Quiz on Diabetes Are you at risk for diabetes? To find out check out our health quiz. 
|
- News Quick Links
 | News Central | | Health Watch | |
| Latest Health News | | Health In Focus | |
| News Category (500+) | | Breaking Health News | |
| Popular News | | Celebrating Life | |
| Health News and Press Release | | Medindia - Exclusive | |
| News Photo Gallery | | India Special | |
| News Video Gallery | | Lifestyle and Wellness | |
| News From Other Resources | |||
 |
Pregnancy
Complete Medindia Resources
|
| News Categories: |
| » | Post Surgery Will the Tumour Return? New Breast Cancer Test to Predict Exactly |
| » | Scientists Develop Compound That Triggers Cancer Cell Death |
| » | Iraqi National Hopes to Find Affordable Treatment for His Cancer in India |
| » | New Technique can Help Doctors Detect Pancreatic Cancer |
| » | Colorectal Cancer Risk Factors Probed |
| More Cancer News | |
|
Women Health Related News |
||||||||
| » | Increased Risk of Autism or Developmental Delay If Stricken With Fever During Pregnancy | » | Study Says Sarcoidosis Accounts for 25% of All Deaths in African-American Women | |||||
| » | Study Finds IUDs, Implants More Effective Than The Pill | » | Excess Weight Before and During Pregnancy can Result in Larger Babies | |||||
| » | Flu Shot Benefits Pregnant Women, Fetuses | » | Daily Dose of Vitamin C By Smoking Women May Help Newborns | |||||
| » | Link Between Maternal Weight and Larger Babies | » | Silence Needed for Women Looking to Get Ahead at Work | |||||
| Read More >> | ||||||||
