Lisa Hartling
U.S. agencies look to UAlberta medical expertise to help settle controversies in screening and diagnosing diabetes during pregnancy. Medical researchers at the University of Alberta are providing their expertise to the U.S. government to help guide recommendations on gestational diabetes screening. Lisa Hartling, a researcher in the U of A's Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry , recently published her team's work comparing different approaches to screening for gestational diabetes and the impact of treatment. The findings were presented to the U.S. National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which would like to see standardized screening and diagnosis of gestational diabetes across the United States. The findings were also published earlier this year in the peer-reviewed journal Annals of Internal Medicine . Hartling's team reported on the variations in screening recommendations by different organizations around the world. For example, some recommend that pregnant women undergo two tests.
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