An Israeli research team has come up with what it says are simpler and<br />more accurate ways to screen pregnant women for gestational diabetes,<br />a condition with profound implications for the health of both mothers<br />and their unborn and newborn infants. The researchers, led by Prof.<br />Moshe Hod of Petah Tikva's Rabin Medical Center, proposed simple<br />alternatives to the standard oral glucose tolerance test, Every year<br />10,000 Israeli women - accounting for six percent of all pregnancies -<br />are diagnosed with the disease.
