Study: Pregnant women with pre-existing diabetes doubles

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Michelle Cangemi a Type 1 diabetic who is 7 months pregnant with her second child poses for a portrait with her daughter Marissa 3 Thursday Jan. 24 2008 in Lynbrook N.Y. The number of pregnant women with pre-existing diabetes has more than doubled i ...
Michelle Cangemi, a Type 1 diabetic who is 7 months pregnant with her second child, poses for a portrait with her daughter Marissa, 3, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2008 in Lynbrook, N.Y. The number of pregnant women with pre-existing diabetes has more than doubled in seven years, a California study found, a troubling trend that means health risks for both mothers and newborns. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

(AP) -- The number of pregnant women with pre-existing diabetes has more than doubled in seven years, a California study found, a troubling trend that means health risks for both mothers and newborns. And the number of diabetic teenagers giving birth grew fivefold during the same period, according to the study, the largest of its kind.


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