NUIG STUDY RESULTS IN LESS MISCARRIAGES

Date Published: 17-Dec-2012

A new study by NUI Galway reveals that the stillbirth rate in pregnant women with poorly controlled diabetes, was five times greater than the background population.

Researchers surveyed 104 women from Galway and Letterkenny.

The study, which was funded by the Health Research Board, measures the outcome of diabetes during pregnancy in the West and North West.

According to today's Irish Independent, the research resulted in a drop in miscarriage rates from 22 percent to 8 percent.

The rate of stillbirths also dropped from 4 percent to 1 percent.