Study reveals gaps in postpartum diabetes monitoring, especially for Black women

Postpartum women with unmonitored diabetes face increased risk of long-term cardiometabolic complications, with Black women disproportionately affected by care gaps.

In the quiet aftermath of birth, when a woman's body is still rewriting itself, a new Columbia University study reveals that most postpartum women diagnosed with diabetes are left without the blood sugar monitoring their condition demands — and Black women bear this silence most heavily. Researchers tracking over five thousand New York City mothers found that only thirteen percent received the twice-yearly A1C testing recommended by clinical guidelines, exposing a vast distance between medical knowledge and medical care. The study, published in the British Medical Journal, asks an old and urge

Study reveals gaps in postpartum diabetes monitoring, especially for Black women

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