Answer to Question 1
Answer: C
Answer to Question 2
Answer: Women with gestational diabetes have an increased risk of high blood pressure, high blood acidity, infection, and death. They also have a higher risk for developing type 2 diabetes in the decade following the birth. The fetus of a woman with gestational diabetes may become excessively large, with an increased risk for birth trauma; malformations of the heart, nervous system, and bones; respiratory distress; and fetal death. Even after an uncomplicated birth, the newborn is at risk for high insulin levels and fluctuations in blood glucose.
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The amyloid-β peptide, which plays a major role in Alzheimer’s disease
Loss of brain cells in a transgenic Huntington-disease mouse. (a) Section of normal mouse-brain stri
Guidelines for Field Triage of Injured Patients, Centers for Disease Control, 2011
Spirochete that Causes Lyme Disease
The age-of-onset curve for Huntington disease (HD)