Diabetes
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Inflammatory markers may explain COVID-19, diabetes dynamic
Higher levels of markers may signal greater susceptibility to cytokine storm.
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Keep calm: Under 25s with diabetes aren't being hospitalized for COVID-19
But some are concerned that type 1 diabetes diagnoses are being delayed.
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Study identifies two distinct type 1 diabetes ‘endotypes’
The immune attack may be more aggressive and the islets more inflamed in the younger-onset T1DE1 group and less intense in the older-onset T1DE2...
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Treating COVID-19 in patients with diabetes
Most health advisories about COVID-2019 mention diabetes as one of the high-risk categories for the disease.
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COVID-19: Extra caution needed for patients with diabetes
Coexisting heart disease, kidney disease, advanced age, and frailty are likely to further increase the severity of disease.
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Internist reports from COVID-19 front lines near Seattle
KENT, WASHINGTON – Dr. Elisabeth Poorman’s clinic has decided to convert all COVID-19 cases with symptoms into...
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Risk factors for death from COVID-19 identified in Wuhan patients
The odds of dying in the hospital increased with age, higher SOFA score, and D-dimer level exceeding 1 mcg/L.
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Rotavirus vaccination is not a risk factor for type 1 diabetes
The findings should provide reassurance that rotavirus vaccination can be safely administered to infants.
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Arsenic levels in infant rice cereal are down
Seventy-six percent of samples of infant rice cereal tested in 2018 had levels of arsenic at or below 100 parts per billion.
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Sharpest spikes in pediatric diabetes seen in Asian, Pacific Islander youth
Rates are generally higher in racial and ethnic minorities, although low in American Indian youth.
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Gestational diabetes: Treatment controversy rages on
WASHINGTON –