Diabetes
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Insulin timing of diabetic mothers influences preemie outcomes
Key clinical point: Mortality and morbidity, excluding poor neurodevelopment outcomes, were greater among extremely preterm infants whose mothers...
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Consensus statement stresses ‘meaningful’ glucose monitoring
Blood glucose monitoring needs to be meaningful, and the best way to achieve that is individualize it, so that changes in control emerge.
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Antipsychotics may double to triple diabetes risk in youth
Key clinical point: Antipsychotics, particularly olanzapine, greatly increased the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus in young people. Major finding...
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WDC: Breastfeeding linked to reduced diabetes risk in mom and child
Initiating breastfeeding in the hospital was associated with a 23% reduced risk of diabetes among non–first nation mothers and a 14% reduced risk...
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Subtly elevated maternal glucose linked to increased risk of tetralogy of Fallot
Nondiabetic women with second-trimester subclinical elevated blood glucose have a sharply increased risk of tetralogy of Fallot.
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Cotransplant boosted insulin secretion in type 1 diabetes
A new stem cell transplant approach for patients with type 1 diabetes that addressed both underlying autoimmunity and pancreatic beta-cell repair...
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WDC: Disease-modifying immunotherapy ‘the future of diabetes care’
Perhaps in the not-too-distant future, people at risk for type 1 diabetes will be screened for antibodies against beta cells, and, if two or more...
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WDC: When diagnosed young, type 2 diabetes is more lethal than type 1
Key clinical point: Screening for type 2 diabetes should start at a young age in at-risk groups, and diabetes cardiovascular risk criteria should...
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Lantus competitor Basaglar wins FDA approval
The FDA has approved Basaglar, a less expensive alternative to Lantus, for glycemic control in patients with diabetes.
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Type 1 diabetes linked to excess weight gain before age 1
Extra weight gain during the first year of life is associated with an increased risk of type 1 diabetes.
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Poor pregnancy outcomes seen in teens with type 2 diabetes
Key clinical point: Pregnancies are fairly common among diabetic teens and frequently have poor outcomes. Major finding: There were high rates of...