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Islet autoantibody seroconversion precedes type 1 diabetes
Major finding: The risk of developing diabetes by the age of 15 years was 79% in children who carried all three islet autoantibodies, 62% in those...
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DKA often the first recognized sign of type 1 diabetes
Major Finding: 34% of children have diabetic ketoacidosis by the time they are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.Data Source: Record review of 805...
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Pediatric type 2 diabetes guidelines stress metformin
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Diabetes Deaths Decline in Tots and Teens
Major Finding: Deaths among children and teens aged 19 years and younger with diabetes dropped from 2.69 per million in 1968-1969 to 1.05 per...
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Bariatric Surgery May Benefit Extremely Obese Adolescents
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Gastric Bypass Benefits Persist at 6 Years' Follow-Up
Major Finding: Six years after undergoing gastric bypass, patients showed a mean weight loss of 28%, a diabetes remission rate of 62%, a...
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Radiation to Pancreas Linked with Diabetes in Childhood Cancer Survivors
Major Finding: Cancer survivors who received radiotherapy to the tail of the pancreas at a dose of 10 Gy or more during childhood were...
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Bariatric Surgery Prevents Type 2 Diabetes
Major Finding: During follow-up, type 2 diabetes developed in 110 of the bariatric surgery patients and in 392 controls, corresponding to...
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Fight Obesity with Specific, Countable Goals
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Abatacept Delays Beta-Cell Loss in Type 1 Diabetes
Major Finding: At 36 months, the mean adjusted 2-hour C-peptide AUC was 0.215 nmol/L for the 64 abatacept patients in whom it was measured,...
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Experimental Peptide Preserves Beta-Cells in Type 1 Diabetes
Major Finding: There was significant preservation of C-peptide levels, compared with placebo, with a relative change of 23% (P = .037) for all the...