Endocrinology
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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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Redefining care model could improve pediatric obesity prevention, treatment
Plenty of barriers exist to the provision of comprehensive care for obese children, and effective solutions are few, particularly in the preschool...
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Does poverty predetermine pediatric obesity?
Childhood obesity and poverty are increasingly linked, socioeconomic data indicate.
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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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67% of teens have substantial cardiometabolic risk burden, blood donor survey shows
Key clinical point: Two-thirds of 16- to 19-year-olds have borderline or frank hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and/or high blood glucose....
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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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USPSTF proposes two updated recs: CVD prevention and lipid screening in kids
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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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Expert shares ‘recipe’ for kidney stone disease
What factors are driving the rise in kidney stone disease prevalence?