Endocrinology
News
AMA delegates say obesity is a disease
News
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...
News
Hypoglycemia linked to increased morbidity risk in pediatric burn patients
Major finding: Severely burned children are almost three times more likely to die if they have even one hypoglycemic episode.Data Source:...
Conference Coverage
Video alleviates parents' vaccine concerns
Major finding: A short educational video increased parent confidence in the safety and value of vaccines by nearly 7 points – a significant...
Conference Coverage
Exhaled VOC concentrations provide childhood obesity clues
Major finding: Concentrations of four VOCs were significantly higher in the overweight/obese vs. nonobese children after adjustment for age,...
Conference Coverage
High blood pressure begins early in overweight children
Major finding: Children who went from normal weight to overweight or obese over 2.5 years were 57% more likely to develop prehypertension and 87%...
Conference Coverage
In children with hypertension, weight plus race don't add up equally
Major finding: Race and weight interact to drive up hypertension rates in white and Hispanic children to nearly twice those seen in black and...
News
Work-up, treatment of adolescent PCOS varies by specialty
Major finding: After evaluating adolescents for potential PCOS, 49% of adolescent medicine specialists ordered lipid tests, compared with 22% of...
News
Small vitamin D dose hits the plasma target
Major finding: For breast-fed infants, a daily dose of 400 IU of vitamin D boosted plasma concentrations of 25(OH)D to the 400-nmol/L level...
News
Two types of dysbiosis predictive of NEC
Main finding: Two measurable types of dysbiosis are significantly associated with the development of necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm infants....
News
Practical support helps teens get active
Major finding: Family instrumental support, not emotional support, was significantly associated with moderate to vigorous activity in adolescents....