Pediatrics

Children and teenagers with type 1 diabetes are more likely to have eating disorders.

Children with diabetes are often sidelined during team sports and planned exercise.

In addition to psychosocial risk factors, disease related factors may also be contributing to bulimic symptoms.

Placing newborns in prospective studies to conduct genetic screenings with follow up may reduce the risk of DKA at diagnosis of type 1.

Youths who received any breastfeeding for at least 12 months or full breastfeeding for at least six months had lower odds of developing type 1 diabetes.

A low-risk intervention with potentially high rewards.

Race, socioeconomic status thought reasons behind lack of adherence to the recommendations.

Condition often under-recognized, yet preventable and treatable.

U.S. researchers confirm that prediabetes risk, presence can be identified using A1C test with same accuracy as other, less convenient tests.

Device automatically monitors blood glucose levels and delivers insulin when appropriate for people age 14 years and older who have type 1 diabetes.