Pediatrics

Dr. Tamara Hannon talks about how many of her pediatric type 2 diabetes patients are overweight (nearly 100%) and how she determines whether they are type 1 or type 2 (mainly through testing for antibodies). She also discusses how all children are currently at risk for obesity and that around …

Dr. Tamara Hannon talks about the possibility of using one of the most common adult anti-diabetic medications, sulfonylureas, in children. However, she points out that the drugs can only help adults achieve metabolic control in the short-term which concerns her because children and teens with type 2 diabetes definitely need …

Dr. Tamara Hannon talks about the difficult subject of type 2 diabetes complications for adolescents and the challenges they face with the prospect of a longer life with type 2. She also discusses some of the research that has come out that seems to show the disease progressing faster in …

Recent scientific evidence and better tools to monitor for hypoglycemia helped establish the new position statement…. Anne Peters, MD, FACP, professor at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, said during a press conference at the American Diabetes Association’s 74th Scientific Sessions, “Our goal here is to present …

A daughter’s poor health may lead to an increased risk in their parent’s health…. 

Exposure to diabetes in utero may significantly impair beta-cell function in children…. 

A new study revealed young type 1 diabetes patients exhibited abnormal plasma glucagon responses to mixed meal tolerance tests within two years of diagnosis, according to researchers from the Diabetes Research in Children Network…. 

Children with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are highly likely to have an abnormal prenatal history….

Children’s behavior generally mimics their parents’. Are we now seeing more obese children because children are mimicking their parent’s sedentary lifestyles?…

Only 32% of hypoglycemic events were detected by parents or caregivers, despite glucose being self-monitored 10 times per day….