Diabetes
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Could exercise improve bone health in youth with type 1 diabetes?
“This study suggests that bone-loading physical activity can substantially improve skeletal health in children with” type 1 diabetes.
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How do you live with COVID? One doctor’s personal experience
Early in 2020, Anne Peters, MD, caught COVID-19. The author of Medscape’s “Peters on Diabetes” column was sick in March 2020 before state-mandated...
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FDA clears tubeless, automated insulin system for children age 2 and older
The Food and Drug Administration has approved use of the Omnipod 5 automated insulin delivery system for kids age 2 and older with type 1 diabetes...
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Metformin fails as early COVID-19 treatment but shows potential
Metformin may merit further investigation for adults who are overweight or obese.
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Meet a champion climber with type 1 diabetes
"Everyone with this disease is a role model for me, since everyone is fighting their own battles," says 16-year-old rock climber Katie Bone of...
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Ongoing debate whether COVID links to new diabetes in kids
The current study may have been underpowered and too small to show a significant association between COVID-19 and new diabetes.
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Heart health poor for many U.S. children
“These youngsters will inevitably encounter the effect of these conditions – coronary artery disease and stroke – at a much earlier adult age.”
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In the quest for a cure for type 1 diabetes, two companies merge
The type 1 diabetes advocacy organization JDRF said the acquisition “represents a significant stride in cures research for the type 1 diabetes...
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Childhood type 1 diabetes tests suggested at ages 2 and 6
“This study is timely because recent successes in preventing type 1 diabetes highlight the need to identify the best candidates for intervention...
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Diabetes devices may give children contact dermatitis
“This study should serve as a call to action for continued improvements in the transparency of the components that make up the devices and...
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Mobile devices ‘addictive by design’: Obesity is one of many health effects
Patients need help with compulsive use of wireless devices, which leads to weight gain and other health risks.