Fewer hypos with CGM in routine pediatric T1DM care

BERLIN – In the first year after the initiation of continuous glucose monitoring, hypoglycemia episodes needing external help were significantly reduced.

Children with poor cardiorespiratory fitness have a higher risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease

Risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease in adulthood can be calculated by measuring cardiorespiratory fitness in childhood.

IgA vasculitis may be more common in adults than assumed

LAS VEGAS – Diagnosis and treatment of IgA vasculitis remain challenging, particularly in adults, and early monitoring is crucial.

Dermatology practice gaps: improving medication management

KAUAI, HAWAII – Ophthalmologists’ hydroxychloroquine dosing recommendations to avoid retinopathy have changed.

VIDEO: A challenging case of lichen planus

Think outside the box when treating difficult cases of lichen planus, lupus, and bullous pemphigoid.

Metabolic factors associated with pancreatic NETs

SAN DIEGO – Diabetes (not recent onset), obesity, and gallstone disease were associated with the occurrence of sporadic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNET) in the prospective, case-control European EpiNet study. Cigarette smoking, first-degree family history of...

Proactive endocrine screening urged for pediatric brain tumor survivors

BOSTON – More than a third of 419 children treated for brain tumors at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center later developed endocrine problems, according to a review presented at the Endocrine Society annual meeting. Over...

Early predictors of GDM identified in women with PCOS

BOSTON – A prospective cohort study of women with polycystic ovarian syndrome who developed gestational diabetes mellitus during pregnancy has implicated fasting blood glucose, non–high density lipoprotein, and sex hormone–binding globulin as significant predictive factors...

Low thyroid function increases odds of type 2 diabetes

BOSTON – Results of a population-based study involving more than 8,000 adults from the Netherlands who were diabetes free at baseline has implicated low thyroid function with a 13% increased likelihood of developing type 2...

Estrogen therapy linked to brain atrophy in women with diabetes

WASHINGTON – Women with type 2 diabetes who take estrogen therapy showed lower total gray matter volume, with atrophy particularly evident in the hippocampus. A new analysis of the Women’s Health Initiative Memory study suggested...