More Than 3,000 Emergency Hospital Admissions A Year For Children With Diabetes, UK
Latest figures reveal that last year there were more than 3,300 cases of children in England admitted to accident and emergency departments with DKA. Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) occurs when blood glucose levels are high (hyperglycaemia) and causes nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, rapid breathing and, if left untreated, may lead to coma. DKA requires urgent hospital treatment... (Source: Diabetes News From Medical News Today)...
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Sugar Sweetened Carbonated Drinks Linked To Pancreatic Cancer
A new study found that people who consumed two or more soft drinks (defined as sugar-sweetened carbonated beverages) a week, had a nearly two-fold higher risk of developing pancreatic cancer; the researchers suggested regular consumption of sweetened beverages could raise insulin levels and thereby fuel the growth of pancreatic cancer cells... (Source: Diabetes News From Medical News Today)...
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Pediatric condition falsification (Munchausen syndrome by Proxy) as a continuum of maternal factitious disorder (Munchausen syndrome)
Kucuker H, Demir T, Oral R. Pediatric condition falsification (Munchausen syndrome by Proxy) as a continuum of maternal factitious disorder (Munchausen syndrome). Pediatric condition falsification (PCF), also known as Munchausen syndrome by Proxy or Medical Child Abuse, is a somewhat rare form of child abuse and neglect. Its association with a history of adult factitious disorder (AFD) or Munchausen syndrome in the perpetrator is also well known. Exogenous insulin injection to cause hypoglycemia both in the context of PCF and AFD has been reported in the literature. However, the coexistence of both conditions via insulin injection in the same family has not been reported in the literature. This paper presents a family, in which the mother was diagnosed with AFD and her three children with ......
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Hemoglobin A1c is a reliable criterion for diagnosing type 1 diabetes in childhood and adolescence
Conclusions: Childhood type 1 diabetes can be diagnosed and excluded with high reliability by means of HbA1c testing. (Source: Pediatric Diabetes)...
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Correlates of glycemic control and quality of life outcomes in adolescents with type 1 diabetes
Conclusions: Results reveal disease, management, and psychosocial characteristics that differentiate glycemic control[ndash]QOL outcome groups and identify risk factors related to this relationship. Further appreciation of these characteristics may increase clinicians' understanding and attention to these important clinical outcomes and help tailor the most appropriate interventions (e.g., individual psychotherapy vs. family problem-solving interventions) to help adolescents achieve glycemic control without sacrificing QOL. (Source: Pediatric Diabetes)...
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Down a Beer to Improve Bone Health? Not So Fast
A flagon of ale may indeed be a good source of dietary silicon, a recent study showed, but experts say any attempt to link beer drinking to bone health is not based on scientific data. (Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology)...
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Blocking Serotonin in Gut Reverses Osteoporosis in Mice (CME/CE)
Blocking serotonin production in the intestine might help restore lost bone mass, rather than just preventing further loss like most current osteoporosis treatments, an animal study suggested. (Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology)...
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GSK Launches New Specialist Unit To Research And Develop Medicines For Rare Diseases
GSK announces the formation of a new standalone unit specialising in the development and commercialisation of medicines for rare diseases. Over 5,500 rare diseases have been identified(1) of which less than 10% are currently being treated(2), presenting a significant unmet medical need... (Source: Endocrinology News From Medical News Today)...
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Exploring self-management characteristics in youths with type 1 diabetes mellitus: does membership in a glycemic control category matter?†
Conclusions: Youths classified in different categories of glycemic control may not be as different in their self-management characteristics as was presumed. Moreover, associations among self-management characteristics were not universal across responders. Therefore, individual assessments of youths' and caregivers' self-management characteristics need to occur independent of the youths' membership in a certain category of diabetes control. (Source: Pediatric Diabetes)...
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Hyperbaric oxygen therapy improves early posttransplant islet function
Conclusion: These results are consistent with a hyperbaric oxygen-mediated decrease in hypoxia that appeared to enhance vessel maturation in the critical days following intraportal islet transplantation. (Source: Pediatric Diabetes)...
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Letter to the editor of Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes
Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 2010; 118: 68-68DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1243234© J. A. Barth Verlag in Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New YorkGet connected:Table of contents | Full text (Source: Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes)...
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Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 – An Independent Risk Factor for Cancer?
Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 2010; 118: 4-8DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1243193AbstractEpidemiological findings have shown up to two-fold increases in the risks of cancers of the colorectum, breast, endometrium, kidney (renal cell tumours), liver and pancreas among diabetes patients. In the present review, we address the question whether, on the basis of these epidemiological observations, type 2 diabetes should be considered a specific and independent risk factor for these various forms of cancer, due to its particular metabolic characteristics of glucose intolerance and hyperinsulinemia. On the basis of further epidemiological evidence among non-diabetic individuals, as well as recent studies examining the effects of different types of diabetes treatment on cancer risks, we conclude that chronic ......
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Glycaemic Control is Correlated with Well-Being Index (WHO-5) in Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes
Conclusions: In type 2 diabetic subjects, glycaemic control shows a significant correlation with well-being, while neuropathic pain is associated with lower well-being score.[...]© J. A. Barth Verlag in Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New YorkGet connected:Table of contents | Abstract | Full text (Source: Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes)...
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Genetic Risk Markers Related to Diabetes-Associated Autoantibodies in Young Patients with Type 1 Diabetes in Berlin, Germany
Exp Clin Endocrinol DiabetesDOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1246213Abstract To determine the prevalence of genetic risk markers of type 1 diabetes (T1D) in children diagnosed at a single centre in Germany and to assess their relation to diabetes-associated autoantibodies.[...]© J. A. Barth Verlag in Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New YorkGet connected:Table of contents | Abstract | Full text (Source: Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes)...
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Insulin Signal Transduction in Normal Cells and its Role in Carcinogenesis
Exp Clin Endocrinol DiabetesDOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1243603AbstractConvincing epidemiological evidence exists for a causal relationship between increased risk of cancer development and progression and type 2 diabetes mellitus as well as obesity. Though the underlying mechanisms remain elusive, in light of the well-described mitogenic actions of insulin, hyperinsulinaemia in the presence of insulin resistance is probably a key factor. In this short review, an overview over the insulin signalling cascade is given paying special attention to the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI 3-K)/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathways which are involved in protein synthesis and cell growth.[...]© J. A. Barth Verlag in Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New ......
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Trends in the Management of Type 2 Diabetes and its Prescription Drug Costs in Greece (1998 & 2006)
Exp Clin Endocrinol DiabetesDOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1249005© J. A. Barth Verlag in Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New YorkGet connected:Table of contents | FREE: Full text (Source: Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes)...
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Follow-up of Adolescents with Diabetes after Transition from Paediatric to Adult Care: Results of a 10-year Prospective Study
Exp Clin Endocrinol DiabetesDOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1246215Abstract Our main objective in this study was to identify the type of clinical care received by young type 1 diabetic patients who have made the transition from paediatric to adult care, and to assess the metabolic status of long-term treatment after the transition.[...]© J. A. Barth Verlag in Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New YorkGet connected:Table of contents | Abstract | Full text (Source: Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes)...
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Moderately elevated FPG in childhood can predict later Type 2 diabetes
Elevated fasting plasma glucose within the normal range in childhood can predict the occurrence of Type 2 diabetes in later life, show results from the Bogalusa Heart Study. (Source: MedWire News - Diabetes)...
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Artificial Pancreas Trials Show Benefits For Kids, Teenagers With Diabetes
In a landmark study in children and teenagers with type 1 diabetes, JDRF-funded researchers at the University of Cambridge showed that using a first-generation artificial pancreas system overnight can lower the risk of low blood sugar emergencies while sleeping, and at the same time improve diabetes control... (Source: Diabetes News From Medical News Today)...
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CREON(R) (pancrelipase) Delayed-Release Capsules Significantly Improves Fat Absorption In Children With Cystic Fibrosis
Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc... (Source: Endocrinology News From Medical News Today)...
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