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Atypical forms of pediatric diabetes

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12-16-2020 | Pregnancy | News

‘Counterintuitive’ HAPO FUS findings challenge large baby metabolic concerns

The latest analysis of HAPO and HAPO FUS data indicates that, contrary to prior assumptions, a high birthweight and newborn adiposity are associated with good metabolic health in childhood.

02-07-2020 | Pregnancy | News

Maternal diabetes, obesity may raise risk for neuropsychiatric disorders in children

Children born to mothers with diabetes and severe obesity have an elevated risk for developing neuropsychiatric disorders, researchers report.

11-14-2019 | MODY | News

Islet autoantibody negativity, mild hyperglycemia should trigger MODY genetic screening

Islet autoantibody negativity plus mild hyperglycemia and a family history of diabetes can be used to identify children newly diagnosed with diabetes who should undergo genetic testing for maturity-onset diabetes of the young, study findings indicate.

08-14-2019 | Gestational diabetes | News

Metformin exposure during pregnancy may impact postnatal growth trajectory

Infants born to mothers with gestational diabetes treated with metformin have lower birthweight, but experience accelerated postnatal growth and have higher BMI in childhood, compared with those whose mothers were treated with insulin, suggest findings from a meta-analysis.

09-21-2018 | Pregnancy | News

High and low gestational weight gain increase cardiometabolic risk in children

Both excessive and inadequate weight gain during pregnancy are associated with significantly increased cardiometabolic risk factors among the children at age 7 years, researchers from Hong Kong report.

09-10-2018 | Gestational diabetes | News

Gestational diabetes has minimal impact on childhood obesity risk

Maternal BMI prior to and during early pregnancy has a greater impact than gestational diabetes and hypertension, and pre-eclampsia on the risk for increased BMI in childhood, study findings indicate.

06-24-2018 | Adolescents | ADA 2018 | News

Adolescents with diabetes often not getting the psychotherapy services they need

Only a very small proportion of adolescents and young adults with diabetes who are referred for outpatient psychotherapy actually receive these services, even when there is an integrated pediatric psychologist in the clinic, research shows.

Newborn baby

06-05-2018 | Neonatal diabetes | Highlight | News

Reassuring long-term data for sulfonylurea in neonatal diabetes

Sulfonylurea treatment is durably effective with a low rate of side effects in patients with permanent neonatal diabetes caused by mutations in the KCNJ11 gene, a study in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology shows.

08-22-2017 | Neonatal diabetes | News

Dried blood spot screening shows promise for neonatal diabetes

Neonatal diabetes could be detected as early as day 5 of life using glucose measurements from dried blood spots, researchers report.

06-13-2017 | Pregnancy | ADA 2017 | News

HAPO FUS shows persistent ill effects of maternal diabetes

The HAPO FUS investigators have reported that the increased risk for adiposity in the babies of women with gestational diabetes persists through to later childhood.

02-09-2017 | Ketoacidosis | News

Neonatal diabetes complications can have profound impact

Researchers report two cases of children with severe and irreversible neurologic damage caused by complications at the time of neonatal diabetes diagnosis, highlighting the need for increased awareness of the condition.