Pediatric Endocrinology News

Potential behavioral changes stemming from puberty were among the most common concerns of parents whose daughters presented for a premenarchal visit, researchers wrote in the Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology.

A next-generation glucagon analog provided rapid and effective treatment of severe hypoglycemia for children and adults with type 1 diabetes, without the need to reconstitute lyophilized powder used in traditional glucagon rescue kits.

Transitioning from pediatric to adult diabetes care is associated with a prolonged gap in care for teens and young adults who do not see a diabetes educator or use a continuous glucose monitor, according to a speaker.

A subcutaneous injection of leuprolide acetate every 6 months was effective and well tolerated in treating central precocious puberty in children, according to trial data.

Socioeconomic disparities in diabetes technology use and HbA1c widened among children in the United States in 2016-2018 compared with 2010-2012, according to a study published in Diabetes Care.

The proportion of telemedicine visits at diabetes clinics in the T1D Exchange Quality Improvement Collaborative increased dramatically from less than 1% before the COVID-19 pandemic to about 95% in April 2020, according to study data.

Parents of children with type 1 diabetes who initiated continuous glucose monitoring during the first month after diagnosis described CGM as beneficial and said they would continue to use it, according to study data.

Most children with type 1 diabetes who test positive for COVID-19 do not require hospitalization, although most hospitalized children had diabetic ketoacidosis at admission, according to study findings.

Having a higher childhood BMI may be protective against both premenopausal and postmenopausal breast cancer, according to data presented at the European Congress on Obesity annual meeting.

A polygenic risk score can predict adult short stature among children with accuracy similar to the use of midparental height, according to data published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.