Endocrinology News

In children without known risk factors for developing cancer, the use of growth hormone therapy appears to be safe and does not confer an increased risk for subsequent cancer, according to recent study findings published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

An association was found between thyrotropin and insulin sensitivity in euthyroid adolescent males with obesity and without diabetes, according to study findings published in Thyroid.

Psychological stress during childhood may be a risk factor for type 1 diabetes, according to research in Diabetologia.

Adolescents are less able to cope with diabetes as they become independent, but better managed their disease following interventions that helped them to “normalize” or come to accept diabetes as part of the context of their lives, according to research published in The Diabetes Educator.

Children initiating treatment with second-generation antipsychotics are at increased risk for incident type 2 diabetes, especially among those using antidepressants, according to recent study findings published in JAMA Pediatrics.

BMI outcomes in children with obesity participating in a comprehensive weight management program were improved with increasing frequency of registered dietician visits, according to recent study findings published in Childhood Obesity.

Parents of children with obesity may be unable to recognize that their child is overweight unless they are at extreme levels of obesity, according to research in the British Journal of General Practice.

Significant reductions in children’s BMI were achieved with motivational interviewing delivered by primary care providers and registered dietitians to parents, according to study findings published in Pediatrics.

In its first update in 20 years to obesity guidelines specifically for children, the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care advises routine monitoring of children’s growth and offering behavioral structured interventions to those with obesity.

Gestational diabetes has been increasingly treated with glyburide; however, the medication is associated with a higher risk for newborns to be admitted to the neonatal ICU, have respiratory distress, hypoglycemia, and birth injury and be large for gestational age compared with newborns from mothers treated with insulin, according to recent findings.