Endocrinology News

CHICAGO—In this video exclusive, Vin Tangpricha, MD, PhD, discusses recent legislation prohibiting or seeking to prohibit physicians from providing gender-confirming care.

Older children with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes who received intensive diabetes management with automated insulin delivery had no difference in pancreatic C-peptide levels compared with standard care, according to study data.

Once-daily oral verapamil may help preserve stimulated C-peptide secretion for children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes, according to a study published in JAMA.

Young children using a hybrid closed-loop insulin delivery system had a greater time in range at 13 weeks compared with those receiving standard care, according to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Children with type 1 diabetes who switched from a predictive low-glucose suspend system to automated insulin delivery had improvements in time in range at 1 month that were sustained at 3 months, according to a speaker.

Adding more physical education classes in grades one to nine could help lower the prevalence of obesity among school-aged children, according to a study published in Obesity.

Compared with boys, girls with type 1 diabetes have worse HbA1c, higher BMI and more diabetic ketoacidosis and require higher insulin doses, according to a systematic review published in Diabetologia.

All newborns should be screened for congenital hypothyroidism within 48 to 72 hours of birth, and prompt treatment after diagnosis is necessary to avoid adverse outcomes, according to a report from the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Parents of children with type 1 diabetes living in rural areas report unique barriers to health care, including distance from support systems, unreliable technology resources and lack of diabetes understanding in the community, data show.

Children with type 1 diabetes missed nine more school days, on average, per year than children without the disease, according to new research published in Diabetes Care.