Endocrinology News

Infants introduced to solid foods before 3 months of age and after 6 months of age could be more likely to develop type 1 diabetes, according to data published in JAMA Pediatrics. Data also indicate that solid foods introduced between ages 4 to 5 months in conjunction with breast-feeding could attenuate the risk for type 1 diabetes.

Respiratory infections in early childhood, especially in the first year of life, may be a risk factor for the development of type 1 diabetes, according to data.

Respiratory infections in early childhood, especially in the first year of life, may be a risk factor for the development of type 1 diabetes, according to data.

CHICAGO — The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young trial may serve as an appropriate and effective public health model for screening for type 1 diabetes in the general population, William Hagopian, MD, PhD, said here at the ADA Scientific Sessions.

CHICAGO — Gestational weight gain has been shown to increase the risk for offspring obesity, according to results of the EPOCH study presented here at the ADA Scientific Sessions.

CHICAGO — The development of models to predict progression to type 1 diabetes could possibly allow clinicians to diagnose type 1 diabetes earlier in life in some individuals, a speaker said here at the ADA Scientific Sessions.

CHICAGO — Type 1 diabetes incidence in low- and middle-income countries remains a problem, with cost and availability of insulin as the major barriers to care, according to two speakers who presented here during the ADA/JDRF Joint Symposium: Global epidemiology of type 1 diabetes and implications for public health.

SAN FRANCISCO — The risk for asthma and allergy in obese children may be higher due to vitamin D deficiency, according to study results presented at ENDO 2013.

SAN FRANCISCO — New data indicate that gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogs effectively suppressed puberty and did not adversely affect bone health in transgender adolescents, a presenter said here at ENDO 2013.

SAN FRANCISCO — Girls with anorexia nervosa experienced significant improvements in anxiety symptoms after estrogen replacement therapy, according to data presented here.