Type 1 Diabetes

The incidence of severe diabetic ketoacidosis among children presenting with new-onset type 1 diabetes doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic period compared with data from 2019, according to data published in Pediatric Diabetes.

Experts said President Joe Biden plans to increase taxes on high-income taxpayers, but physicians can still benefit from two assets: real estate and permanent life insurance.

An FDA advisory committee concluded that the investigational cell therapy donislecel demonstrated a favorable risk-benefit profile for certain patients with difficult-to-control type 1 diabetes.

Children with a high genetic risk for developing type 1 diabetes are at an increased risk for the disease if they have overweight or obesity from age 2 to 10 years, according to trial data published in Diabetologia.

The FDA granted breakthrough therapy designation for TTP399 as an adjunctive therapy to insulin for the treatment of type 1 diabetes, according to a press release from vTv Therapeutics.

Arkansas’ recent bill outlawing gender-affirming medical treatment for minors who may be transgender received backlash from the medical community. It was the top story in endocrinology last week.

People with type 1 diabetes in Colorado did not have a significant difference in the prevalence of COVID-19 antibodies compared with those without diabetes, according to a brief report published in Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics.

Children with type 1 diabetes using a hybrid closed-loop system and their parents do not report an increase in diabetes-related burden compared with those using a sensor-augmented insulin pump, according to trial data.

Adults with type 1 diabetes who are hospitalized for diabetic ketoacidosis and readmitted within 30 days of discharge have an increased risk for inpatient mortality, according to a speaker at the ENDO annual meeting.

A new study reinforces previous reports that lower vitamin D levels are associated with an increased risk for developing COVID-19, especially among Black adults. It was the top story in endocrinology last week.