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Type 2 Diabetes Often Asymptomatic in Children

Posted: Wednesday, April 25, 2007

The overall prevalence of type 2 diabetes has increased 5-fold in the United States since the 1960s, and children and adolescents are among those affected. However, children often exhibit no symptoms.
Therefore, physicians need to be alert for this disease in children and open to the possibility that patients in their 20s might be suffering from the long-term complications of preexisting type 2 disease.

Mortality Markedly Increased in Children With Celiac Disease

Posted: Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Long-term all-cause mortality rates among people diagnosed with celiac disease in childhood are threefold higher than population mortality rates.

'Clean' Children At Greater Risk Of Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, March 29, 2007

Better hygiene and clean environmental living conditions lead to a greater risk of diabetes in children, according to a new study.

Simple Breath Test to Detect Diabetes and Monitor Blood Sugars

Posted: Thursday, March 15, 2007

Researchers have developed a simple breath test for detecting Type 1 diabetes, and say that the new non-invasive tool could possibly be an economical method for tracking day-to-day glucose levels.

Periodontal Changes in Children and Adolescents With Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, March 01, 2007

Periodontal destruction can start very early in life in diabetes and becomes more prominent as children become adolescents.

Women Who Diet Severely More Likely to Have Children Prone to Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, February 08, 2007

“When malnutrition occurs to women of childbearing age, their offspring will inherit abnormal mitochondrion.”

Stem Cells Can Treat Diabetes

Posted: Friday, February 02, 2007

A new study suggests that a mother’s stem cells could be stored and used to treat her diabetic child.

Mild Gestational Diabetes Raises Risk of Cryptorchidism

Posted: Friday, February 02, 2007

Minor elevations in glucose during pregnancy are associated with a significantly increased risk of having an infant with an abnormal testicular descent, also known as congenital cryptorchidism, the results of a case-control study suggest.

Impact of Soda in Childhood Seen in Adolescence

Posted: Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Young children who load up on sugary soft drinks risk developing signs of heart disease and diabetes in adolescence, according to a long-term study in which doctors followed a group of girls from 5 to 13 years of age.

Cod Liver Oil Reduces Risk for Type 1 Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, December 21, 2006

Taking cod liver oil early in life appears to reduce the chances that children will develop insulin-dependent ("type 1") diabetes, by 26%, researchers report.