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New Age- and Sex-Specific Cholesterol Cutoff Values for Teens Posted: Friday, September 07, 2007

Investigators have made the first attempt at developing age- and sex-specific lipoprotein threshold concentrations for adolescents. The major advantage of the new cutoff points is that they reflect the natural fluctuations in cholesterol levels that occur with growth and maturation, say the authors.

75% of Children With Hypertension Are Undiagnosed Posted: Thursday, August 23, 2007

High blood pressure is something you may not associate with children, but some kids do have it, and it can mean serious health problems.

Maternal Hypoglycemia, Hyperglycemia Increases Risk to Fetus Posted: Thursday, August 23, 2007

Researchers call for re-evaluation of gestational diabetes diagnosis and treatment criteria.

Type 2 Diabetes Devastating for Teens Posted: Friday, June 01, 2007

"The complications associated with adolescents' type 2 diabetes seems to behave differently than in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes." These complications may be present at the time of diagnosis, and their rate of progression may be higher than in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes.

Diabetes Drug Use Triples for Girls Posted: Friday, May 25, 2007

The number of adolescent girls taking drugs for Type 2 diabetes nearly tripled in just five years.

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.

First Person Gets New Vaccine Against Diabetes Posted: Wednesday, April 11, 2007

A Melbourne 11-year old schoolboy is the first person in the world to take a pioneering vaccine against diabetes.

'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.

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.”

 

 

 

 

 

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