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Premature babies face higher risk of diabetes

10th December 2019
Premature babies may be more likely to develop diabetes as children and young adults than full-term infants, a new study…
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Preterm baby
Specialist Updates Endocrinology

Which children are most likely to progress to type 1 diabetes?

3rd December 2019
The risk of developing type 1 diabetes in children with multiple islet autoantibodies depends greatly on which combinations…
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Young children
Specialist Updates Endocrinology

Diabetes linked with incident vertebral fracture

18th November 2019
People with type 2 diabetes are more likely than others to develop vertebral fractures, a review suggests. Dutch…
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Specialist Updates Women's Health

Breastfeeding may reduce glucose intolerance in mothers

14th November 2019
New mothers who breastfeed exclusively have lower plasma glucose and the effect is amplified in those with gestational…
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Baby breastfeeding
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Bariatric surgery or medical care? A new tool can help

12th November 2019
GPs can help their patients with diabetes and obesity weigh up the benefits of metabolic surgery over standard medical…
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gastric bypass
Medical Observer Opinion

This GP relives his encounters with a mythological monster

6th November 2019
Clinicians love aphorism and acronym — the foremost emergency acronym ABC seems to grow by a letter every five years and by…
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Hydra
Specialist Updates Endocrinology

Insulin pump not essential to benefit from continuous glucose monitoring

5th November 2019
Real-time continuous glucose monitoring is superior to self-monitoring of blood glucose, regardless of the insulin delivery…
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Continuous glucose monitoring