Pediatrics
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‘We just have to keep them alive’: Transitioning youth with type 1 diabetes
Transitioning a teen with type 1 diabetes from pediatric care to taking full responsibility for their own condition under an adult team is one of...
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‘Artificial pancreas’ life-changing in kids with type 1 diabetes
A semi-automated insulin delivery system using proprietary software improved time in target blood glucose range in young children aged 5 years, on...
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Cardiac function normalizes by 3 months in MIS-C in study
Children with COVID-19–related multisystem inflammatory syndrome show normalization of cardiac function by 3 months after diagnosis.
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Program targets preschoolers to promote heart health
A validated pilot program to educate preschoolers about heart health serves as a template for expanding the program into more schools.
Feature
COVID-vaccine myocarditis: Rare, mild, and usually in young men
Should myocarditis be a concern as mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines are authorized in ever-younger age groups?
News
COVID-19 linked to increased diabetes risk in youth
Two large databases indicate significantly increased diabetes risk among those with COVID-19 but not other acute respiratory illnesses.
Commentary
The child with hypertension: Diagnosis and management
If they’re really young, they need a big workup, but otherwise it is likely primary hypertension.
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Pandemic poses short- and long-term risks to babies, especially boys
For fetuses exposed to COVID, the greatest danger is usually not the coronavirus itself, but the mother’s immune system.
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Visceral fat may help ID heart risk in obese youth
Tests revealed signs of arterial stiffness that could lead to cardiovascular disease.
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Retinopathy risk in children higher in T2D than T1D
Among a population-based cohort of children, the risk of diabetic retinopathy was 88% greater in those with T2D than T1D within the first 15 years...
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Penicillin slows latent rheumatic heart disease progression
Secondary antibiotic prophylaxis can improve outcomes for children with echo-detected rheumatic heart disease, a randomized trial in Uganda shows...