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No short-term serious side effects from hormones for transsexuals
Major finding: Hormonal therapy for transgender patients did not adversely affect bone density in adolescents and caused no serious unwanted side...
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Vibration platform strengthened bones, improved walking in moderate cerebral palsy
Major finding: After 5 months of vibration platform therapy, children with moderate cerebral palsy could walk about 30 m more in 6 minutes.Data...
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Control of congenital adrenal hyperplasia improves with more frequent steroid dosing
Major finding: Administering daily hydrocortisone in four divided doses, instead of increasing the prescription and sticking with three divided...
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Case builds for counting fat, protein alongside carbs in T1DM
Major finding: A high-fat/high-protein meal resulted in significantly higher glucose excursions from 180 to 300 minutes, compared with all the...
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Children of diabetic mothers at greater risk of overweight as young adults
Major finding: Of 17-year-old males born to diabetic mothers, 27% had a BMI at or above the 85th percentile nationally, compared with 16% of...
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Ketoacidosis rates remain troubling in juvenile type 1 diabetes
Major finding: DKA prevalence for type 1 diabetes remained high at 29.8%, 28.8%, and 28.2% between 2002 and 2003, 2004 and 2005, and 2008 and 2009...
Commentary
Of endocrine disruptors and pregnancy
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Risk score can predict type 1 diabetes
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Unhealthy body shape concerns linked to adverse outcomes
Major Finding: Significant concerns with muscularity and the reported use of unhealthy products to achieve muscularity were relatively common,...
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Estrogen replacement eases weight-gain anxiety in girls with anorexia
Major finding: After 18 months of estrogen replacement therapy, 20 anorexic teenage girls, compared with 17 on placebo, had a significant decrease...
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STD screening strategies: Urine not enough in MSM
Major finding: Screening practices in young men who have sex with men need to account for a significant number of nongenital chlamydia and...