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Closed-Loop Insulin Boosts Overnight Control in Young Children
Major Finding: The closed-loop system significantly reduced the time spent with blood glucose levels above 300 mg/dL (0.18 vs. 1.3 hours) and the...
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Obesity in Pregnancy Linked to Offspring's Language Scores
Major Finding: At age 2 years, children whose mothers were obese during the second trimester averaged a 12.6-point lower score on the language...
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Check Vitamin D in Adolescents Before Bariatric Surgery
Major Finding: Fifty-four percent of obese adolescents being evaluated for bariatric surgery had vitamin D deficiency, including 8% with a severe...
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Eczema Therapy Response Varies by Filaggrin Mutation
Major Finding: Patients with at least one null allele for R501X were 55% less likely than the group as a whole to report being symptom free for 6...
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Vitamin C Improved Lung Function in Babies of Smokers
Major Finding: The ratio of time to peak tidal expiratory flow to expiratory time on infant pulmonary function tests was significantly lower in...
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Mandatory Circumcision Not Cost Effective for HIV Prevention
Major Finding: For the overall U.S. population, mandatory circumcision would prevent 494 cases of HIV at a cost of approximately $790 million.
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Ziana Proves Less Irritating Than Epiduo for Acne
Major Finding: Transepidermal water loss was significantly greater at weeks 1, 2, and 3 on the benzoyl peroxide/adapalene–treated side of the face...
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SEARCH Turns Up More Diabetes in Youth
Major Finding: From 2001 to 2009, the prevalence of type 1 diabetes rose 23% among American youth aged 20 years and younger.
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Rapid HbA1c Rise in a Child? Intensify Treatment Fast
Major Finding: Blood glucose increased from 5.7% to 7.3% in children with type 2 diabetes who responded to long-term treatment, but rose from 6.4...
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Hodgkin's Survivors Face High Breast Cancer Risk
Major Finding: Nearly a third (30%) of females treated with chest radiation for Hodgkin’s lymphoma was diagnosed with breast cancer by age 50.Data...