NIH awards more than $150 million for research on environmental influences on child health
(Source: NIDDK News)
Source: NIDDK News - March 15, 2018 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news

Intensive blood glucose management for those with type 1 diabetes preserves heart health for decades
Keeping blood sugar as close to normal as possible for an average of 6.5 years early in the course of type 1 diabetes reduces heart disease for up to 30 years. (Source: NIDDK News)
Source: NIDDK News - March 15, 2018 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news

Identifying risk factors for pancreatitis in children
Large international study findings show that genetics, birth defects, and ethnicity may play important roles in the occurrence of pancreatitis in children. (Source: NIDDK News)
Source: NIDDK News - March 15, 2018 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news

Promising result reported from multicenter kidney transplantation study
Kidney transplant study shows a survival benefit for people who received kidney transplants from HLA-incompatible live donors compared with two control groups. (Source: NIDDK News)
Source: NIDDK News - March 15, 2018 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news

Making beta cells from people with type 1 diabetes
Functional ? (beta) cells created from the skin cells of people with type 1 diabetes mark a significant step forward toward a cell therapy for type 1 diabetes. (Source: NIDDK News)
Source: NIDDK News - March 15, 2018 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news

Early-life exposures affect infant health
Three studies show that dietary and other environmental exposures during the first few years of life have implications for a lifetime of good health. (Source: NIDDK News)
Source: NIDDK News - March 15, 2018 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news

Youth with type 2 diabetes develop complications more often than peers with type 1 diabetes
Study shows that teens and young adults with type 2 diabetes develop common diabetic complications more quickly and often than their peers with type 1 diabetes. (Source: NIDDK News)
Source: NIDDK News - March 15, 2018 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news

An enzyme deficiency contributes to disease symptoms in Prader-Willi syndrome
Researchers discovered that a deficiency of the enzyme prohormone convertase 1, contributes to disease symptoms in Prader-Willi Syndrome, a genetic disorder. (Source: NIDDK News)
Source: NIDDK News - March 15, 2018 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news

A personalized medicine treatment plan developed after identification of a rare pathogenic mutation
Discovery of a rare genetic mutation in a boy with Diamond-Blackfan anemia helped in developing a personalized treatment plan for a younger sibling with DBA. (Source: NIDDK News)
Source: NIDDK News - March 15, 2018 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news