Diabetes seldom occurs in newborns—a condition known as neonatal diabetes. But when it does, it's mostly due to a mutation in a single gene such as the KCNJ11 or insulin (INS). This early-onset type of diabetes differs ...
Aug 5, 2020
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Women are regularly reminded of their ticking biological clock. It turns out men should also pay attention to age when it comes to having a family.
Nov 1, 2018
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Over a decade, Emma Matthews has progressed from fearing for her son's life every night to being safe in the knowledge that his diabetes is well managed thanks to the long-term success of "miracle treatment" tablets.
Jun 4, 2018
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Results from a new study suggest that a history of kidney stones may indicate an increased risk for metabolic and hypertensive complications during pregnancy and add support to a growing body of research linking kidney stones ...
Nov 5, 2017
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Distinguishing monogenic diabetes in the young – that is, a rare type of diabetes caused by a single genetic mutation relatively early in life—from other types of diabetes, is crucial for appropriate therapies, prognosis ...
Oct 16, 2017
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(HealthDay)—For pregnant women with type 1 diabetes, use of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) is associated with improved neonatal outcomes, according to a study published online Sept. 15 in The Lancet to coincide with ...
Sep 18, 2017
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Late in their pregnancies, some women notice colostrum (early milk) leaking from their nipples.
Jun 2, 2017
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Researchers at the University of Helsinki, Finland, have uncovered a mechanism through which a mutation in the STAT3 gene leads to a disorder in the development of the pancreas and to infant diabetes.
Apr 11, 2017
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New research presented at this year's European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) meeting in Munich, Germany (12-16 Sept) shows that both gestational diabetes (which develops during pregnancy) and pre-gestational ...
Sep 12, 2016
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Over a 10 year period, the time that babies receive genetic testing after being diagnosed with diabetes has fallen from over four years to under two months. Pinpointing the exact genetic causes of sometimes rare forms of ...
Aug 17, 2015
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