Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia tops US News & World Report’s 2021-2022 list for Best Pediatric Diabetes and Endocrinology Hospitals. Second and third place went to Boston Children’s Hospital and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, respectively.
The Endocrine Society applauded the American Medical Association House of Delegates for giving the green light to policies to combat the criminalization of evidence-based gender-affirming care for transgender youth.
In other news, the company also praised the US Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act.
The American Diabetes Association updated its Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes 2021 to include new data on type 1 diabetes treatment teplizumab, SGLT2 inhibitors, and the effects of drugs for patients with chronic kidney disease.
More than 37% of people with diabetes who had a lower limb amputation had a re-amputation within 5 years, according to a meta-analysis of 22 studies. (BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care)
The oral low molecular weight beta agonist VK0214 of the thyroid receptor under investigation for the treatment of X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy was both safe and well tolerated in a phase I study, said Viking Therapeutics.
Despite the decrease in brain volume during menopause, women’s brains may be able to compensate for this with increased blood flow and higher ATP production. (Scientific reports)
Women diagnosed with gestational diabetes during pregnancy and who later developed type 2 diabetes saw an almost 22-fold higher risk of developing chronic kidney disease compared to women with uncomplicated pregnancies. (Nephrological dialysis transplant)
