Obesity in Teen Years Might Trigger Type 1 Diabetes
MONDAY, June 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Obesity is a well-known risk factor for type 2 diabetes. Now, a large new study adds to evidence that it also contributes to the much less common type 1 diabetes.The study, of nearly 1.5 million Israeli teenage…
Learn MorePlacebo Pill Eases Cancer-Related Fatigue in Study
MONDAY, June 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Patients with advanced cancer often suffer crippling fatigue, but there has been little in the way of relief for them as they battle their disease.Now, a new investigation may have landed on a surprising soluti…
Learn MoreASCO: ctDNA Analysis Guides Treatment of Stage II Colon Cancer
MONDAY, June 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA)-guided approach to treatment of stage II colon cancer reduces adjuvant chemotherapy use without affecting recurrence-free survival, according to a study published online June 4 i…
Learn MoreADA: Elevated BMI in Adolescence Linked to T1D in Young Adulthood
MONDAY, June 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Elevated body mass index (BMI) in adolescence is associated with an increased risk for type 1 diabetes in young adulthood, according to a study published online June 5 in Diabetologia to coincide with the annua…
Learn MoreADA: Tirzepatide Improves Kidney Outcomes in T2DM With Increased CV Risk
MONDAY, June 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — An exploratory analysis of data from the SURPASS-4 trial has shown that adults with type 2 diabetes and increased cardiovascular risk receiving tirzepatide experience fewer renal complications, especially new o…
Learn MoreBridge Therapy Between Induction, ASCT May Slow Neuroblastoma
MONDAY, June 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For patients with high-risk neuroblastoma with end-induction stable metastatic disease, postinduction bridge therapy before autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) is associated with better outcomes, accord…
Learn MoreSuicidal Ideation, Attempts Up in Transgender, Sexual-Minority Teens
MONDAY, June 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Transgender and sexual-minority adolescents have an increased risk for suicidal ideation and attempt compared with their cisgender and heterosexual peers, according to a study published online June 6 in CMAJ, t…
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