Following new guidance this year from the American Academy of Pediatrics on treating children with obesity, the News spoke with several researchers and professors about what the change might mean for bariatric surgeries performed on adolescents.
The GLP-1 receptor antagonist reduced all levels of hypoglycemia, by different measures, and in patients who had undergone different bariatric surgery procedures.
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WASHINGTON Black and Hispanic people with COVID-19 and diabetes are more likely than Caucasians to die or have serious complications, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society s
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
Health disparities refer to unequal health status or health care between groups of people due to differences in their background, physical traits or their environment. These differences include race/ethnicity, country of origin, sex, income and disability. Minorities are disproportionately affected by diabetes and COVID-19 and are more likely to develop serious complications like diabetic ketoacidosis, a condition that occurs when your body produces high levels of blood acids.