Regular screening and early intervention needed to prevent pediatric diabetes
Type 2 diabetes, once considered an adult disease, is increasingly causing health complications among American youth. A research review published in the
Journal of Osteopathic Medicine suggests physicians should work to more aggressively prevent pediatric diabetes.
Because few pediatric Type 2 diabetes treatment options are available, prevention is unusually important. To improve health outcomes, the paper s authors recommend physicians conduct regular screenings of children and adolescents, adopt a high level of suspicion, and intervene early and often with families who have children at risk for prediabetes and T2 diabetes. Pediatric type 2 diabetes is more progressive and aggressive than adult-onset Type 2 diabetes, said lead author Jay H. Shubrook, DO, professor and diabetologist at Touro University California College of Osteopathic Medicine. Kids need our help, and we re not sounding the alarm l
Aggressive intervention recommended to prevent pediatric diabetes, finds study
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For Your Health: Childhood immunizations important during the Covid-19 pandemic
By Harveer Gill, Special to the Daily Republic
Covid-19 has changed the lives of almost everyone in the United States. This is especially true for families. Parents of young children have seen their lives disrupted and priorities shifted, and many have isolated themselves for months to avoid exposure.
One result is that parents across the country have canceled pediatric checkups – and immunization levels for vaccine-preventable diseases have plummeted, raising the risk of vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks.
Many Solano County health care providers are concerned about this trend.
“For many reasons, during the pandemic many children have fallen behind on their routine immunizations,” said local pediatrician Dr. Tami Hendriksz, who is also professor of pediatrics at Touro University California College of Osteopathic Medicine and medical director of the Vallejo school district’s school-based c