Endocrinology

• Meeting News Coverage

• Pubertal blockade safe for pediatric patients with gender identity disorder

• Endocrine Today, March 2012
• Canadian Pediatric Endocrine Group
  Pubertal blockade can safely be initiated in pediatric patients who experience gender identity disorder, according to...More »

• Meeting News Coverage

• Social determinants affected glycemic control in pediatric patients with type 1 diabetes

• Endocrine Today, March 2012
• Canadian Pediatric Endocrine Group
  Factors such as socioeconomic status, education and family structure influence glycemic control in pediatric patients...More »

• In the Journals

• Moderate to vigorous physical activity improved cardiometabolic risk factors in children regardless of time spent sedentary

• February 14, 2012
• Children and teens who spend more time participating in moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity appear to have better cardiometabolic risk...More »

• Meeting News Coverage

• Unstimulated luteinizing hormone levels sufficient to predict progression in precocious puberty

• Endocrine Today, March 2012
• Canadian Pediatric Endocrine Group
  The gonadotropin-releasing hormone stimulation test is not needed to predict progression of precocious puberty,...More »

• In the Journals

• Adolescent girls may benefit from nonfamily-based weight control intervention

• Endocrine Today, March 2012
• An alternative weight control strategy that was not family-based was significantly more effective in reducing BMI than the standard family-based approach...More »

• In the Journals

• High serum TSH linked to systolic, diastolic BP in children, adolescents

• Endocrine Today, February 2012
• Serum thyroid-stimulating hormone levels are positively related to hypertension in children and adolescents. According to researchers, this association...More »

• In the Journals Perspective

• Several risk factors associated with vitamin D deficiency in children

• Endocrine Today, February 2012
• Vitamin D deficiency was common among children in the United Kingdom, and although there were common risk factors for lower 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 and...More »

• CME Article CME

• Insulin Resistance in Pediatric Disease

• Pediatric Annals, February 2012, Volume 41 Issue 2
• Review the current information related to insulin resistance in the pediatric population.
  Discuss the role of insulin resistance in the pathogenesis of...More »

• CME Article CME

• Dyslipidemias in Children

• Pediatric Annals, February 2012, Volume 41 Issue 2
• Review basic lipid metabolism and the common dyslipidemias that can be diagnosed in childhood.
  Understand screening guidelines and when to initiate drug...More »

• CME Article CME

• Diabetes Types 1 and 2 in the Pediatric Population

• Pediatric Annals, February 2012, Volume 41 Issue 2
• 1.  Understand the pathophysiology that differentiates type 1 from type 2 diabetes.
  2. Know the criteria that should be met to diagnose diabetes.
  3. ...More »

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