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Best Pediatric Endocrinology Hospitals; Standards of Diabetes Care Updated

— News and commentary from the endocrinology world

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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia topped for best hospitals for pediatric diabetes & endocrinology. The number two and three spots went to Boston Children's Hospital and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, respectively.

The Endocrine Society applauded the American Medical Association's House of Delegates for green-lighting a policy to oppose the criminalization of evidence-based .

In other news, the society also the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act.

The American Diabetes Association updated its to include new data on the type 1 diabetes treatment teplizumab, SGLT2 inhibitors, and effects of medications for patients with chronic kidney disease.

More than 37% of people with diabetes who underwent a had a re-amputation within 5 years, according to a meta-analysis of 22 studies. (BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care)

The investigational, oral small-molecule thyroid receptor beta agonist VK0214 for the treatment of was both safe and well tolerated in a phase I trial, Viking Therapeutics announced.

Despite decreases in , women's brains may be able to offset this with bolstered blood flow and greater ATP production. (Scientific Reports)

Women diagnosed with who subsequently developed type 2 diabetes saw a near 22-fold higher risk for also developing chronic kidney disease compared with women with uncomplicated pregnancies. (Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation)

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    Kristen Monaco is a senior staff writer, focusing on endocrinology, psychiatry, and nephrology news. Based out of the New York City office, she’s worked at the company since 2015.