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Abstract: Type-2 diabetes is a global public health concern, and young people have not escaped the epidemic. However, there is a paucity of information - particularly population-based data - regarding the incidence, prevalence, and natural history of type-2 diabetes in young people, with a lack of uniformity in case definition, data collection, and follow-up. In some populations, type-2 diabetes accounts for more than 50% of incident cases of diabetes in 10-18-year-olds, with the highest rates found in ethnic minority groups. The rise in youth-onset type-2 diabetes has been attributed to environmental factors such as change in lifestyle, lack of exercise, and diet, and parallels the rise in childhood obesity. The risk of diabetes may begin in utero with fetal overgrowth and adiposity. Type-2 diabetes in young people is frequently complicated by other features of the metabolic syndrome, including hypertension and dyslipidaemia, and comorbidities such as microalbuminuria are more common

Posted on: Monday, 1 June 2009, 16:51 CDT Government warnings about suicidality among children taking antidepressants appear to be associated with unintended and persistent changes in the diagnosis...

A persistent decline in the rate of Americans, especially children, newly diagnosed with depression followed the first federal ...

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In the wake of a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Advisory in 2003 about the increased risk of suicidality for children taking antidepressant medications, diagnosis and treatment of depression in both children and adults has significantly declined from expected rates. The ... ...

A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) shows that Asia's growing number of diabetics are relatively young and thin