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Health+Well-being

The pros, cons, and unknowns of popular weight-loss drugs

Published Jan 11, 2024

Are in-demand drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy safe and effective? A Johns Hopkins expert explains

A child's insulin levels are checked by a doctor

COVID-19 Impacts

Type 2 diabetes cases in children on the rise during COVID-19 pandemic

Published Aug 25, 2022

Johns Hopkins researchers cite environmental changes caused by the pandemic, including adapting routines and less physical activity, as likely contributors to the increase in type 2 diabetes cases among children

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Public health

"Prediabetes" diagnosis less useful in older patients

Published Feb 9, 2021

Study findings show that older adults deemed 'prediabetic' seldom progress to full diabetes, experts support a health strategy focused on making lifestyle changes

Pediatric health

Non-fasting blood test can help screen youth for pre-diabetes and diabetes

Published Aug 25, 2020

Study suggests the hemoglobin A1c test can identify youth at high risk of developing Type 2 diabetes and associated cardiovascular problems

Health risks of sleep apnea

Published Sept 5, 2017

Study finds increases in blood sugar, fat levels, stress hormones, blood pressure in patients with obstructive sleep apnea / Johns Hopkins Medicine

Diabetes

Episodes of extremely low blood sugar put diabetics at increased risk for death

Published March 10, 2017

Within three years of dangerously low blood sugar episode requiring emergency department visit, one-third of those in study died / School of Public Health