Young adults with persistent childhood-onset growth hormone (GH) deficiency can be identified by a peak GH response of less than 6 mcg/L to an insulin tolerance test (ITT), according to Italian investigators. Reuters Health Information
Join Drs. Hartmut Malluche, Bryan Kestenbaum, and Myles Wolf as they discuss key findings on the management of CKD-MBD from the 2008 ASN meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Medscape Nephrology
A new analysis from the REGARDS cohort shows that stroke risk factors, particularly left ventricular hypertrophy, diabetes, and hypertension, are strongly related to more rapid cognitive decline. Medscape Medical News
Epidural steroid injections cause a significant but transient rise in blood glucose levels of patients with diabetes without affecting hemoglobin A1c levels; patients should be counseled. Medscape Medical News
