Type 2 in Youth: Here TODAY, Not Gone Tomorrow…
Results of the seven-year-long TODAY study (Treatment Options for Type 2 Diabetes in Adolescents and Youth) are out and as expected, they aren’t pretty.
Bottom line of this study, which is the largest of its kind to ever be done: No matter what medication’s being used, kids and teens have a harder time managing their type 2 diabetes and keeping blood sugars down. Lifestyle interventions and medications aren’t working even when they’re taken as prescribed,…