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Type A on Priscilla White’s namesake scale indicates the onset of diabetes after the development of this condition. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this condition that often coincides with an increase in shoe size. Individuals who have had this condition multiple times may be referred to as “gravida 2, para 2.”
ANSWER: pregnancy [or being pregnant; accept gestation or gestational diabetes mellitus; prompt on gravid or parous]
[10e] Gestational diabetes increases the risk that the child’s shoulder will be caught on this bone during birth. The chainsaw was invented to cut the symphysis of this bone, whose “floor” muscles may be strengthened with Kegels.
ANSWER: pelvis [or bony pelvis; accept pelvic region or pelvic floor; accept pubis or ilium or ischium]
[10h] Ozempic (“oh-ZEM-pick”) and Rybelsus (“ruh-BELL-suss”) imitate this class of hormones and are often prescribed off-label for weight loss instead of diabetes. Semaglutide products like Wegovy (“wee-GO-vee”) mimic GLP-1, the best-known example of these hormones.
ANSWER: incretins [accept incretin mimetics]
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Berkeley AJohns Hopkins010010
Chicago AWaterloo1010020
Chicago BIndiana010010
Cornell BChicago D010010
Claremont CollegesYale B010010
Columbia APurdue10101030
WUSTL ACornell A1010020
Georgia TechBrown010010
NorthwesternIowa State1010020
MarylandIllinois010010
McGillTruman State010010
Minnesota BBerkeley B010010
Toronto ANYU1010020
North Carolina BHarvard0101020
OttawaArizona State010010
PennFlorida010010
RutgersColumbia B1010020
Chicago CSouth Carolina1010020
StanfordNorth Carolina A010010
TexasMinnesota A010010
KentuckyVanderbilt010010
DukeVirginia1010020
WUSTL BToronto B1010020
Yale AMichigan010010