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Diabetes

Polycystic ovary syndrome and infertility: an update.

Jul 26, 2021

Polycystic ovarian syndrome is the most well-known endocrine condition among women of this generation (PCOS). Symptoms of hyperandrogenism, irregular menstrual periods, and insulin resistance are all ...

Effects of aerobic exercise on obese children with metabolic syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Jul 26, 2021

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is systemic metabolic disease that results from insulin resistance or obesity. Numerous meta-analyses have investigated the effect of exercise on different populations, but n...

Can pulse wave velocity (PWV) alone express arterial stiffness? A neglected tool for vascular function assessment.

Jul 22, 2021

Arterial stiffness, defined as the rigidity of the arterial wall, is the consequence of vascular aging and is associated with the full spectrum of cardiovascular diseases. Carotid-femoral pulse wave v...

Sexual History Taking: Perspectives on Doctor-Patient Interactions During Routine Consultations in Rural Primary Care in South Africa.

Jul 19, 2021

Sexual history taking for risk behavior contributes to improving health outcomes in primary care. Giving the high numbers of people living with AIDS, every patient in South Africa should be offered an...

The Impact of Hemoglobin A1c on Post-operative Outcomes in Bariatric Surgery Patients.

Jul 19, 2021

Pre-operative hemoglobin (Hb) A1c levels ≥ 8% can lead to increased post-operative complications. In bariatric surgery patients, attaining a pre-operative HbA1c < 8% can be a challenge. The purpo...

Association of prenatal exposure to cadmium with neurodevelopment in children at 2 years of age: The Japan Environment and Children's Study.

Jul 15, 2021

Prenatal cadmium exposure has been associated with adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes. However, previous findings are contradictory, and little is known about the potential modifiers of the cadmium-r...

Resveratrol ameliorates the glucose uptake and lipid metabolism in gestational diabetes mellitus mice and insulin-resistant adipocytes via miR-23a-3p/NOV axis.

Jul 15, 2021

Resveratrol improves insulin-resistance (IR) of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) mice. Low-expressed miR-23a-3p in diabetes patients regulates IR of adipocytes. Hence, we speculated the effect of R...

[The Eye in Internal Medicine: Diabetic retinopathy].

Jul 15, 2021

Diabetic retinopathy has seen tremendous progress in diagnostic tools and treatment in recent 15 years. Sight threatening stages like proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) and diabetic macular edem...

Efficacy of DPP-4 inhibitors and SGLT2 inhibitors compared to sulphonylureas in adult patients with diabetes with low c-peptide levels with or without anti-GAD65 antibody positivity.

Jul 12, 2021

Latent Autoimmune Diabetes of Adulthood (LADA) is different from type 2 diabetes. Present treatment protocols do not reflect that. DPP-4 and SGLT2 inhibitors have changed therapy. DPP-4 inhibitor use ...

Fracture behavior of human cortical bone: Role of advanced glycation end-products and microstructural features.

Jul 12, 2021

Diabetes is associated with increased fracture risk in human bone, especially in the elderly population. In the present study, we investigate how simulated advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) and m...

Syringaldehyde promoting intestinal motility with suppressing α-amylase hinders starch digestion in diabetic mice.

Jul 12, 2021

The antihyperglycemic potential of syringaldehyde has been previously investigated; however, the underlying mechanism remains unclear. In this study, we performed a postprandial glucose test (in vivo)...

High Triglyceride Glucose Index Is Associated with Poor Outcomes in Ischemic Stroke Patients after Reperfusion Therapy.

Jul 08, 2021

The triglyceride glucose index (TyG index) is a simple and reliable surrogate marker of insulin resistance (IR) that can predict functional outcomes and mortality after acute ischemic stroke (AIS). Ho...

Risk Factors and Clinical Outcomes of Cognitive Impairment in Diabetic Patients Undergoing Peritoneal Dialysis.

Jul 08, 2021

Cognitive impairment (CI) is common in patients with CKD or diabetes mellitus (DM). However, the relevance between DM and CI in diabetic patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis (PD) has not been clear...

A Scoping Review: Metabolomics Signatures Associated with Animal and Plant Protein Intake and Their Potential Relation with Cardiometabolic Risk.

Jul 08, 2021

The dietary shift from animal protein (AP) to plant protein (PP) sources is encouraged for both environmental and health reasons. For instance, PPs are associated with lower cardiovascular and diabete...

Daily glucose variation influenced by the use of corticosteroids in COVID-19 patients treated in Lima-Peru.

Jul 05, 2021

The pandemic has generated the need for COVID-19 patients to be treated as best as possible; however, the effect of these treatments on glycemic control has not yet been taken into account. This artic...

Association of the key genes in the pathophysiology between the Type 2 diabetes and Lung cancer.

Jul 05, 2021

Although several studies have demonstrated that preexisting diabetes mellitus (DM) may increase the risk of lung cancer (LC), rare research of the certain pathophysiology was reported up to now.Aimin...

Monogenic diabetes in Pakistani infants and children: challenges in a resource poor country.

Jul 01, 2021

To review the data of infants and children with suspected monogenic diabetes who underwent genetic testing.Monogenic diabetes is a rare form of diabetes resulting from mutations in a single gene. It c...

Effects of epigallocatechin-3-gallate of leaves on blood pressure, lipid profile, atherogenic index of plasma and some inflammatory and antioxidant markers in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients: a clinical trial.

Jul 01, 2021

In patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) the inflammatory and metabolic responses to epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) are unknown.Evaluate the impacts of EGCG on metabolic factors and some bi...

Influence of irisin on diet-induced metabolic syndrome in experimental rat model.

Jul 01, 2021

To evaluate the influence of irisin on the experimental paradigm of non-alcoholic fatty liver (NAFL) as a part of MetS cluster.Forty male albino rats were divided into four groups; normal control, sta...

Glucose Homeostasis Is Dysregulated in Ducks Infected with Duck Hepatitis B Virus.

Jun 28, 2021

The association between hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and the development of diabetes remains controversial. This study examined the effect of HBV infection on glucose homeostasis using a duck HBV...