Diabetes
Jun 28, 2021
Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a disorder of the mononuclear phagocyte system that can affect almost any organ and system. The most common central nervous system (CNS) manifestation in LCH is ...
Jun 24, 2021
We carried out three types of 2-hr experimental sessions with middle-aged and older adults with Type 2 diabetes in order to examine the acute effect of interrupting prolonged sitting with varying peri...
Jun 24, 2021
Diabetes mellitus is a major risk factor for microvascular disease, leading to chronic kidney injury or cardiovascular disease, but there is a tremendous proportion of patients worldwide who suffer fr...
Jun 24, 2021
Diabetes is a systemic disease in which the body cannot regulate the amount of sugar, namely glucose, in the blood. High glucose toxicity has been implicated in the dysfunction of diabetic wound heali...
Jun 21, 2021
Optimizing the management of cardiovascular complications continues to be an important need in the care of patients with T2D. The therapeutic landscape for T2D has changed dramatically with the emerge...
Jun 17, 2021
Patients with affective disorder seem to experience higher risks of several somatic diseases, but no studies have provided estimates of both absolute and relative risks for these diseases in the same ...
Jun 17, 2021
To safely expand the donor pool, we introduced a strategy of biopsy-guided selection and allocation to single or dual transplantation of kidneys from donors >60 years old or with hypertension, diab...
Jun 17, 2021
The trabecular bone score (TBS) was introduced as an indirect index of trabecular microarchitecture, complementary to bone mineral density (BMD), and is derived using the same dual energy X-ray absorp...
Jun 14, 2021
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) is a valuable drug target for diabetic treatment and ligands of PPARγ have shown potent anti-diabetic efficacy. However, to overcome the seve...
Jun 14, 2021
Diabetic patients are more vulnerable to cerebral ischemia-reperfusion (CIR) injury and have a worse prognosis and higher mortality after ischemic stroke than non-diabetic counterparts. Melatonin can ...
Jun 14, 2021
Bone can act as an endocrine organ through the secretion of bone-specific hormones, i.e., osteokines. Recent research has demonstrated that lipocalin 2 (LCN2) secreted by osteoblasts are part of an i...
Jun 10, 2021
Hypertension constitutes a major risk factor for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). HFpEF is a prevalent clinical syndrome with increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. S...
Jun 10, 2021
Hypertension, diabetes mellitus and physical inactivity can cause cardiovascular complications or premature death. However, it has not been clarified whether those major comorbidities and physical act...
Jun 10, 2021
To compare acute care utilization and costs following sleeve gastrectomy (SG) and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYBG).Comparing post-bariatric emergency department (ED) and inpatient care use patterns cou...
Jun 07, 2021
“Obesity is an important comorbidity in psoriatic arthritis (PsA). While this is commonly assessed by BMI, BMI is a crude adiposity marker and provides no information on regional body fat distributi...
Jun 07, 2021
This study compared pregnancy-related cardiovascular disease risk indicators between women who attended 2 different postpartum screening and education clinics: 1 at an urban tertiary care centre and 1...
Jun 07, 2021
Histomorphological measurements can be used to identify microstructural changes related to disease pathomechanics, in particular, plantar soft tissue changes with diabetes. However, these measurements...
Jun 07, 2021
Aquaporins (AQPs) are part of the family of the integral membrane proteins. Their function is dedicated to the transport of water, glycerol, ammonia, urea, HO, and other small molecules across the bio...
Jun 03, 2021
The use of osteobiologics, engineered materials designed to promote bone healing by enhancing bone growth, is becoming increasingly common for spinal fusion procedures, but the efficacy of some of the...
Jun 03, 2021
With the increasing prevalence of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems, time in range (TIR) is gaining importance as a parameter for optimization of glycemic control in patients with type 1 ...