Antioxidants and glucose metabolism disorders

Disorders of glucose metabolism in sleep apnea.

Sleep is a complex behavioral state that occupies one-third of the human life span. Although viewed as a passive condition, sleep is a highly active and dynamic process. The sleep-related decrease in muscle tone is associated with an increase in resistance to airflow through the upper airway. Partial or complete collapse of the airway during sleep can lead to the occurrence of apneas and hypopn...

Antioxidants and Thyroid disorders

It is well known that oxidative stress (OS), defined as an imbalance between radicals and antioxidant defense, is implicated as a pathophysiological mechanism of different diseases and is a topic of growing interest. Cell injury is a consequence of OS; recognized targets are DNA, lipids and proteins, which react with hydroxyl radicals to form specific products1. Especially in the field of cardi...

Refining Ontology for Glucose Metabolism Disorders

Resting State Blood Flow and Glucose Metabolism in Psychiatric Disorders

Over the last 20 years, SPECT and PET, along with CT and MRI have been the main methodologies used in studies investigating psychiatric disorders. The structural alterations in patients’ brains found by CT and MRI are usually quite subtle, while those found by the nuclear imaging modalities (PET and SPECT) are more pronounced. Partly for this reason, the latter methods have led to discoveries i...

Glucose Metabolism Disorders, HIV and Antiretroviral Therapy among Tanzanian Adults

INTRODUCTION Millions of HIV-infected Africans are living longer due to long-term antiretroviral therapy (ART), yet little is known about glucose metabolism disorders in this group. We aimed to compare the prevalence of glucose metabolism disorders among HIV-infected adults on long-term ART to ART-naïve adults and HIV-negative controls, hypothesizing that the odds of glucose metabolism disorder...