Building a designer cytokine to treat type 2 diabetes

A low-carbohydrate, ketogenic diet to treat type 2 diabetes

BACKGROUND The low-carbohydrate, ketogenic diet (LCKD) may be effective for improving glycemia and reducing medications in patients with type 2 diabetes. METHODS From an outpatient clinic, we recruited 28 overweight participants with type 2 diabetes for a 16-week single-arm pilot diet intervention trial. We provided LCKD counseling, with an initial goal of <20 g carbohydrate/day, while reduci...

Targeting the gastrointestinal tract to treat type 2 diabetes.

The rising global rates of type 2 diabetes and obesity present a significant economic and social burden, underscoring the importance for effective and safe therapeutic options. The success of glucagon-like-peptide-1 receptor agonists in the treatment of type 2 diabetes, along with the potent glucose-lowering effects of bariatric surgery, highlight the gastrointestinal tract as a potential targe...

Complementary and Alternative Medicine to Treat Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 in Southern Iran

Cost effectiveness of type 2 diabetes screening: A systematic review

Background: Although studies reported diabetes mellitus screening cost effective, the mass screening for type2 diabetes remains controversial. In this study we reviewed the recently evidence about the cost effectiveness of mass screening systematically. &nbsp;&nbsp;Methods: We reviewed the MEDLINE, Scopus, Web of Science (WOS), and Cochrane library databases by MeSH terms to identify relevan...

A review of cardiovascular risks associated with medications used to treat type-2 diabetes mellitus.

cardiovascular risk in patients with type-2 diabetes were not well defined. Many thought that the elevation of blood glucose alone was the major contributing factor, whereas others believed that additional mechanisms were involved.2 Two pivotal studies—The Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) and the United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS)—demonstrated that microvascular (D...