Curing diabetes

Bariatric surgery. Its role in 'curing' diabetes.

Islet growth factors: curing diabetes and preventing chronic pancreatitis?

Potential of surgery for curing type 2 diabetes mellitus.

OBJECTIVE To review the effect of morbid obesity surgery on type 2 diabetes mellitus, and to analyze data that might explain the mechanisms of action of these surgeries and that could answer the question of whether surgery for morbid obesity can represent a cure for type 2 diabetes in nonobese patients as well. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA Diabetes mellitus type 2 affects more than 150 million peo...

Is islet transplantation a realistic approach to curing diabetes?

Since the report of type 1 diabetes reversal in seven consecutive patients by the Edmonton protocol in 2000, pancreatic islet transplantation has been reappraised based on accumulated clinical evidence. Although initially expected to therapeutically target long-term insulin independence, islet transplantation is now indicated for more specific clinical benefits. With the long-awaited report of ...

Curing Efficacy of Light Emitting Diodes of Dental Curing Units

BACKGROUND AND AIMS The aim of the present study was to compare the efficacy of quartz tungsten halogen (QTH) and light emitting diode (LED) curing lights on polymerization of resin composite. MATERIALS AND METHODS A hybrid resin composite was used to prepare samples which were cured using two QTH and ten LED light curing sources. Twelve groups, each containing ten samples, were prepared usin...