background the goal of diabetes control should be feasible in order to minimize the risk of its adverse events and to reduce its burden and cost on patients. the current study aimed to assess the status of glycemic control in male and female patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (t2dm) in kerman, iran.   methods in the present study, 500 t2dm (300 women and 200 men) from the kerman coronary ar...

Objective(s): Repaglinide (RG) is an antihyperglycemic agent used for the treatment of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. It has a good safety and efficacy profile in diabetic patients with complications in renal impairment and is an appropriate treatment choice, even for individuals with more severe degrees of renal malfunctions. The aim of the present study was to examine the protective...

patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus have a high prevalence of coeliac disease, symptoms of which are often mild, atypical, or absent. untreated coeliac disease is associated with an increased risk of malignancy, particularly of lymphoma. therefore, we report a 9-year-old girl with coeliac disease, diabetes type 1 and selective iga deficiency. a 9-year-old female patient presented in august 2...

Consumption of olive oil within the Mediterranean diet has been long known to have many health benefits. However, only over the last decade has epidemiological research confirmed its protective role against developing several chronic diseases. The objective of this review was to give an overview of the state of art epidemiological evidence concerning the relationship between olive oil and key p...

introduction: the importance of the periodontal health maintenance and promotion in diabetes mellitus has been supported. evidence showed that many patients are unaware about effects of diabetes mellitus on oral health. the aim of this study is to evaluate knowledge, attitudes and practice of diabetic patients concerning the risk of periodontal disease and prevention. materials and methods: in ...

The incidence and prevalence of diabetes mellitus and its complications are increasing. Like other complications, most of the diabetes patients have gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms but in majority of cases GI complications are under diagnosed and not treated properly, resulting in impairment of the quality of daily life. GI system including liver and pancreas are involved in diabetes mellitus. ...

objective: quality of life (qol) assessment has been employed increasingly to evaluate outcome among patients with chronic medical conditions. such assessment could be adversely affected by psychiatric disorders, co existing with such a medical condition. method: a cross sectional study of 251 out-patients with diabetes mellitus was done at a nigerian university teaching hospital using the comp...

objective(s) nonenzymatic glycosylation (glycation) occurs in many macromolecules in aging and diabetes due to exposure of biomolecules to high level of glucose. glycation can changes function, activities and structure of many biomolecules. considering this important role of transferrin (trf) in iron transport and antioxidant activity in plasma this study was carried out to investigate the effe...

introduction: hyperalgesia is considered as one the marked signs of subchronic diabetes mellitus that could affect the life style of patients. considering the evidence on the antidiabetic and analgesic effects of nigella sativa (ns), this study was designed to investigate the analgesic effects of ns on formalin-induced nociceptive responses (standard formalin test) in streptozotocin (stz)-induc...