BACKGROUND Stress is not always a direct result of stressful conditions, but rather the way they are perceived. Thus individual variables that may be associated with perceived stress should be examined in stress studies. This study investigates the intermediary role of self-efficacy in relation with stress, glycosylated haemoglobin and health-related quality of life in patients with type2 diabe...

this study was planned to investigate the effects of supplementation of cinnamon on fasting blood glucose levels and lipid profiles among type2 diabetic patients. 60 subjects with type 2 diabetes from both sexes (30 males and 30 females) were allocated to the intervention and control groups (30 individuals per group). t he doses of 1.5 g of cinnamon were equally administered orally in the form ...

The aim of this review is to highlight the association between type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) and cognitive impairment/Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and provide an updated summary of the evidence related to various potentially modifiable risk factors such as hyperinsulinaemia,insulin resistance,hypo-and hyperglycaemia, vascular risk factors like hypertension and obesity, micro and macrovascular compl...

A chronic exposure to stress has been associated with neuroendocrine changes and metabolic disorders including obesity, glucose intolerance and insulin resistance. While these disorders have been identified as underlying causes in the development of pre-diabetes, the extent to which chronic psychological stress might represent a causal factor for the etiology of type2 diabetes has not been well...

Bempedoic acid is a new cholesterol-lowering drug that recently received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration European Medicines Agency. This targets lipid glucose metabolism as well inflammation by downregulating ATP citrate lyase upregulating of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK). The main effect to reduce cholesterol synthesis in liver, its use generally not associated with und...

Background and aims: Clinical studies support the role of inflammatory mediators in the relationship between obesity with insulin resistance and type2 diabetes. This study aimed to determine the effect of long term aerobic training program on serum levels of Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) and insulin resistance in males with type II diabetic. Methods: For this purpose, thirty inactive adul...

Background: Obesity is an independent risk factor for Type2 Diabetes and is rising in prevalence throughout the developed and developing countries This study aims to find the prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus in Obese Patients compared to non-obese patients who attended Medicine and Diabetology departments of various hospitals in South Kerala during the period June 2010 to May 2013. Materials and...