background education is an integral part of the treatment in diabetes mellitus. attendance at long courses might not be convenient for many patients. objectives the current study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of self-management, short course instruction on glycemic control in adults with diabetes mellitus. patients and methods a total of 60 patients with diabetes mellitus were ran...

abstract objective: gestational diabetes mellitus (gdm) is characterized by glucose intolerance during pregnancy. incidence of gestational diabetes can increase by several factors such as obesity, aging, diet and genetic factors. this study aimed to assess the role of nutrition, biochemical and demographic factors in development of gdm in pregnant women. materials and methods: in this prospecti...

background: determining the mortality rate of diseases in a community is one of the main components in health care planning of that community. this study used a join point regression model to determine the trend of mortality due to diabetes mellitus (dm) in iran. materials and methods: the data on the rate of mortality due to dm were obtained from the reports of the iranian ministry of health. ...

objective: this study evaluated the efficacy and safety of metformin on prevention of gestational diabetes mellitus in women with high risk of gdm. materials and methods: total number of 189 pregnant women aged between 25 to 35, and 10 to 14 weeks pregnancy,admitted to  mirza koochakkhan hospital, tehran in january 2008 - january 2009 entered to this randomized controlled clinical trial. the wo...

Concurrent disorders with diabetes mellitus is one of the most challenging subject. Our knowledge of the most common concurrent disorders in diabetic dogs may be useful in diagnosis of these disorders and better treatment of diabetic dogs. In this study diabetes mellitus was diagnosed in a 7-year-old male German shepherd dog, based on clinical and laboratory findings. Following the diagnosis of...

PURPOSE Little information is available on the influence of diabetes mellitus on the short-term clinical outcomes of patients with bleeding peptic ulcers. The aim of this study is to investigate whether diabetes mellitus influences the short-term clinical outcomes of patients with bleeding peptic ulcers using a Japanese national administrative database. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 4863 p...

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a chronic complication of diabetes mellitus (DM). After 20 years of diabetes duration Diabetic retinopathy, occurs in 90% of the type 1 diabetes mellitus patients and in 60% of the type 2 diabetes mellitus patients, being the main cause of blindness in adults. High glicemia and blood pressure levels, along with the long diabetes mellitus duration, are the main risk ...

Abstract Introduction: Due to the high prevalence of type 2 diabetes and hypothyroidism and the fact that the complication of burning mouth syndrome is seen in both of these diseases, we compared the frequency of burning mouth syndrome in patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 and patients with hypothyroidism referred to Rasht dental school in 1399. Materials and Methods:In this cross-section...

diabetic retinopathy is a common complication of type ii diabetes mellitus and carries with it the threat of blindness. accurate information regarding the incidence of diabetic retinopathy and associated risk factors is important in the prevention of its development and of the visual impairment caused by this complication. this study was designed to determine the prevalence of diabetic retinopa...

background: mellitus diabetes (dm) is the most important metabolic diseases. the incidence of dm is prone to increase. vasculopathy, retinopathy, central and peripheral neuropathy are the most important reported side effects of dm. cognitive dysfunction following dm reported in both sexes. hippocampus is a major part of brain involving in cognitive function, its cells are able to neurogenesis, ...