objectives in this section, we studied dietary and other factors related to the effect of lifestyle in type 2 diabetes. these factors may affect the incidence of type 2 diabetes which could be corrected by lifestyle modifications. background prevalence of type 2 diabetes is increasing rapidly worldwide. recent data is reprehensive of increasing diabetes prevalence from 285 millions in 2010 (6.4...

over the last five decades the association between coeliac disease and other autoimmune disorders such as autoimmune thyroid disease or diabetes mellitus type 1 has been well established through many studies and to this day is subject to on-going clinical and scientific investigation worldwide. while no link has been established between coeliac disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus, coeliac dise...

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...

Objective: To assess maternal and fetal outcomes in Jordanian women with known Diabetes Mellitus or Gestational Diabetes. Methods: A retrospective medical record review was conducted on 234 pregnant women who were followed at the National Center for Diabetes Endocrinology and Genetics and Gynecological Department in Jordan University Hospital between 2004 and 2009. A total of 148 subjects had G...

PURPOSE To report a case of Wolfram syndrome (WS) characterized by diabetes mellitus, diabetes insipidus, progressive optic atrophy, and deafness. CASE REPORT A 19-year-old female patient, a known case of diabetes mellitus type I from six years before, presented with progressive vision loss since four years earlier. On fundoscopic examination, she had bilateral optic atrophy without diabetic ...

Purpose: Our aim was to investigate the serum cross-linked N-telopeptides of type I collagen levels and total antioxidant capacity in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Methods: 46 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (24M, 22F) aged 41 to 68 years (54.36 ± 7.92) and 34 healthy controls (17M, 17F) aged 40 to 69 years (52.91 ± 8.04) were enrolled in the study. Serum cross-linked N-telopep...

persistent microalbuminuria is predictive of nephropathy in patients with type i diabetes mellitus (dm) and has led to the development of screening programs and intervention studies. we report a longitudinal evaluation of urinary albumin excretion in 118 children with type i dm, attending a single clinic over a period of seven years. collected blood and urine samples were analyzed for glycated ...

Type I diabetes mellitus, also called insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus or IDDM, is a significant chronic condition with implications for dental treatment. Advances in management include intensified therapy, highly purified insulins, and insulin pumps. Periodontal tissues are affected by IDDM, with resultant increases in disease in children affected with IDDM.

Stress may be defined as a state of threatened homeostasis. Stress has been shown to have a role in the cause of diabetes and certainly in the management of the disease. There may be cortisol mediated intra abdominal fat deposition, modulated by chronic stress, leading to metabolic syndrome or Syndrome X. Hypothalamic-pituitary-axis (HPA) activity has also been postulated to have a significant ...