AIMS/INTRODUCTION Oxidative stress has a key role in the pathogenesis of diabetes. Propolis and its constituents have a wide range of medicinal properties against oxidative stress. In the present study, we evaluated the anti-oxidant effects of ethanolic extracts of propolis on kidneys in diabetes mellitus rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 40 male Wistar rats were randomly divided into th...

AIMS The prevalence of diabetes mellitus in pancreatic cancer patients and control subjects was compared. METHODS Retrospective evaluation of 182 pancreatic cancer patients and 135 controls. The presence of diabetes was evaluated and the time period between the diagnosis of diabetes and pancreatic cancer was assessed. A subanalysis based on patient sex was conducted. RESULTS Diabetes mellit...

BACKGROUND Hemichorea/hemiballism associated with nonketotic hyperglycemia is a well-recognized syndrome, but few case series have been reported in the literature. CASE REPORT We describe 20 patients with hemichorea/hemiballism associated with hyperglycemia (9 males and 11 females) with mean age of 67.8 years. Ten patients had a previous diagnosis of type 2 diabetes mellitus, and one had type...

T he diabetes pandemic is currently among the most challenging noncommunicable disease threats to public health. It is estimated that 382 million people worldwide have diabetes mellitus, and the majority will likely die of cardio-vascular disease. Diabetes mellitus is an independent risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and heart failure, with a 5-fold increased risk of heart f...

background chronic renal failure is an important and common complication of diabetes mellitus; hence, renal transplantation is a frequent and the acceptable treatment in patients with diabetic nephropathy requiring renal replacement therapy. on the other hand, renal transplantation and its conventional treatment can lead to increased diabetes outbreak in normoglycemic recipients. also, uncontro...

background: gestational diabetes mellitus (gdm) is a common obstetrical complication with both maternal and fetal side effects.objective: this study was performed to determine the complications in neonates of mothers with gdm receiving insulin vs. dietary regimen.materials and methods: in this prospective cohort study, 140 neonates of mothers with gdm attending javaheri hospital of azad univers...

background and aims. the aim of this study was to establish a relationship between salivary glucose levels and candida carriage rate in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients and assess the growth characteristics and acid production of candida in glucose-supplemented saliva. materials and methods. a total of 90 subjects, 30 with controlled type 2 diabetes, 30 with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes and 30...

background and objectives: type 2 diabetes is the most prevalent form of diabetes mellitus and is associated with a variety of complications. homocysteine is an important independent risk factor for atherosclerotic diseases in both diabetic and non diabetic subjects. the association between these two is still unclear. the aim of this study was to assess the serum homocysteine levels in uncompli...

background: diabetes mellitus is a strong risk factor for cardiovascular disease, including acute myocardial infarction (ami). management of risk factors and the other prevention services in recent years lead to a significant decrease in ami incidence. however, to examine the success of those strategies to control diabetes, this study aimed to identify the trends in prevalence of diabetes melli...