to describe and compare the clinical outcome of infants born to mothers with gestational and pregestational diabetes mellitus, this study was conducted between january 2000 to january 2002 in tehran vali-e-- -asr hospital. among 4472 deliveries, we found 107 infants born to diabetic mothers out of whom 6 were twins. the prevalence of diabetes in total deliveries was 2.39%. mean age of gestation...

background boswellia serrata has been used in a wide variety of diseases, including diabetes mellitus and inflammatory diseases. objectives this study focused on the effects of boswellia serrata aqueous extract on blood glucose and the complications of diabetes in the liver and kidneys and examined the impact of plant on reproduction in diabetic rats. materials and methods the antioxidant capac...

materials and methods total protein was determined by lowery method. bovine lens alr2 was partially purified by gel filtration chromatography on sephadextm g25. bovine cortex kidney alr1 was partially purified by diethylaminoethyl (deae) precipitation. the hydroalcoholic extract was obtained from frozen propolis. the enzyme activity and sorbitol accumulation in erythrocytes were determined spec...

gestational diabetes mellitus (gdm) is one of the important problems in pregnant women. this study conducted to determine association the level of serum glucose with fetal-maternal complications of gestational diabetes with insulin therapy. this study has been conducted as an existing data study, so medical records of all pregnant women with gdm that have been treated with insulin during 2 year...

background: reported data from developed countries showed that annually a high percentage of health budgets consume for controlling and treatment of complications in diabetes disease. early diagnosis of diabetes, education and health cares, not only prevent progress of disease and complications but also it is cost effective. methods: for gestational diabetes screening, all pregnant women attend...

statement of the problem oral health education may play an important role in the prevention of oral complications of diabetes mellitus. different methods have been used to present these educations purpose this study investigated the efficacy of oral health education package to increase knowledge of diabetic patients about oral health in iran. materials and methods in this experimental study, 37...

conclusions these results demonstrated that cse, mainly through inhibition of alr2, could prevent or delay the diabetic complications, like cataract formation, as a result of sorbitol accumulation. results the cse inhibited alr2 activity, with an ic50 of 0.54 mg/ml and it was seven and a half times greater than that of alr1 inhibition, indicating the specificity of cse for alr2, rather than alr...

objective: diabetes mellitus is a major health problem worldwide. the diabetes self-care behavior is an effective strategy to control diabetes. the study aimed to investigate the predictors of self-care behavior based on the health belief model (hbm) among type 2 diabetic patients. materials and methods: this cross-sectional study was carried out on 390 diabetic patients referred to hamadan dia...