OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to examine whether prescribing practices for elderly individuals with diabetes and hypertension changed over the past decade. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We linked the Ontario Diabetes Database and four administrative databases in Ontario, Canada, to identify 27,822 patients >65 years of age who had diabetes and were newly treated for hypertension betwe...

Article is based on the different pharmacological activity of the triazole ring, from a last decade a lot of work is going on, on the triazole ring , scientists develop a lot of new compounds related to this moiety and screened them for there different pharmacological activities to get a molecule which have good pharmacological activity and lesser side effect. This review article reflects vario...

From December 1993 to March 1999 we treated 18 elderly patients aged 66-87 years, suffering from urban hypothermia: 11 women and 7 men. Ten patients suffered from moderate hypothermia (rectal temperature 32-35 degrees C), and eight from severe hypothermia (rectal temperature < 32 degrees C). Regarding consciousness, in the group suffering from moderate hypothermia, 3 were somnolent and 6 in var...

We investigated the effect of aging on the level of glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1) in healthy subjects and diabetic patients. On the basis of our findings in this study, and using the HbA1c level as an index to long-term plasma glucose control, we compared it with the levels of fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and post-prandial plasma glucose (PPG) in different age groups subjected to different the...

This study empirically analyzes the effect of hospital competition on prescribing behaviors of oral hypoglycemic agents (OHAs) for ambulatory care in a market setting where hospitals are classified into three levels according to Taiwan' s accreditation system. Without distinguishing the types of market structures and hospital levels, there might be no significant relationship between hospital c...

The Central Indiana Beacon Community leads efforts for improving adherence to oral hypoglycemic agents (OHA) to achieve improvements in glycemic control for patients with type 2 diabetes. In this study, we explored how OHA adherence affected hemoglobin A1C (HbA1c) level in different racial groups. OHA adherence was measured by 6-month proportion of days covered (PDC). Of 3,976 eligible subjects...

PURPOSE The objective of this study was to investigate clinical and laboratory parameters that could predict which patients could maintain adequate glycemic control after switching from initial insulin therapy to oral hypoglycemic agents (OHAs) among patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D). MATERIALS AND METHODS We recruited 275 patients with T2D who had been registered in 3 cohorts of initiated ...

Euonymus alatus (E. alatus) is a medicinal plant used in some Asian countries for treating various conditions including cancer, hyperglycemia, and diabetic complications. This review outlines the phytochemistry and bioactivities of E. alatus related to antidiabetic actions. More than 100 chemical constituents have been isolated and identified from E. alatus, including flavonoids, terpenoids, st...