Diabetes Mellitus Diabetic kidney disease Microalbuminuria Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: The ability to identify diabetic patients at high risk for progressive renal decline should be one of the priorities of nephrology community. Early identification may lead to improved clinical management, quality of life, and a decrease in the already high burden of morb...

Diabetes mellitus is a major risk factor for ischemic heart disease (IHD). Patients with diabetes and IHD experience worse clinical outcomes, suggesting that the diabetic heart may be more susceptible to ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI). In contrast, the animal data suggests that the diabetic heart may be either more, equally, or even less susceptible to IRI. The conflicting animal data may be...

BACKGROUND Medical nutritional therapy is an important aspect of diabetes care, there is an increasing awareness of breakfast skipping, late dinner and meal contents on diabetes control. AIM To assess dietary habits, physical activity and diabetes perception among patients with type 2 diabetes. METHODS This case-control study was conducted among patients with diabetes mellitus at the diabet...

The prevalence of diabetes continues to increase worldwide.1 Renal disease shows the strongest correlationwith excess mortality in diabetes, yet the mechanisms of diabetic kidney disease (DKD) remain poorly understood. It has been repeatedly demonstrated that hyperglycemia plays a crucial role in DKD initiation, both in patients and in animal models. Cells that are unable to downregulate their ...

nents, can lead to de novo ESRD in subjects without identifiable ESRD risks. These data also increase the urgency to identify kidney toxic dietary components and if these components can promote ESRD even in subjects who have no identifiable risk factors. Diet remains a relatively underused component of the clinician’s armamentarium in the fight to prevent patients with CKD progressing to ESRD a...