AIMS Hyperinsulinemia in overweight status, obesity, and type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) is often accompanied by cancer. Gender is important in cancer epidemiology, clinical presentation, and response to therapy in different histological types of malignancy. Insufficient information is available concerning gender differences in DM with organ-specific and nonorgan-specific cancers. This study aime...

conclusions anemia is a common complication of dm and is associated with duration of disease and microvascular complications. results a total of 93 patients (30.4%) had anemia including 46 (15.1%) with normochromic normocytic, 44 (14.4%) with hyperchromic microcytic, and 3 (1%) with hyperchromic macrocytic anemias. there was a positive correlation between duration of dm and anemia. microvascula...

END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE (ESRD) in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) represents a medical problem with worldwide dimensions. Currently, approximately 40% of all prevalent ESRD cases and almost half of all new cases in the United States are attributed to type 2 DM. Due to the increasing incidence of type 2 DM and the increased survival of these individuals due to improved medical treatmen...

BACKGROUND The aim of this work was to evaluate the impact of diabetes on female sexuality and to highlight any differences between sexuality in the context of type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). METHODS The subjects selected were 49 women with type 1 DM, 24 women with type 2 DM, and 45 healthy women as controls. Each participant was given the nine-item Female Sexual Function Index ques...

Objective: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM-2) is a chronic and progressive metabolic disorder known as a serious threatening condition in the individual and society. Type 2 diabetes mellitus is known as the major cause of cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Contradictory evidences about the effect of omega-3 fatty acids on CVD risk factors, particularly hypertension. The aim of this study was to determ...

diabetes mellitus (dm) and osteoporosis are common diseases and their prevalence increases with age. several investigations have indicated that type 1 dm has a significant relationship with bone loss, whereas in type 2 diabetes, this relationship is controversial. therefore, this study was conducted to determine the relationship between osteoporosis and type 2 dm in elderly people. this populat...