objective(s): leptin exerts various effects on appetite and body weight. disruption of the obesitygene is precedent to fatness. insulin or glucose elevates leptin, but streptozotocin reduces it. however, controversial data exist for the effects of leptin on diabetes and leptin level in each gender. leptin can damage the kidney function but little evidence exists for its hepatic effects. the aim...

conclusions the findings confirmed the positive influence of ud supplements and aerobic training on glycemic control in males with t2dm. when aerobic training was combined with a ud supplement, a greater degree of glycemic control was observed. results a significant decrease in fasting blood sugar (fbs) was observed in the ae group (-9.50 ± 6.96 mg/dl; p = 0.002), the ud group (-7.60 ± 6.04 mg/...

background around 7% of the world population have diabetes and suffer from its extensive complications. many studies are conducted on the positive effects of aerobic and resistance exercises on the reduction of body performances, but considering the available references, no specific study is conducted on the effect of eccentric exercises on patients with diabetes. objectives the current study a...

conclusions due to the scarcity of studies related to some dairy subgroups, it is not possible to make a final judgment about their effects on the risk of diabetes; therefore, more studies need to be conducted on this issue. results out of 1391 articles, 13 (covering 421,421 people) were introduced to the current meta-analysis. the findings showed that the consumption of yoghurt and cream has p...

abstract objective: the aim of current study was evaluation of group-based diabetes self-management education (group-based dsme) effectiveness in improving glycemic control among type 2 diabetic patients attending the yazd diabetes research center in 2014. materials and methods: the study design was quasi-experimental with control group.in this study, 62 diabetic patients were randomly allocate...

Background and Aims. In the present study, we have investigated the activity of adenosine deaminase (ADA) as a diagnostic marker in type 2 (or II) diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Design and Methods. The deaminase activity of ADA1 and ADA2 was determined in serum from 33 patients with type 2 (or II) diabetes mellitus and 35 healthy controls. We also determined the proportion of glycated hemoglobin (Hb...

Diabetes mellitus is a heterogeneous disease that might present as insulin-dependent (type I), non-insulin-dependent (type II), and other forms associated with other endocrine and genetic conditions, as well as those secondary to different infiltrative or destructive pancreatic diseases, parasitosis and post-pancreatectomy patients. Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus is mainly associated to im...

OBJECTIVE To compare angiographic features in women with and without type II diabetes mellitus. SUBJECTS AND METHODS One hundred and six consecutive women who underwent diagnostic coronary angiography in the Chest Diseases Hospital, Kuwait, were chosen for the study. Quantitative coronary angiography was performed and the angiographic features were assessed. RESULTS Eighty-two patients had ...