objective: diabetes mellitus is one of the most common metabolic disorders which have several oral complications such as hypofunction of salivary glands. the aim of present study was to compare the unstimulated whole saliva (uws) flow rate in diabetic type ii patients and healthy peoples who admitted in yazd diabetic center. materials and methods: in this analytic-observational study, 78 patien...

abstract objective: this study was carried out for investigating the religion orientation relationship with coping with diabetes in type 2 diabetic patients in yazd, iran. the present study is a kind of scientific-comparative description. the research subjects comprised of all type 2 diabetic patients admitted to the hospitals in yazd. materials and methods: the study sample was consisted of 16...

background: diabetic patients have some difficulties in controlling their disease and integrating it in their life. self-efficacy is a psychosocial variable in the field of diabetes which can have desirable or undesirable effects on all kinds of disease outcomes. this study aimed to determine self-efficacy and its effective factors among type 2 diabetic patients. methods: this cross-sectional s...

background: diabetic foot as a late complication of diabetes imposes high costs to the health care system. the present study aimed to investigate combinatorial educational program based on basnef model on foot care in type 2 diabetic patients referred to diabetes clinic of samirom city. methods: this study is a semi-empirical study, in which 164 eligible patients were selected after the pre-tes...

back ground: nowadays diabetes is considered as the most common metabolic disorder and an important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. diabetes has not definitive treatment but the progression of the disease and its related complication could be prevented properly by proper diet. the aim of current study is to determine the relation between fruit and vegetable consumption and physical ...

conclusions full factorial design experimental approach helped to identify the critical culture condition parameters in heterologous expression of v2r. it would allow studying the parameters affecting the function of this protein in future experiments. results the maximum amount of protein production was obtained by the addition of 0.75 mm iptg at 37°c after three hours. the most important fact...

background: herpes simplex virus type 2 (hsv-2) is highly prevalent and major cause of genital herpes in humans. the life-long nature of infection and the increasing prevalence of genital herpes imply that vaccination is the best strategy for controlling the spread of infection and limiting hsv disease. hsv glycoprotein d (gd) is one of the most important viral immunogen which has an essential ...

background: diabetes is a major cause of death. oxidative stress mainly caused by hyperglycemia is the primary reason of related complications. omega-3 fatty acids are prescribed in diabetes but the effect on antioxidant defense is controversial. this study investigated effects of omega-3 supplementation on antioxidant enzymes activity in type 2 diabetic patients. methods: a randomized, placebo...

background: the homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (homa-ir) is a useful model for application at large epidemiologic studies. the aim of this study was to determine the homa cut off values to identify insulin resistance (ir) and metabolic syndrome (ms) in qazvin, central iran. methods: overall, 480 men and 502 women aged 20-72 yr attended in this cross sectional study from sept...