background: gestational diabetes mellitus has adverse effects on maternal and fetal outcomes during pregnancy and after delivery. the aim of this study was evaluation of the status of scientific research in gestational diabetes mellitus (gdm) in iran. methods: this study is a part of the iranian diabetes research roadmap (iddr) project. we investigated the electronic database, including pubmed,...

conclusions consumption of walnut oil (15 g/day for three months) was shown to improve blood glucose level but, no changes were noted for bodyweight and blood pressure in type two diabetic patients. results the two groups were not significantly different for sbp, dbp, body weight, and body mass index. hba1c level decreased significantly in the experiment group by 7.86% ± 21.97 (p = 0.005) from ...

conclusions our study showed that arm is a useful approach in determining which combinations of variables or predictors occur together frequently, in people who will develop diabetes. the arm focuses on joint exposure to different combinations of risk factors, and not the predictors alone. background type 2 diabetes, common and serious global health concern, had an estimated worldwide prevalenc...

objective(s): the object of the study is to examine the effects of δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (thc) against oxidative stress in the blood and excretion of thc metabolites in urine of type 2 diabetic rats. materials and methods: the control (n=8), thc control (n=6), diabetes (n=8) and diabetes + thc (n=7) groups were created. type 2 diabetes was induced by nicotinamide (na, 85 mg/kg) + streptozotoc...

background: the aim of the present clinical trial was to investigate the efficacy of autologous bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (bm-mscs) in glycemic control of diabetic patients without using any immunosuppressive drugs over a nine-month period. method: twenty-three patients with t1dm, at 5 to 30 years of age and in both sexes, participated in this study. this trial consisted of two phases;...

abstract objective: it has been reported that adenosine deaminase (ada) is a good marker for insulin function but its clinical significance in type 2 diabetes mellitus (t2dm) is not yet characterized. this study aims to assess the association of ada with glycated hemoglobin (hba1c) and uric acid (ua) in t2dm patients. materials and methods: the study population consisted of 120 subjects divided...

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a risk factor for periodontal diseases and oral complications are frequently encountered in diabetic patients. In recent studies it was hypothesed that, the gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) prostoglandin E2 (PGE2) levels are higher in type I diabetic individuals than non diabetics. The aim of our study is to determine the GCF PGE2 levels of the individuals with type II ...

The present study was aimed at verifying whether serum L-fucose, total sialic acid (TSA) and ceruloplasmin can be used as prognostic indicators for type II diabetes mellitus, which will help in detecting complications of diabetes at an earlier stage. Thirty confirmed type II diabetic patients and 30 non-diabetic subjects were considered for the study. Serum L-fucose, total sialic acid and cerul...

[Purpose] To review and assess the effectiveness of whole body vibration therapy on the physical function of patients with type II diabetes mellitus. [Subjects and Methods] A computerized database search was performed through PubMed, Medline, EMBASE, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, the Physiotherapy Evidence Database, and the reference lists of all relevant articles. The met...

Background: Type II diabetes mellitus is a common problem and is sometimes associated with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) due to compression of median nerve at wrist. Electrophysiological tests are frequently used for its diagnosis. In this work, F-wave minimal latency (FWML) difference between median and ulnar nerve and F-ratio is used to facilitate the diagnosis and severity of CTS in type II d...