Traditional medicine has been developed rapidly throughout the world to treat hyperlipidemia. However, use of a single compound in hyperlipidemia treatment usually have low efficacy. Therefore, combination ingredients is bound more synergistic impact therapy. This research aimed examine hypolipidemic potential mountain papaya (MPE) and bitter melon fruit ethanolic extract (BME) alloxan-induced ...

Beta Glucan food supplements have been reported to be of benefit in diabetes and hyperlipidemia. We report a pilot study of the effects of Nichi Glucan, 1, 3-1, 6 Beta Glucan food supplement, in lowering the blood glucose and lipid levels in three patients with noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) from India. These patients had increased blood glucose and lipid levels inspite of routi...

Natural remedies from medicinal plants are considered to be effective and safe alternative treatments for diabetes mellitus. Decoction prepared from the leaves of I. frutescens is used to alleviate the symptoms of diabetes mellitus in folk medicine. The present study was designed to evaluate the anti-diabetic and antihyperlipidemic effects of the polyphenolic extract (PPE) of I. frutescens leav...

BACKGROUND Lipotoxicity is a key feature of the pathogenesis of diabetic kidney disease, and is attributed to excessive lipid accumulation (hyperlipidemia). Increasing evidence suggests that fibroblast growth factor (FGF)21 has a crucial role in lipid metabolism under diabetic conditions. OBJECTIVE The present study investigated whether FGF21 can prevent hyperlipidemia- or diabetes-induced re...

background: the nigella sativa l. seeds have been used as herbal medicine in several countries for the treatment and prevention of a wide range of diseases like cough and bronchial asthma, headache, nasal congestion, toothaches, intestinal worm, menstrual disorder, digestive abnormality, and impotence. objective: the aim of this review was to collect updated available data focused on the pharma...

BACKGROUND Hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes are among the most prevalent and costly chronic health conditions affecting the U.S. population. Prescription treatments for these conditions are of critical importance to the health of patients, yet suboptimal adherence to prescription treatments for these conditions is not uncommon. While monthly prescription restriction has become a commo...

BACKGROUND Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-related mortality has decreased because of highly active antiretroviral therapy. As the life expectancy of HIV-infected patients has increased, the management of comorbid disease in such patients has become a more important concern. We examined the level of comfort self-reported by experts in HIV medicine with prescribing medications to HIV-infected...

Objective: Studies reported conflicting results’ regarding the status of depression and glycemic control in patients with type II diabetes(T2DM), therefore, this study was performed to determine the relationship between depression and glycemic control in T2DM patients. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on 150 T2DM patients referred to Yazd diabetes researc...

BACKGROUND Employer-sponsored health risk assessments (HRA) may include laboratory tests to provide evidence of disease and disease risks for common medical conditions. We evaluated the ability of HRA-laboratory testing to provide new disease-risk information to participants. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We performed a cross-sectional analysis of HRA-laboratory results for participating adu...