The metabolic syndrome comprises a cluster of cardiometabolic risk factors, with insulin resistance and adiposity as its central features. Identifying individuals with metabolic syndrome is important due to its association with an increased risk of coronary heart disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Attention has focused on the visceral adipose tissue production of cytokines (adipokines) in me...

Background: It is well known that disease process of diabetes mellitus has effects on various tissues of the body. Diabetes mellitus adversely affect the morphology of oral mucosa, which may compromise tissue functions to favor the occurrence of oral infections and oral neoplasia. These effects can be studied at cellular level using oral, buccal exfoliative cytology. Aims and Objectives: To eva...

Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder characterized by chronic hyperglycemia and its type II is the major form of diabetes mellitus, accounting for 90% of cases worldwide. The management of the blood glucose level is a critical strategy in the control of diabetes mellitus complications. There are many and diverse therapeutic strategies in the management of Type II diabetes. The inhibition o...

Introduction: There has been a progressive increase in the incidence of type II diabetes mellitus cases over the past decade. The availability of a wide variety of oral hypoglycemics has given rise to a number of adverse effects. In this case report, we describe the case of a patient recently diagnosed with type II diabetes. He was receiving treatment with glimepiride and experienced rapid onse...

background: nephrotic syndrome and type 1 diabetes mellitus are two common chronic conditions in children. co-existence of these conditions is an extremely rare finding. case presentation: this report presents a 6-year-old boy who was diagnosed with nephrotic syndrome five years ago and type 1 diabetes mellitus in infancy. renal biopsy showed membranous glomerulonephritis, which is a rare histo...

the number of people with diabetes mellitus is increasing and cataracts are one of the most common causes of visual impairment in these patients. advances in cataract surgery have generally resulted in favorable surgical outcomes. however, surgery may not be safe and effective in individuals who were previously not candidates for surgery or who had limited visual prognosis. many questions remai...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS High-density lipoproteins (HDLs) may directly stimulate β-cell function and glucose metabolism. We determined the relationships of fasting high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), plasma apolipoprotein (apo) A-I and apoA-II, and HDL-C-to-apoA-I and HDL-C-to-apoA-II ratios, as estimates of HDL particle composition, with incident type 2 diabetes mellitus. METHODS A pros...

background: self care of diabetes is essential for control of disease and improvement of quality of patients' life. the aim of this study was to assess factors influencing self-care practice of patients in urban area of urmia, northwest of iran. methods: in this cross-sectional study, 400 diabetic patients were randomly selected from eight healthcare centers in urmia city in 2010. data collecti...

background: low compliance with drugs regimens in diabetic patients is one of the greatest challenges in the treatment of diabetes. the aim of this study was to evaluate compliance with medical orders in diabetic patients referred to the endocrinology clinic of afzalipour hospital, kerman, iran. methods: in this cross sectional study 345 of the 3000 patients, who referred to the endocrinology c...

background: this study conducted to assess publications of diabetes treatments to understand research gaps and priorities to guide a management map for future strategy of diabetes research in iran. methods: all studies published from the beginning until 2015 in national and international journals by iranian authors conducted in the field of diabetes. this comprehensive search strategy without a...