epidemiology studies have demonstrated inconsistent associations between type 2 diabetes mellitus and the risk of malignant melanoma. to this end, the aim was to perform a meta-analysis of cohort studies.medline, pubmed, embase and the cochrane library were searched up to february 2014. cohort studies addressing the relative risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus on malignant melanoma were included i...

background : pancreas as the insulin-producing gland is subjected to destruction and change in the diabetes-producing process. realtime sonography can assess the gland in 95% of cases and its accuracy in diagnosis of pancreatic disease matches that of ct-scan. the purpose of this study was to evaluate pancreatic diameter and echogenicity by sonography and to examine the correlation of these two...

aim : to determine the prevalence of gastrointestinal symptoms and signs among persons with diabetes mellitus in a specialist hospital. background : gastrointestinal symptoms and signs are common among patients with diabetes mellitus. morbidity from patients and methods : in this descriptive, cross-sectional study, subjects from the general population with diabetes (n=200) were recruited for th...

background: diabetes mellitus is a serious public health problem worldwide and particularly in developing countries. in algeria, this metabolic disorder occurs with a wide variety or atypical forms that linked to multiple risk factors including local habits and traditions. this study aimed to determine the impact of risk factors (metabolic syndrome, social, cultural, physical activity, family h...

background: considering the effect of socioeconomic factors on the appearance of chronic diseases, and also the importance of this issue for policy makers of health care services, we tried to assess the role socioeconomic factors have in diabetes complications. this survey may have some benefits in prevention and control of diabetes.   methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted on 384 di...

introduction: diabetes can affect organs including the oral mucosa. there is a disagreement about the prevalence of oral mucosal disease in diabetic patients. we therefore decided to investigate more about that. the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of soft tissue pathologies by assessing burning mouth and xerostomia in diabetic patients on the basis of type of diabetes and cont...

diabetes mellitus is the most common endocrine disorder, causes many complications such as micro- and macro-vascular diseases. anti-diabetic, hypolipidemic and anti-oxidative properties of ginger have been noticed in several researches. the present study was conducted to investigate the effects of ginger on fasting blood sugar, hemoglobin a1c, apolipoprotein b, apolipoprotein a-i, and malondial...