OBJECTIVE In recent years, there has been an ongoing discussion on the relationship between diabetes and driving. As driving performance will inevitably decline at lower levels of glycemia, patients' decisions concerning driving or taking corrective action when hypoglycemia occurs immediately before or during driving seems paramount. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Twenty-four type 1 diabetic pat...

Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is recognized as a critical priority because of its epidemic nature. Successful diabetes treatment not yet established and nowadays, considered global problem. Recent medications have proved to be complete treating agents because, until now no one had completely cured diabetes. Current antidiabetic drugs many undesirable side effects. So, an alternative therapy required. ...

background: the prevalence of type 2 diabetes is increasing in malaysia, with most patients poorly controlled. hence, this study aimed to determine nutritional and metabolic status as well as blood pressure of malaysian patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and identify associated risk factors for poor glycemic control. materials and methods: a total of 104 type 2 diabetic patients were recrui...

The bioevaluation of yasada bhasma was carried out on experimental animals and was found to be a very effective hypoglycaemic drug.

Hypoglycaemic activity of shilajeet and Yashada Bhasma was determined in normoglycaemic and alloxanized rats. Significant activity was observed in the treated groups. However, the activity was found to be comparatively milder in shilajatu treated rats compared to Yashada bhasma treated rats.

OBJECTIVE AND DESIGN Gliclazide has been associated with a low risk of hypoglycemic episodes and beneficial long-term cardiovascular safety in observational cohorts. The aim of this study was to assess in a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials the safety and efficacy of gliclazide compared to other oral glucose-lowering agents (PROSPERO2013:CRD42013004156). DATA...

The primary objective of this study was to estimate 1) the annual risk of undergoing a severe hypoglycemic event in Italian patients with diabetes and 2) the risk of hospitalization following such event. From the HYPOTHESIS database, powered by 46 emergency departments covering a 12-million-odd population, data were extracted of 1,922 hypoglycemic events occurring in patients with diabetes in 2...