OBJECTIVES The current study sought to identify macroscopic placental changes associated with clinical conditions in women with or without diabetes and their newborns. METHODS The study population consisted of 62 pregnant women clinically diagnosed with diabetes and 62 healthy women (control group). RESULTS Among the subjects with diabetes, 43 women (69.3%) were diagnosed with gestational d...

erectile dysfunction (ed) is an important impediment to quality of life. diabetes mellitus is one of the most common causes of ed. however, it has been one of the most neglected complications of diabetes mellitus. our objective was to study the prevalence of ed and its risk factors in iranian diabetic men. during 2002-2004, 700 diabetic men aged 20-69 years were interviewed to report on their e...

background: diabetes is the most common metabolic disorder which is required to be taken under control. according to some studies, the impact of self-regulation on health has been considered as a monitoring strategy to achieve individual’s goals. objectives: this study, which was performed in 2012, aimed at determining the consequences of self-regulation on controlling type 2 diabetes. patients...

conclusions these findings suggest that apelin does not play any significant role in regulating the pain threshold in type 1 diabetes mellitus during exercise training. results plasma apelin level was higher (0.3 vs. 0.1, p < 0.0001) and the tail-flick latency was lower (2.2 vs. 3.8, p < 0.0001) in the d group than in the nd group. after the training program, plasma apelin levels decreased in t...

background: vitamin d deficiency may play a key role in the development of impaired glucose tolerance, type 2 diabetes mellitus (t2dm), and metabolic syndrome. several studies have shown that vitamin d has an antioxidant property. we aimed to investigate 25?hydroxy vitamin d (25[oh]d) levels in patients with t2dm and in nondiabetic healthy controls and to ascertain the impact of 25(oh)d levels ...

objective diabetes mellitus (dm) as a metabolic disorder is becoming a serious threat of health. in recent years, there has been renewed interest in the treatment against different diseases using medicinal plants. the present randomized clinical trial was carried out to evaluate the efficacy of ziziphus in improving glucose control in women with type 2 diabetes mellitus (t2dm). materials and me...

clinical data showed consumption of buckwheat played a very positive role in the relief of diabetes and its complications. the purpose of this study was to explore the effects and mechanisms of the overall flavonoids from buckwheat flowers and leaves (tfbfl) on renal damage in type 2 diabetes mellitus (t2dm) rats. seventy male wistar rats were selected. ten rats were randomly allocated into a n...

diabetes mellitus (dm) is the most prevalent metabolic disease worldwide and is associated with coronary artery disease (cad). therefore it is very important to find a clue to diagnose the presence of cad as early as possible in dm patients. the aim of this study was to find any correlation between microalbuminuria (mau) and the severity of cad in patients with dm type 2. this was a cross secti...

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,...