BACKGROUND The associations of metabolic syndrome (MetS) or diabetes mellitus (DM) on long-term survival after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) have not been extensively evaluated. The aim of the present study was to assess the impact of MetS and DM on the 16-year survival after CABG. METHODS Diabetic and metabolic status together with relevant cardiovascular data was established in 910...

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Although it is noted throughout the literature that adverse effects occur, one review of safety reporting determined clinical trials only report adverse effects between 29% (laboratory adverse effects) and 39% (clinical adverse effects) (Ioannidis, et al, 2001). It is important to keep these numbers in mind when looking at the number of drug-induced hypoglycemia cases. Seltzer’s review of the l...

We summarize the status of Dark Matter, focussing on recent developments, mostly prompted by the cosmic-ray excess observed by PAMELA and FERMI. Cosmology and astrophysics established that DM exists, but so far could see DM only via its gravitational interactions, weighting the total DM amount: Ω DM h 2 = 0.110 ± 0.005 [1]. This is all the positive information we have so far on DM. Various boun...

P atients with diabetes mellitus (DM) are at higher risk of tuberculosis (TB) (1), especially in China, where there is a high burden of both diseases (2). Comorbidity of DM and TB (DM 1 TB) results in higher probabilities of treatment failure, multidrug resistance, and death (3). In China, epidemiologic information for DM 1 TB is limited, and effective tools to identify cases of DM 1 TB are not...

Wavelength (nm) 1995), analysis of sugar related products (Schaffler et al., 1993) and predicting varietal resistance to the stalk borer Eldana saccharina Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) (Rutherford et al., 1993). This paper is a summary of some past and current research in South Africa, as well as indicating potential new applications. Comparison of NIR spectra for a range of products tested a...