background: the purpose of this study was to determine the effects of educational program based on the basnef (belief, attitude, subjective norm, and enabling factors) model on eye care among patients with insulin independent diabetes mellitus in shiraz city, fars province, iran. methods: we enrolled 100 patients with non-insulin independent diabetes mellitus (type ii) fulfilling the inclusion ...

conclusions the lh is a common problem in insulin-treated jordanian patients with t2dm. more efforts are needed to educate patients and health workers on simple interventions such as using shorter needles and frequent rotation of the insulin injection sites to avoid lh and improve glycemic control. results the overall prevalence of lh was 37.3% (27.4% grade 1, 9.7% grade 2, and 0.2% grade 3). t...

concurrent disorders with diabetes mellitus is one of the most challenging subject. our knowledge of the most common concurrent disorders in diabetic dogs may be useful in diagnosis of these disorders and better treatment of diabetic dogs. in this study diabetes mellitus was diagnosed in a 7-year-old male german shepherd dog, based on clinical and laboratory findings. following the diagnosis of...

to achieve tight glycemic control in diabetic patients, it may be necessary to introduce insulin therapy much earlier in the disease course. poor glycemic control is a risk factor for the development of diabetic complications. many patients require insulin therapy after several years of disease in order to maintain good glycemic control and prevent complications. but many patients do not receiv...

conclusions our study showed a significant association between h63d and c282y mutations and the risk of type 2 diabetes in iranian population. background type 2 diabetes (t2d) is a common metabolic disease caused by insulin secretion defects, which is associated with a variety of complications such as retinopathy, nephropathy, and neuropathy. objectives regarding the relationship between type 2...

conclusions vitamin d repletion for 12 weeks increased serum vitamin d concentrations and improved β-cell activity in vitamin d-deficient type ii diabetes with no significant changes in hba1c or insulin sensitivity. results median [iqr] 25(oh)d levels increased significantly in the vitamin d group as 58.1 [48, 67.3] nmol/l (p = 0.002). there was no significant difference in the change of hba1c ...

conclusions therapeutic dose of vitamin d can improve vitamin d status and glycemic indicators. but it seems that an 8-week intervention period was not sufficient to reveal the possible effects of vitamin d on serum adiponectin levels. results after 8-week intervention, serum 25-hydroxyvitamin d significantly increased and reached the normal levels in patients receiving vitamin d (p < 0.001) an...

BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to identify the impact of diabetes and related comorbidities, namely chronic renal failure, peripheral vascular disease, and low ejection fraction (<35%), on long-term survival of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery. METHODS AND RESULTS A unicenter study was conducted on 9125 survivors of isolated coronary artery bypass graft sur...

background: helicobacter pylori infection is one of the most common chronic bacterial infections. there is challenge on the real rate of prevalence of h. pylori in diabetic patients. this study was done to assess the prevalence of h. pylori infection in children suffering from type 1 insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. methods: in this case-control study, 80 diabetic patients (as the target gr...