The aims of the study were 1. to investigate the frequency of 25-hydroxyvitamin D deficiency and 2. to observe the relationships between D vitamin supplementation and albumin excretion in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). The study population included 100 patients with type 2 DM treated with insulin therapy (mean age 56.1±8.8 yrs). Of 100 patients, 30 (mean age 65.4±6.4 yrs) ...

Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death in the Western world after cancer according to World Health Organization. Many studies have established that high totalcholesterol levels and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels are risk factors for CHD and mortality. Many investigations have been carried out to explore the possibility of increasing components which have hy...

Carnitine is an essential nutrient for the mitochondrial transport of fatty acids. Carnitine deficiency causes a variety of symptoms in multiple organs. Patients with severe motor and intellectual disabilities often have carnitine deficiency. This study aimed to determine the correlation between constipation and carnitine deficiency in them. Patients with severe motor and intellectual disabilit...

Introduction: Depression can present a plethora of symptoms, such as loss pleasure, feelings guilt, low selfesteem, and disturbed sleep or appetite. Selective Serotonin Re-uptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) are considered themainstay treatment for depression. Several studies suggest that antidepressants increase the risk developingmetabolic complications including Insulin Resistance (IR) dyslipidemia, t...

This study was carried out to determine the effects of subchronic thinner inhalation on oxidant− antioxidant balance,the relation between toxicity and oxidative stress, a possible protective effect α-lipoic acid against toxicationin rats. Sprague−Dawley rats were divided into 4 groups as follows: control (Gr. I), safranal II), III), andthinner+safranal Gr. IV). Each group consisted 10 rats, las...

BACKGROUND This study investigates the ability of quince leaf extract to prevent progression of atherosclerosis and to determine the lipid-lowering effect of it. OBJECTIVES This study suggested that quince leaf effects on progression of atherosclerosis, and performed comparison with atorvastatin as a standard medication. MATERIALS AND METHODS The effect of 50mg/kg of the quince leaf extract...

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus is acomplex metabolic disorder associated with increased risk of microvascular and macrovascular disease characterized by chronic hyperglycaemia resulting from defect in insulin secretion, action, or both. Diabetic retinopathy (DR) causes visual impairment as a result long term accumulated damaged to the small blood vessels retina.Adipocyte fatty acid binding pro...

There are extensive epidemiological data demonstrating that high blood cholesterol levels increase cardiovascular risk, and that this risk is dependent on the levels of the different blood cholesterol fractions. Moreover, the reduction of total blood cholesterol has been clearly related to a reduction in the risk of stroke, coronary disease and overall cardiovascular death. However, the traditi...

Background: CMV is a common infection in chronic hemodialysis patients. CMV positive patients are more likely to havecarotid atherosclerosis plaques as compared with CMV negative individuals. Carotid ultrasonography (US) is one of the most used imagingtechniques for the assessment of atherosclerosis, and it is increasingly applied in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and in chronic k...

conclusions these results indicate the lipid-lowering effects of quince leaf similar to atorvastatin and it can probably serve as a new potential natural product for atherosclerosis treatment. results oral administration of cholesterol for 8 weeks resulted in a significant increase (p < 0.05) in plasma markers. treatment with the extract at dose of 50 mg/kg and 0.5 mg/kg of atorvastatin not onl...