A CLINICAL STUDY OF THE CUTANEOUS MANIFESTATIONS OF TYPE II DIABETES MELLITUS INTRODUCTION: Diabetes Mellitus has been a major public health problem in India, and our country has a distinction of having the largest number of diabetics in the world (1). Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a disease that affects all organs and tissue of human body. The changes in the skin are parallel to those occurring in the internal organs. Many skin disorders show an increased incidence and severity in patients with diabetes
Taxing Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Diabetes Prevention Policy Brief Xuan Zhang, 9/30/2015 Obesity in Kentucky has become a concentrating point for public attention. Since the obesity population lacks political power, this population is more dependent on government intervention. Therefore it is time to frame the problem and the tax law politically (1, 2). The one-cent per ounce federal tax on soda and other sweetened beverages with added caloric sweetener has been advocated in order to finance
of a wide range of health problems and concerns, including stroke, metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes, depression, arthritis and several types of cancer.
vegetables in their backyard’s without adding any chemicals or preservatives. Nowadays, food industry has become more complicated and corrupt. Mario Nestle, a professor of nutrition at New York University confessed in an article “Big Food’s Real appetite” (1) that she overheard her nutritionist coworkers say that “Food companies will make and market any product that sells, regardless of its nutritional value or its effect on health”. These products can cause lots of problems, without the consumer knowing
1. Introduction Seafood is a staple protein source in many countries, thus its safety for human consumption is essential for food security, quality of life and the environment. However, seafood can contain unsafe levels of the heavy metal Cadmium (Cd), in whom biomagnification can cause Cd levels to be as much as one million times higher than the ambient environment. The health hazard of Cd exposure was first recognised in the early 1950s. Some effects include renal disease and pre-diabetes. This
4.7 Sampling technique 138 type 2 diabetics who met the study inclusion criteria and willing to participate in the study were selected. Using computer generated random number; they were randomly allocated into control group or experimental group (69+69). It is done by allocation of participants by randomization schedule and sealed envelope method. Randomization chits were made and were kept in sequentially numbered small envelops. The random schedule was generated through computer for 138 participants
Insulin is key mediator in diabetes related hyperglycemia and hyperlipidemia. In the present study, we have investigated insulin related beneficial effects of swertiamarin using primary cultures of islets of langerhans and streptozotocin (STZ) diabetic rats. In STZ-diabetic rats, swertiamarin produced an increase
is about two groups of people in Arizona: the Pima and Tohono O’odham Indians that have the highest diabetes rates in the world. Half of the Tohono O’odham adults have Type 2 diabetes and the diabetes rate for children are increasing at an alarming rate. The film begins with a photographer/activist named Terrol D. Johnson taking pictures of his old neighborhood and interviewing people with diabetes. The filmmakers emphasize that the Tohono people used to rely on “beans and wild game, crops that were
result of drug interaction become harmful if the interaction causes an increase in the toxicity of the drug, However, a decrease in clinical response to drug can be occur and sometimes can be dangerous especially in the chronic diseases such as diabetes and hypertension. These undesirable and unbeneficial adverse side effects for drug interactions. Contrariwise, there are other drug interaction that are wanted and beneficial, like the co-administration of diuretics and antihypertensive (Hydrochlorothiazide
Human Hibernation: Is it the new Cure for the Lifestyle Diseases? The world suffers from an epidemic of lifestyle diseases. The non-communicable diseases like diabetes, heart disease and cancer are the leading causes of death in the developed world—much more than those caused by infectious diseases. Bad eating habits, lack of exercise and tobacco consumption are some of the reasons to blame. While it may take years for us to break our habits, is there a simper option? Perhaps, further research may