Diabetes Mellitus - Therapy
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Diabetes mellitus and bone disease in cystic fibrosis.

14 Sep 2009 Patients with cystic fibrosis are frequently affected with pancreatic insufficiency and are predisposed to the development of diabetes mellitus (DM) and bone demineralization. Cystic fibrosis-related diabetes mellitus is a clinical entity distinct ... Read more...

[Risk factors for falls in diabetics and measures for prevention]

30 Aug 2009 The reasons of falls for diabetics are low visual acuity, sensory disturbance by neuropathy, dizziness by orthostatic hypotension and low cognition of hyperglycemia or hypoglycemia. In order to prevent diabetics from fractures we should minimize the ... Read more...

The effects of an incentive program on quality of care in diabetes management.

30 Aug 2009 An incentive program for general practitioners to encourage systematic and igh-quality care in chronic disease management was introduced in Australia in 1999. There is little empirical evidence and ambiguous theoretical guidance on which effects to ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Diabetes Mellitus - Therapy'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• HIV/AIDS and diabetes: minimizing risk, optimizing care. 29 Nov 2009
• Diabetes mellitus and bone disease in cystic fibrosis. 14 Sep 2009
• [Risk factors for falls in diabetics and measures for prevention] 30 Aug 2009
• The effects of an incentive program on quality of care in diabetes management. 30 Aug 2009
• [Fasting in Ramadan despite chronic diseases] 23 Aug 2009
• Association between cognitive function and social support with glycemic control in adults with diabetes mellitus. 11 Aug 2009
• Health care utilization and costs by metabolic syndrome risk factors. 30 Jul 2009
• Weighing risk: the expert committee's recommendations in practice. 30 Jul 2009
• Use of the metabolic syndrome in pediatrics: a blessing and a curse. 30 Jul 2009
• Preface: Chronic diseases in childhood obesity: risks and benefits of early intervention. Ohio, April 2-3, 2009. 30 Jul 2009
• Mining incretin hormone pathways for novel therapies. 30 Jul 2009
• Diagnosis and approach to posttransplant diabetes. 30 Jul 2009
• Evaluation of an online Diabetes Needs Assessment Tool (DNAT) for health professionals: a randomised controlled trial. 28 Jul 2009
• Cystic fibrosis related diabetes. 12 Jul 2009
• Treating 4,000 diabetic patients in Cambodia, a high-prevalence but resource-limited setting: a 5-year study. 12 Jul 2009
• Declarations, declarations. Jul 2009
• Implementation of a diabetes clinic-in-a-clinic project in a family practice setting: using the plan, do, study, act model. 29 Jun 2009
• HOXA3 modulates injury-induced mobilization and recruitment of bone marrow-derived cells. 29 Jun 2009
• Diabetes care in the community. 29 Jun 2009
• Cardiac autonomic neuropathy, estimated cardiovascular risk, and circadian blood pressure pattern in diabetes mellitus. 29 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Diabetes Mellitus'

Definition: A heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by HYPERGLYCEMIA and GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE.

Descriptor UI: D003920

Alternative terms: Diabetes Mellitus;

Related Mesh Headings: Diabetes Insipidus; Diabetic Diet; Prediabetic State; Scleredema Adultorum; Glycosylation End Products, Advanced; Glucose Intolerance; Gastroparesis;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C18.452.394.750; C19.246;

Technical Notes: GEN or unspecified; prefer specifics; pregnancy of diabetic patients = PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS but do not confuse with DIABETES, GESTATIONAL: see note there; PREDIABETIC STATE is also available & includes subclinical diabetes; /diet ther: consider coord with DIABETIC DIET but see note there; alloxan- & streptozocin-induced diabetes: see note on DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL