Diabetes Mellitus
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Comparison of varicella-zoster virus-specific immunity of patients with diabetes mellitus and healthy individuals.

13 Nov 2009 Cell-mediated immunity (CMI) has been shown to be critical for the prevention and control of varicella-zoster virus (VZV)-related diseases. Because a large population-based study has revealed that diabetes mellitus is a risk factor for herpes ... Read more...

Adverse effects of corticosteroid therapy in neuromuscular diseased patients are common and receive insufficient prophylaxis.

30 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Corticosteroid therapy is known to have long-term adverse effects and complications, but our knowledge of the adverse effects of corticosteroids within a neuromuscular patient population is limited. AIMS OF THE STUDY: We sought to ... Read more...

Usefulness of carotid intima-media thickness in patients with diabetes mellitus as a predictor of coronary artery disease.

13 Oct 2009 Identification of asymptomatic patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) at increased risk for coronary artery disease (CAD) remains a challenge. Carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) has been proposed as a surrogate marker for CAD but only limited data ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Diabetes Mellitus'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• HIV/AIDS and diabetes: minimizing risk, optimizing care. 29 Nov 2009
• Comparison of varicella-zoster virus-specific immunity of patients with diabetes mellitus and healthy individuals. 13 Nov 2009
• Perioperative safety and bariatric surgery. 3 Nov 2009
• An unsatisfactory report card. 30 Oct 2009
• Adverse effects of corticosteroid therapy in neuromuscular diseased patients are common and receive insufficient prophylaxis. 30 Oct 2009
• Usefulness of carotid intima-media thickness in patients with diabetes mellitus as a predictor of coronary artery disease. 13 Oct 2009
• Trends in medication use among US adults with diabetes mellitus: glycemic control at the expense of controlling cardiovascular risk factors. 10 Oct 2009
• beta-Cell-specific overexpression of glutathione peroxidase preserves intranuclear MafA and reverses diabetes in db/db mice. 7 Oct 2009
• Harmonizing the metabolic syndrome: a joint interim statement of the International Diabetes Federation Task Force on Epidemiology and Prevention; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; American Heart Association; World Heart Federation; International Atherosclerosis Society; and International Association for the Study of Obesity. 3 Oct 2009
• Is elevated noradrenaline an aetiological factor in a number of diseases? 29 Sep 2009
• Diabetes, metabolic abnormalities, and glaucoma. 29 Sep 2009
• Normoglycemia in nondiabetic African Americans hospitalized with heart failure. 29 Sep 2009
• 2009 Presidential Address: mentoring ... touching the future. 29 Sep 2009
• Mycobacterial antigen-induced T helper type 1 (Th1) and Th2 reactivity of peripheral blood mononuclear cells from diabetic and non-diabetic tuberculosis patients and Mycobacterium bovis bacilli Calmette-Guérin (BCG)-vaccinated healthy subjects. 29 Sep 2009
• Patient-centered care: what is the best measuring stick? 26 Sep 2009
• Antiphospholipid antibodies and risk of myocardial infarction and ischaemic stroke in young women in the RATIO study: a case-control study. 23 Sep 2009
• Position statement of the Australian Diabetes Society: individualisation of glycated haemoglobin targets for adults with diabetes mellitus. 19 Sep 2009
• Glycaemic control in hospitalised diabetic patients at the University Hospital Basel in 2002 and in 2005. 17 Sep 2009
• The benefits of risk factor prevention in Americans aged 51 years and older. 15 Sep 2009
• Diabetes mellitus and bone disease in cystic fibrosis. 14 Sep 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