Bariatric Surgery, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, and Infertility by James Butterworth, Jean Deguara, Cynthia-Michelle Borg

“…Bariatric surgery has been shown to conclusively improve life expectancy, quality of life, and comorbidities like type 2 diabetes and obstructive sleep apnea. However, further research is required to identify whether weight loss surgery results in significant improvement in fertility of women with PCOS and to investigate which operation has the best results.…”
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Liquid-Supported Dentures: A Soft Option—A Case Report by Anoop Jain, Shivakumar Puranik, M. S. Jagadeesh, Puttaraj Kattimani, Savita Akki, Pawan Kumar, Vijaya laxmi’

“…Liquid-supported denture can be a permanent solution to some patients with problematic conditions like diabetes, xerostomia, atrophied ridge, and so forth.…”
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PERCEPT Indoor Navigation System for the Blind and Visually Impaired: Architecture and Experimentation by Aura Ganz, James Schafer, Siddhesh Gandhi, Elaine Puleo, Carole Wilson, Meg Robertson

“…Access to healthcare facilities is crucial for this population due to the multiple health conditions that they face such as diabetes and its complications. PERCEPT system trials with 24 blind and visually impaired users in a multistory building show PERCEPT system effectiveness in providing appropriate navigation instructions to these users. …”
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Anthropometrics, Metabolic Syndrome, and Mortality Hazard by Nir Y. Krakauer, Jesse C. Krakauer

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Low Resolution Limits and Inaccurate Algorithms Decrease Significantly the Value of Late Loss in Current Drug-Eluting Stent Trials by Johannes B. Dahm, Frank van Buuren

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Endocrine Actions of Osteocalcin by Aurora Patti, Luigi Gennari, Daniela Merlotti, Francesco Dotta, Ranuccio Nuti

“…Despite that these evidences have been only in part confirmed in humans, further prospective investigations are needed to definitively establish the endocrine role of osteocalcin both in the general population and cohorts of patients with diabetes or other metabolic disorders.…”
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Nutritional and Therapeutic Potential of Soursop by Muhammad Afzaal, Farhan Saeed, Aasma Asghar, Yasir Abbas Shah, Ali Ikram, Huda Ateeq, Muzzamal Hussain, Chigozie E. Ofoedu, James S. Chacha

“…Since soursop contains various phytochemicals, it can be used medicinally to treat a wide range of conditions, including diabetes (by inhibiting the enzymes α-glucosidase and α-amylase), tumor, cancer, oxidative stress, blood pressure, the induction of apoptosis in tumor cells as well as hemorrhagic disease and cholesterol lowering. …”
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Intestinal Permeability Assays: a Review by A. A. Iakupova, S. R. Abdulkhakov, R. K. Zalyalov, A. G. Safin, R. A. Abdulkhakov

“…The assay and result standardisation will facilitate practice in functional and organic intestinal diseases, as well as allergies, diabetes mellitus, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and some other illnesses.…”
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Acromegaloid Facial Appearance: Case Report and Literature Review by Adline Ghazi, Shikha Khosla, Kenneth Becker

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Multisystemic Side Effects of an Indispensable Old Drug: A Case Report of Chronic Lithium Use (A Patient with Multiple Side Effects of Lithium) by Levent Demirtas, Emin Murat Akbas, Husnu Degirmenci, Ali Gurel, Eren Duzgun

“…According to the physical examination and laboratory analyses, patient was diagnosed with lithium-associated hypercalcemia, hyperparathyroidism, nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (NDI), symptomatic sinus bradycardia, and thyroid dysfunction. …”
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Moringa oleifera: A review on nutritive importance and its medicinal application by Lakshmipriya Gopalakrishnan, Kruthi Doriya, Devarai Santhosh Kumar

“…The scientific effort of this research provides insights on the use of moringa as a cure for diabetes and cancer and fortification of moringa in commercial products. …”
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Virtual Screening as a Technique for PPAR Modulator Discovery by Stephanie N. Lewis, Josep Bassaganya-Riera, David R. Bevan

“…It is well recognized that PPARγ agonists have therapeutic applications as insulin sensitizers in type 2 diabetes or as anti-inflammatories. VS is a cost- and time-effective means for identifying small molecules that have therapeutic potential. …”
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Resistant Hypertension in Nondialysis Chronic Kidney Disease by Silvio Borrelli, Luca De Nicola, Giovanna Stanzione, Giuseppe Conte, Roberto Minutolo

“…Resistant hypertension (RH) is defined as blood pressure (BP) that remains above the target of less than 140/90 mmHg in the general population and 130/80 mmHg in people with diabetes mellitus or chronic kidney disease (CKD) in spite of the use of at least three full-dose antihypertensive drugs including a diuretic or as BP that reaches the target by means of four or more drugs. …”
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Utilidad del intervencionismo coronario percutáneo en el fallo de la cirugía de revascularización miocárdica. A propósito de un caso by Adrián Naranjo Dominguez, Ronald Aroche Aportela, Myder Hernández Navas, Angel Obregón Santos, Lázaro Aldama Pérez

“…Se presenta el caso de una mujer de 60 años de edad, con antecedentes de hipertensión arterial de 25 años y diabetes mellitus tipo 2 de 10 años de evolución respectivamente, sometida a cirugía de revascularización coronaria con fallo precoz y tardío de los injertos.…”
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Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor γ and PGC-1α in Cancer: Dual Actions as Tumor Promoter and Suppressor by Seong-Hoon Yun, Sang-Heum Han, Joo-In Park

“…The role of PGC-1α in diabetes, neurodegeneration, and cardiovascular disease is particularly well known. …”
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Obesity and Trends in Life Expectancy by Helen L. Walls, Kathryn Backholer, Joseph Proietto, John J. McNeil

“…Increasing levels of obesity over recent decades have been expected to lead to an epidemic of diabetes and a subsequent reduction in life expectancy, but instead all-cause and cardiovascular-specific mortality rates have decreased steadily in most developed countries and life expectancy has increased. …”
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Exercising Tactically for Taming Postmeal Glucose Surges by Elsamma Chacko

“…Promoting the kind of physical activity that best counters postmeal hyperglycemia is crucial because hundreds of millions of diabetes patients living in developing countries and in the pockets of poverty in the West must do without medicines, supplies, and special diets. …”
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Sensitivity of Nafion Films to Organic Substances, Especially Ketones by Alfredo Marquez Lucero, Miguel Orozco, Nancy Navarro, Virginia Collins

“…The detection and evaluation of ketone corpuses is very important for multiple applications on medicine, specially to detect and evaluate diabetes mellitus from the breath of patients. Nafion is a very stable copolymer, easily available and relatively inexpensive. …”
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Caregivers’ experiences: major challenges families’ face in caring for people with chronic illnesses in Ethiopia by Kaleab Fikre

“…This qualitative study conducted 20 in-depth interviews with 10 different families recruited from Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital in Addis Ababa, who accompanied people with cancer, diabetes, and hypertension for medical appointments. …”
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Epidemiological Factors in Patients with Endometrial Adenocarcinoma by Luis Enrique Pompa Montes de Oca, Johely López Rivas

“…As for chronic diseases, 75 % suffered from hypertension and 25 % from diabetes mellitus and ischemic heart disease. <strong><br />Conclusion:</strong> it is necessary to conduct a larger study including other risk factors in order to assess the true epidemiological factors of endometrial cancer that are present in our population.…”
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