Real-Life Use of Tocilizumab in the Treatment of Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia by Ruth Alex, Shabaz Mohiuddin Gulam, Kiran Kumar

“…There was no significant difference in mortality among patients with comorbidities such as diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, obesity, and pulmonary diseases, hypothesizing that administration of TCZ improves the outcomes in COVID-19 patients with these comorbidities.…”
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The effects of emotional eating and negative framing on healthy food choices: a quasi-experimental study on college student participants using virtual reality by Mesy Safira Br Sembiring, Anna Undarwati

“…Cases of obesity have increased significantly in recent years, triggering the risk of chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, depression and cancer. One of the main factors is unhealthy food choices, so further research is needed to understand the factors that influence food preferences. …”
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Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress: Its Role in Disease and Novel Prospects for Therapy by Axel H. Schönthal

“…For example, obesity and type 2 diabetes have been linked to ER stress-induced failure of insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells, and current research efforts are aimed at developing drugs that ameliorate cellular stress and thereby protect beta cell function. …”
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Potential of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma Antagonist Compounds as Therapeutic Agents for a Wide Range of Cancer Types by Jack D. Burton, David M. Goldenberg, Rosalyn D. Blumenthal

“…PPARγ is a therapeutic target that has been exploited for treatment of type II diabetes mellitus (T2DM) with agonist drugs. Since PPARγ is expressed by many hematopoietic, mesodermal and epithelial cancers, agonist drugs were tested and shown to have both preclinical and clinical anticancer activities. …”
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Combined Effects of PPARγ Agonists and Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Inhibitors in Human Proximal Tubule Cells by Katherine Pegg, Jie Zhang, Carol Pollock, Sonia Saad

“…Hence EGFR blockade may hold promise, not only in limiting tubulointerstitial pathology in diabetic nephropathy, but also in limiting the sodium and water retention observed in patients with diabetes and exacerbated by PPARγ agonists.…”
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Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients Having Surgery Are Less Associated with Glaucoma by Hsin-Yi Chen, Yue-Cune Chang, Che-Chen Lin, Fung-Chang Sung, Wen-Chi Chen

“…The multivariable Cox regression was used to estimate hazard ratio (HR) after adjusting for sex, age, hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and coronary artery disease. …”
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Periodontal Care as a Fundamental Step for an Active and Healthy Ageing by Carlo Cafiero, Marco Matarasso, Gaetano Marenzi, Vincenzo Iorio Siciliano, Loredana Bellia, Gilberto Sammartino

“…Smoking and stress are risk factors for periodontitis that are common and shared between young, adult, and older age. Diabetes mellitus, obesity, and osteoporosis are very frequent pathological situations in older age. …”
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Evaluating the Factors Affecting COVID-19 Patients’ Mortality in Arak in 2020 by Hossein Mazaherpour, Masoumeh Soofian, Elham Farahani, Ahmad Saebbian, Mostafa Etebari, Sakineh Mazaherpour, Fatemeh Ashrafian, Amitis Ramezani

“…There was a significant relationship in terms of blood pressure, age, oxygen saturation, tachycardia, tachypnea, the interval between the onset of symptoms and hospitalization, diabetes mellitus, lung disease, cardiovascular disease, history of opium abuse, C-reactive protein, white blood cell, lymphocytes, hemoglobin, creatinine elevation, elevated liver enzyme, creatine phosphokinase, lactate dehydrogenase, ferritin, D-dimer, troponin, prothrombin time, international normalized ratio, intensive care unit admission days, arrhythmia, sepsis, acute respiratory distress syndrome, acute kidney injury (AKI), and the type of antiviral and antibiotic therapy between the two groups of patients. …”
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Nephrogenic Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuresis by D. Morin, J. Tenenbaum, B. Ranchin, T. Durroux

“…Mutations in the vasopressin V2 receptor gene are responsible for two human tubular disorders: X-linked congenital nephrogenic diabetes insipidus, due to a loss of function of the mutant V2 receptor, and the nephrogenic syndrome of inappropriate antidiuresis, due to a constitutive activation of the mutant V2 receptor. …”
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Blocking REDD1/TXNIP Complex Ameliorates HG-Induced Renal Tubular Epithelial Cell Apoptosis and EMT through Repressing Oxidative Stress by Lin Mu, Nan Chen, Yakun Chen, Zhifen Yang, Huandi Zhou, Shan Song, Yonghong Shi

“…Diabetic nephropathy (DN) has become the most common secondary kidney disease causing end-stage renal disease (ESRD). …”
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Alpha-actinin-4-mediated FSGS: an inherited kidney disease caused by an aggregated and rapidly degraded cytoskeletal protein. by June Yao, Tu Cam Le, Claudine H Kos, Joel M Henderson, Phillip G Allen, Bradley M Denker, Martin R Pollak

“…Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is a common pattern of renal injury, seen as both a primary disorder and as a consequence of underlying insults such as diabetes, HIV infection, and hypertension. Point mutations in the alpha-actinin-4 gene ACTN4 cause an autosomal dominant form of human FSGS. …”
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A Rare Case of Testicular Tuberculosis Mimicking as Testicular Malignancy by S. Rishabh, K. Krishnamoorthy, T. Joseph Pratheeban, E. Mathan, O. M. Rahman Shahul Hameed

“…We present a case involving a 49-year-old male with diabetes and a history of smoking, who experienced bilateral scrotal swelling and pain over 3 months, accompanied by weight loss. …”
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Incidence and Risk Factors of Surgical Site Infection After Knee Arthroplasty; a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Ayub Bagheri, Alireza Sharifi Niknafs, Bahar Farhadi, Seyed Amirhossein Mazhari, Parnia Karimian, Nafiseh Hekmati Pour, Hamid Hojjati, Iman Nosratabadi, Azadeh Emami, Reza Salehi

“…The pooled incidence of SSI among diabetic patients was 1.3% (95% CI: 0.6% to 2.8%; I²=99.126%; P<0.001). …”
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Characterization of the Care Process for Hypertensive People in a Polyclinic in Old Havana by Addys Díaz Piñera, Yamila Soler Carbonell, Nelsy Álvarez Mesa, Armando Rodríguez Salvá

“…The most frequent comorbidities were: diabetes mellitus with 21.4 % and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma in 9.4 %. 54.7 % of these people did not feel the need for care in the last year and only 45.3 % were seen in a follow-up consultation. 81.8 % had not had their blood pressure measured for more than a year, 89.3 % had indicated drug treatment, 86.2 % were controlled and 74.6 % adhered to the treatment. …”
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Inhibitory Potential of Five Traditionally Used Native Antidiabetic Medicinal Plants on α-Amylase, α-Glucosidase, Glucose Entrapment, and Amylolysis Kinetics In Vitro by Carene M. N. Picot, A. Hussein Subratty, M. Fawzi Mahomoodally

“…Our findings tend to provide justification for the hypoglycaemic action of these medicinal plants which has opened novel avenues for the development of new phytopharmaceuticals geared towards diabetes management.…”
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Yoga practices effect on VCSS-based classification of patients with chronic venous insufficiency based on hybrid machine learning algorithms by Changhong Pan, Lu Qi, Lili Zhao, Yijun Wei

“…Non-pharmacological approaches like yoga are gaining popularity for stress management, showing positive effects on the autonomic nervous system and offering benefits such as improved cardio-respiratory health and metabolic efficiency, as well as positive effects on conditions like Type-2 diabetes, Chronic Venous Disease (CVD), and obesity. …”
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Ocular Surface Temperature in Age-Related Macular Degeneration by Andrea Sodi, Sara Matteoli, Giovanni Giacomelli, Lucia Finocchio, Andrea Corvi, Ugo Menchini

“…Exclusion criteria were represented by any other ocular diseases other than AMD, tear film abnormalities, systemic cardiovascular abnormalities, diabetes mellitus, and a body temperature higher than 37.5°C. …”
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Prevalence of Albuminuria in Cardiology and Endocrinology Departments and Its Influencing Factors: A Multicenter, Real-World Evidence Study in China by Qian Ren, Changsheng Ma, Jiguang Wang, Xiaohui Guo, Linong Ji

“…To evaluate the prevalence of albuminuria and compare its risk factors in diabetic and hypertensive patients. Methods. This was an observational, cross-sectional, multicenter registry across China. …”
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Abnormal Blood Glucose as a Prognostic Factor for Adverse Clinical Outcome in Children Admitted to the Paediatric Emergency Unit at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana by Emmanuel Ameyaw, Kwame Amponsah-Achiano, Peter Yamoah, Jean-Pierre Chanoine

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