Coexistence of Ankylosing Spondylitis, Metabolic Syndrome and Gout Disease by Erkan Kozanoğlu, Meryem Andırın

“…Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is characterized by insulin resistance accompanied by systemic disorders, such as abdominal obesity, glucose intolerance or diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, hypertension, and coronary artery disease. …”
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Blood glucose response to kratom tea (Mitragyna speciosa Korth.) by Fadly Dzul

“…Background: Kratoms are traditionally used in Borneo to manage diabetes by chewing, smoking, or brewing the leaves as tea. …”
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A Severe Case of Arthrographis kalrae Keratomycosis by Siti Roszilawati Ramli, Alex Lourdes Francis, Yushaniza Yusof, Tzar Mohd Nizam Khaithir

“…A 52-year-old man with diabetes developed a unilateral central corneal ulcer after accidental foreign body inoculation. …”
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Tuberculosis Presenting as Isolated Wrist Swelling: A Case Report and Review of Literature by Oshan Basnayake, Ahamed Nihaj, Ranji Pitagampalage, Harsha Mendis

“…A 53-year-old Sri Lankan male with long-standing diabetes presented with an isolated hand swelling for a 7-month duration. …”
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Relationship between Periodontal Diseases and Preterm Birth: Recent Epidemiological and Biological Data by O. Huck, H. Tenenbaum, J.-L. Davideau

“…They influence negatively general health worsening cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. Periodontal diseases have been also suspected to increase the rate of preterm birth, but data remain contradictory. …”
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Hybrid Clinical and Histopathological Pattern in Annular Lesions: An Overlap between Annular Elastolytic Giant Cell Granuloma and Granuloma Annulare? by Felipe Ladeira de Oliveira, Luisa Kelmer Côrtes de Barros Silveira, Alice de Miranda Machado, José Augusto da Costa Nery

“…An endocrine disease, such as diabetes mellitus (DM), could contribute to the coexistence of both lesions, and this possibility must be included in the medical investigation.…”
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Pregnancy after Bariatric Surgery: A Review by N. L. Hezelgrave, Eugene Oteng-Ntim

“…It concludes that bariatric surgery appears to have positive effects on fertility and reduces the risk of gestational diabetes and preeclampsia. Moreover, there appears to be a reduced incidence of fetal macrosomia post-bariatric procedure, although there remains uncertainty about the increased rates of small-for-gestational age and intrauterine growth restricted infants, as well as premature rupture of membranes in this group. …”
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Saphenovenous Graft Aneurysm: A Rare Complication of CABG by James Thomas Connell

“…We present the case of a 48-year-old male with a cardiovascular risk profile hallmarked by diabetes mellitus, end stage renal failure, recalcitrant hyperlipidaemia, and IHD previously treated with CABG. 11 years following his CABG, he was retrieved from remote Australia to a tertiary cardiology centre with stabbing chest pain. …”
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Isolation of Streptococcus bovis in a Patient with Undiagnosed Colon Cancer. A Case Report by Ledys Pérez Morales, Jorge Emilio Barletta del Castillo, Odette Quiñones Cherta

“…Hence, it was decided to present the case of a 57-year-old patient from an urban area with a 6-year history of diabetes mellitus type I and alcoholism, who was admitted to the hospital in Cienfuegos because of significant gastrointestinal bleeding and fever (39-40 o C). …”
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La nutrición materna y la programación metabólica: el origen fetal de las enfermedades crónicas degenerativas en los adultos by Asdrúbal Aguilera Méndez

“…Estas enfermedades son patologías de lenta evolución y no contagiosas como las involucradas en el síndrome metabólico que incrementa el riesgo de padecer diabetes tipo 2 y enfermedades cardiovasculares. En esta revisión se analizan los conceptos de síndrome metabólico, programación metabólica fetal, epigenética y factores nutricionales (desnutrición y sobrealimentación) relacionados con alteraciones en el desarrollo temprano de los individuos que condicionan en la edad adulta la aparición de enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles. …”
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Unusual Presentation of a Rare Disease: A Case Report of Fungal Necrotizing Otitis Media and Mastoiditis by Ermia Mousavi Mohammadi, Mohsen Rajati, Hossein Zarrinfar

“…A 54‐year‐old female was presented who suffered from diabetes mellitus and end‐stage renal disease presenting with severe otalgia, initially thought to be necrotizing otitis externa. …”
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Cardiovascular Complications in CKD Patients: Role of Oxidative Stress by Elvira O. Gosmanova, Ngoc-Anh Le

“…While traditional CVD risk factors, including diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, obesity, physical inactivity, may be more prevalent among CKD patients, these factors seem to underestimate the accelerated cardiovascular disease in the CKD population. …”
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Pharma TARP: A Troubled Asset Relief Program for Novel, Abandoned Projects in the Pharmaceutical Industry by Tamas Bartfai, Graham Vaughan Lees

“…Society has a real need for the drugs that are no longer going to be developed for, among others, drug-resistant epilepsy, neuropathic and cancer pain, type-2 diabetes, obesity, and schizophrenia. The authors propose a radical response by the U.S. government and the National Institutes of Health to rescue these abandoned projects, and to continue selected programs for drug approval by the U.S. …”
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Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Agonists: Do They Increase Cardiovascular Risk? by Ahmad Aljada, Kshitij Ashwin Shah, Shaker A. Mousa

“…Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among people with type 2 diabetes mellitus. The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) agonists have a significant role on glucose and fat metabolism. …”
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A Review of the Potential for Cardiometabolic Dysfunction in Youth with Spina Bifida and the Role for Physical Activity and Structured Exercise by Kevin R. Short, Dominic Frimberger

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Lactobacillus gasseri Causing Bilateral Empyema by Angela Esquibel, Ala S. Dababneh, Bharath Raj Palraj

“…This is a case of a 49-year-old male with previously undiagnosed type two diabetes mellitus who presented with a 3-month history of cough and was found to have right sided Lactobacillus gasseri empyema for which he underwent video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) with chest tube placement. …”
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PPARs: Protectors or Opponents of Myocardial Function? by Christine J. Pol, Melissa Lieu, Konstantinos Drosatos

“…Activators of PPARs are used for treating several metabolic complications, such as diabetes and hyperlipidemia that are directly or indirectly associated with HF. …”
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Immunopeptidomics for autoimmunity: unlocking the chamber of immune secrets by Sanya Arshad, Benjamin Cameron, Alok V. Joglekar

“…We highlight the application of immunopeptidomics in Type 1 Diabetes (T1D), Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), and Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). …”
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Induction of Immunological Tolerance by Oral Anti-CD3 by Andre Pires da Cunha, Howard L. Weiner

“…Parenteral administration of anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody is an approved therapy for transplantation in humans and is effective in autoimmune diabetes. Orally administered anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody is biologically active in the gut and suppresses experimental models of autoimmune diseases. …”
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Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors and the Heart: Lessons from the Past and Future Directions by Wang-Soo Lee, Jaetaek Kim

“…Several studies have demonstrated that PPAR agonists improve dyslipidemia and glucose control in animals, supporting their potential as a promising therapeutic option to treat diabetes and dyslipidemia. However, substantial differences exist in the therapeutic or adverse effects of specific drug candidates, and clinical studies have yielded inconsistent data on their cardioprotective effects. …”
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