A Review of Risk Factors and Predictors for Hemorrhagic Transformation in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke by Sneha E. Thomas, Noorine Plumber, Priyanka Venkatapathappa, Vasavi Gorantla

“…This review summarises how specific risk factors such as demographic factors like age, gender, and race/ethnicity, comorbidities including essential hypertension, atrial fibrillation, diabetes mellitus, congestive heart failure, and ischemic heart disease along with predictors like higher NIHSS score, larger infarction size, cardioembolic strokes, systolic blood pressure/pulse pressure variability, higher plasma glucose levels, and higher body temperature during ischemic event, lower low-density lipoprotein and total cholesterol, early ischemic changes on imaging modalities, and some rare causes make an individual more susceptible to developing HT. …”
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Semaglutide Protects against 6-OHDA Toxicity by Enhancing Autophagy and Inhibiting Oxidative Stress by Dong-xing Liu, Chen-sheng Zhao, Xiao-na Wei, Yi-peng Ma, Jian-kun Wu

“…Studies have demonstrated that improving insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) can benefit patients with PD. …”
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Relationship between Periodontitis and Glaucoma: A Cross-Sectional Study by Soo Hwan Byun, Dae Myoung Yoo, Minwook Chang, Hyo Geun Choi, Seok Jin Hong

“…The participants were interviewed regarding their history of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidaemia, periodontitis, glaucoma, smoking, and alcohol consumption by trained interviewers. …”
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A Multidisciplinary Approach to Anesthetic Management of a Parturient with Severe Aortic Stenosis by Kalpana Tyagaraj, David A. Gutman, Lynn Belliveau, Adnan Sadiq, Alok Bhutada, Dennis E. Feierman

“…We present a case of a 27-year-old G2P0 at 37 weeks with a past medical history of diabetes, macrosomia, congenital bicuspid aortic valve with severe stenosis (valve area 0.7 cm2) who was scheduled for elective C-section. …”
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Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease and Its Association with Risk Factors in Disadvantageous Population by Md Nurul Huda, Kazi Shahnoor Alam, Harun-Ur-Rashid

“…The prevalence of kidney disease, particularly diabetic and hypertensive kidney disease is increasing rapidly specially in the disadvantageous group of population throughout the world. …”
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Cholecystoduodenal Stenting: An Option in Complicated Acute Calculous Cholecystitis in the Elderly Comorbid Patient by Brady Bonner, Nicholas I. Brown, Varghese Pynadath Joseph, Manju Dashini Chandrasegaram

“…She was unable to have a cholecystectomy due to multiple comorbidities including morbid obesity, type 2 diabetes, Guillain–Barrè syndrome, chronic sacral pressure ulcer, and severe cardiac disease. …”
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Atherogenic index of plasma and cardiovascular outcomes in female patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: insights from a retrospective cohort study by Yan Jiang

“…This study found that there was an association between MACCEs and age (p < 0.001), heart failure history (p < 0.001), previous AMI (p = 0.013), and diabetes mellitus(p = 0.002), LVEF (p < 0.001), DBP (p = 0.027), creatinine (p = 0.002), UA (p = 0.021), ACEI treatment (p = 0.003), number of diseased vessels, target lesion location, CTO (p < 0.001), stent length (p < 0.001), and stent diameter (p < 0.001). …”
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In Vitro and In Silico Analysis of Bergenia ciliata and Mimosa pudica for Inhibition of α-Amylase by Mahesh Bohara, Sajani Ghaju, Kabita Sharma, Surya Kant Kalauni, Karan Khadayat

“…Bergenia ciliata and Mimosa pudica have been traditionally used for the treatment of diabetes and consist of valuable phytochemicals. In this study, we have analyzed total phenolic and flavonoid content along with the antioxidant and α-amylase inhibitory activity. …”
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Measuring influencing factors affecting mortality rates during the COVID-19 pandemic by Jih-Shong Wu, Kuo-Kuang Huang

“…Results This study yielded several key findings: (1) There remains a 33% margin for improvement in the global mortality rate concerning the COVID-19 pandemic; (2) During the initial stage of the pandemic, when an effective vaccine was not yet available, implementing public health control policies could reduce both the infection and mortality rates; (3) Areas characterised by higher population densities, a greater proportion of individuals aged 65 and over, and elevated prevalence rates of diabetes demonstrated higher mortality rates; and (4) Increasing vaccination coverage emerged as an effective strategy for reducing mortality rates. …”
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Treatment of Severe Hypertriglyceridemia with Continuous Insulin Infusion by Yesica Rodríguez Santana, Andrea Nimo Román, Iker García Sáez, José Manuel López Alvarez, Eduardo Consuegra Llapur, Rafael González Jorge

“…We report the case of a 10-year-old girl with clinical acute pancreatitis and diabetic ketoacidosis debut, along with incidental finding of an SH, who had a good outcome after treatment with insulin intravenous infusion.…”
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Nutritional and Phytochemical Composition and Associated Health Benefits of Oat (Avena sativa) Grains and Oat-Based Fermented Food Products by Getaneh Firew Alemayehu, Sirawdink Fikreyesus Forsido, Yetenayet B. Tola, Endale Amare

“…Oats are a good source of soluble dietary fiber, particularly β-glucan, which has outstanding functional properties and is extremely important in human nutrition. β-Glucan has been shown to lower blood cholesterol and glucose absorption in the intestine, thereby preventing diseases such as cardiovascular injury, dyslipidemia, hypertension, inflammatory state, and type 2 diabetes. Oats also contain high concentration of antioxidant compounds. …”
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Aspergillus fumigatus Endophthalmitis with Necrotizing Scleritis following Pars Plana Vitrectomy by Anna M. Gruener, Felicity Allen, Miles R. Stanford, Elizabeth M. Graham

“…We present a case of Aspergillus fumigatus endophthalmitis complicated by necrotizing scleritis in a 68-year-old man with diet-controlled diabetes, after retinal detachment repair. He was initially treated with systemic steroids for surgically induced necrotizing scleritis following routine pars plana vitrectomy. …”
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PPARs, Cardiovascular Metabolism, and Function: Near- or Far-from-Equilibrium Pathways by Yves Lecarpentier, Victor Claes, Jean-Louis Hébert

“…Dysfunction of clock genes and PPARγ may lead to hyperphagia, obesity, metabolic syndrome, myocardial infarction and sudden cardiac death, In pathological conditions, regulatory processes of the cardiovascular system may bifurcate towards new states, such as those encountered in hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and heart failure. Numerous of these oscillatory mechanisms, organized in time and space, behave far from equilibrium and are “dissipative structures”.…”
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Pérez Soto, Carlos. Una nueva antipsiquiatría. Crítica y conocimiento de las técnicas de control psiquiátrico by Daniel Durán Sandoval, Juan Román Torrealba

“… En mayo de 2008 el Ministerio de Salud de Chile realizó una denuncia pública en contra de las cadenas farmacéuticas por sospecha de colusión de precios, la cual fue acogida e investigada por la Fiscalía Nacional Económica (FNE), quién el 9 de diciembre del mismo año presentó un requerimiento ante el Tribunal de la Libre Competencia (TDLC) en contra de Farmacias Ahumada (FASA), Cruz Verde y Salcobrand (que en su conjunto controlan el 92% del mercado chileno farmacéutico), por el alza acordada de 222 medicamentos que incluso incluían medicamentos para el tratamiento de enfermedades crónicas como el Parkinson, epilepsia, diabetes, asma, entre otras, y, psicofármacos pertenecientes a las familias de los psicolépticos (drogas que tienen por objetivo deprimir la actividad mental) y psicoanalépticos (drogas que producen una activación del sistema nervioso central, con lo cual provocan una activación de las funciones corporales). …”
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Characterization of Chronic Kidney Disease Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis by Niovis Sosa Barberena, Roberto Angel Polo Amarante, Sandra Nancy Mendez Rogríguez, Mabel Sosa Barberena

“…The major causes of this disease are associated with hypertension and diabetes mellitus.…”
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The Growing Challenge of Chronic Kidney Disease: An Overview of Current Knowledge by Rikke Borg, Nicholas Carlson, Jens Søndergaard, Frederik Persson

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Complicated Dengue Fever and Its Treatment Dilemmas: A Single-Center Experience in Sri Lanka by D. K. Jayaweera, S. Subasinghe, R. F. De Silva, W. A. H. P. Sanjeewa, K. P. Jayawickreme

“…Our first patient who had diabetes presented with shock and was managed as dengue hemorrhagic fever with superadded sepsis which required noradrenalin plus broad-spectrum intravenous antibiotics. …”
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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus with Multiple Autoimmune Disease Presented with Extensive Peripheral Gangrene by Tareq Z. Alzughayyar, Jihad Samer Zalloum, Mohammad N. Elqadi, Sadi A. Abukhalaf, Fawzy M. Abunejma, Mohammed M. Y. Alkhanafsa, Motasem H. M. Haif, Firas Alqarajeh, Mo’min R. Mesk, Rami A. Misk

“…We report the first case of SLE associated with an extremely rare constellation of neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) and diabetes mellitus type 1, presented with a rare form of the SLE gangrene which involves bilateral lower extremities up to midlegs, a case that has not yet been reported in the literature. …”
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Actinomyces Acute Rhinosinusitis Complicated by Subperiosteal Abscess in an Immunocompromised 12-Year-Old: Case Report and Literature Review by Sai V. Nimmagadda, Li-Xing Man, Margo K. McKenna, John J. Faria, Isaac L. Schmale

“…Overall, only 3 cases of actinomyces rhinosinusitis in immunosuppressed individuals have been reported, each with uncontrolled diabetes and each also responded well to surgery and appropriate antibiotics. …”
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Crescentic Glomerulonephritis and Membranous Nephropathy: A Rare Overlap by Mohamedanwar Ghandour, Heba Osman, Samer Alkassis, Alix Charles, Kristina Zalewski, Jarrett Weinberger, Yahya Malik-Osman, Zeenat Y. Bhat

“…Our patient is a 53-year-old Hispanic male with a medical history of tobacco use, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and hypertension who presented with hematuria and was found to have nephrotic range proteinuria and renal impairment. …”
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