Utility of Visceral Adiposity Index and Lipid Accumulation Products to Define Metabolically-Unhealthy Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Asian Indian Women - A Cross Sectional Study by R. A. Shreenidhi, Reeta Mahey, Monika Rajput, Rohitha Cheluvaraju, Ashish D. Upadhyay, Jai Bhagwan Sharma, Garima Kachhawa, Neerja Bhatla

“…Background: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) women are at risk of developing diabetes, cardiovascular disease and metabolic syndrome (MetS) due to insulin resistance (IR) and hyperandrogenism (HA). …”
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Provocative tests of anal sphincter function correlate with symptoms and subtypes of faecal incontinence by John McLaughlin, Dipesh H Vasant, Asbjørn Mohr Drewes, Abhiram Sharma, Matthew Davenport, Edward Kiff, Karen Telford, Alexander O'Connor, Donghua Liao, Niels Klarskov

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Can Underlying Co-Morbidities Affect Cerebral Oximetry in Cardiac Surgery Patients? by Kianoush Saberi, Shahnaz Sharifi, Amirhossein Orandi

“…To add details, according to literatures about CVA 28% of patients had (Cerebrovascular Accident), 74% IHD (Ischemic Heart Disease), 82% HTN (Hypertension), 52% DM (Diabetes Mellitus), 61% Smoking History, 36% CKD (Chronic Kidney Disease) and 42% CHF (Congestive Heart Failure). …”
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Evaluation on Antidiabetic Properties of Medicinal Plants from Myanmar by Dongdong Zhang, Karuppusamy Arunachalam, Yuehu Wang, Yu Zhang, Jun Yang, Pyae Phyo Hein, Aye Mya Mon, Jianwen Li, Angkhana Inta, Xuefei Yang

“…To explore the effective and safe medicines for treating diabetes. Methods. Hydroalcoholic extracts of 130 medicinal plants belonging to 66 families were evaluated using porcine pancreatic lipase (PPL) inhibition and glucose uptake methods together with a literature review. …”
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Perfil epidemiológico de pacientes internados por COVID-19 e diagnosticados com pneumonia associada à ventilação mecânica by Raphaela de Matos Borges, Rute Merlo Somensi, Ariane Baptista Monteiro, Rita Catalina Aquino Caregnato

“…As comorbidades mais prevalentes foram hipertensão arterial sistêmica (63,8%) e diabetes mellitus (20,4%). Identificaram-se somente casos de etiologia bacteriana, com predominância das gram-negativas Acinetobacter baumannii (57,4%),Pseudomonas aeruginosa (24,1%), Klebsiella pneumoniae (20,4%) e de resistência microbiana. …”
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Improved Patient Outcomes by Normalizing Sympathovagal Balance: Differentiating Syncope—Precise Subtype Differentiation Leads to Improved Outcomes by Nicholas L. DePace, Julie A. Bateman, Michael Yayac, John Oh, Mushfiqur Siddique, Cesar Acosta, Jeysel M. Pinales, Aaron I. Vinik, Heather L. Bloom

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Informatics strategies for early detection and risk mitigation in pancreatic cancer patients by Di Jin, Najeeb Ullah Khan, Wei Gu, Huijun Lei, Ajay Goel, Tianhui Chen

“…This review highlights the sporadic nature of most PC cases and significant risk factors, including smoking, alcohol consumption, obesity, and diabetes. Advanced imaging techniques, such as Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) and Contrast-Enhanced Harmonic Imaging (CEH-EUS), have been discussed for their superior sensitivity in early detection. …”
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Prevalencia de enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles y factores de riesgo en adultos mayores de Holguín by Pedro Enrique Miguel Soca, Yamilé Sarmiento Teruel, Antonio Luis Mariño Soler, Yadicelis Llorente Columbié, Tania Rodríguez Graña, Marisol Peña González

“…<br /><strong>Resultados:</strong> las tasas de prevalencia de enfermedades crónicas y factores asociados fueron sobrepeso: 33,7 %, obesidad: 45,2 %, obesidad abdominal: 68 %, índice cintura/estatura alto: 91,2 %, prehipertensión: 5,4 %, hipertensión arterial: 63,9 %, glucosa basal alterada: 2,7 %, diabetes: 39,5 %, hiperuricemia: 29,6 %, hipertrigliceridemia: 60,9 %, hipercolesterolemia 54,1 %, HDL-colesterol bajo 43,9 %, LDL-colesterol alto 20,7 %, índice aterogénico del plasma alto 53,4 %, síndrome metabólico 56,5 %, cardiopatía isquémica 24,8 %, hipotiroidismo 8,5 %, hábito de fumar 17,3 %, proteína C reactiva positiva 6, 8 % y microalbuminuria positiva 3,4 %.…”
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Short-term effects of follicle-stimulating hormone on immune function, lipid, and vitamin metabolism in transiently castrated men by Jéssica Guedes, Indira Pla, Aniel Sanchez, Gyorgy Marko-Varga, Gilberto Barbosa Domont, K Barbara Sahlin, Berk Hazir, Aleksander Giwercman, Fábio César Sousa Nogueira, Johan Malm, Yvonne Lundberg Giwercman

“…Background: Prostate cancer therapy with surgical or chemical castration with gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists has been linked to elevated follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) levels, which may contribute to secondary health disorders, including atherosclerosis and diabetes. Although recent findings suggest a role for FSH beyond the reproductive system, its metabolic impact remains unclear and difficult to disentangle from that of androgens. …”
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Endogenous endophthalmitis associated with autoimmune hepatitis: case report by D.F. Belov, V.G. Korotkov, P.A. Nikitin, I.V. Terekhova, Ya.S. Konenkova

“…In 2008, the woman was diagnosed with AIH of unknown origin. Insulin-dependent diabetes developed secondary to treatment with prednisolone. …”
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Cuidado Farmacêutico a Pacientes Elegíveis ao Tratamento Oncológico em um Serviço de Triagem Multiprofissional by Brenda Oliveira Uchôa, Camila Monteiro Sousa, Marta Maria de França Fonteles, Paulo Goberlanio de Barros Silva, Paloma Araujo de Lima, Anderson Dantas Costa

“…As principais comorbidades foram hipertensão arterial, diabetes mellitus e doenças cardiovasculares. Houve associação entre polimedicação e idade igual ou superior a 60 anos (p<0,05). …”
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The influencing factors of cognitive impairment in elderly individuals in Chengdu city: a cross-sectional study based on AD8 by Xi Ruan, Hongyi Li, Ziqi Wang, Yu Wang, Yamei Nie, Yan Li, Yuanjing Li, Qin Fan, Baiwei Ni, Yinxue Huang, Xuan Hong, Ting Sun, Yuan Luo, Shoukang Zou

“…The risk factors for cognitive impairment in elderly individuals included advanced age, hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, cerebrovascular disease, depressive symptoms, and anxiety symptoms, while the protective factors included higher education level, married status, and greater life satisfaction. …”
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Urinary Tract Infections in the First 6 Months after Renal Transplantation by Ziad Arabi, Khalefa Al Thiab, Abdulrahman Altheaby, Ghaleb Aboalsamh, Samy Kashkoush, Mohamad Almarastani, Mohammed F. Shaheen, Abdulrahman Altamimi, Wael O’hali, Khalid Bin Saad, Lina Alnajjar, Rawan Alhussein, Raghad Almuhiteb, Bashayr Alqahtani, Rayana Alotaibi, Marah Alqahtani, Mohammed Tawhari

“…Age >40, female gender, history of neurogenic bladder, and transplantation abroad were statistically significant factors associated with UTIs and recurrence. Diabetes, level of immunosuppression, deceased donor renal transplantation, pretransplant residual urine volume, or history of vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) was not associated with a higher incidence of UTIs. …”
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Peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer and ganglion cell complex in Alzheimer’s disease by R.N. Gulieva

“…Exclusion criteria were ametropia greater than 5 diopters or axial length more than 25 mm, severe dementia, cerebrovascular disorders, metabolic and mental disorders, glaucoma, uveitis, retinal diseases, diabetes, and anamnestic stroke. Controls were 60 patients (115 eyes) without AD (mean age 59.6±2.03 years, 17 men and 43 women). …”
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Potential benefits of GLP-1 analogues and metformin in patients with osteoarthritis by Anna Skowronek, Martyna Piekarska, Katarzyna Dąbek, Michał Ochwat, Maria Sudoł, Gabriela Mierzwa, Aleksandra Kajtel, Tomasz Skowronek

“…Known risk factors for OA include obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). One of the challenges in managing OA is the absence of disease-modifying treatments. …”
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Snack products from whole-grain red sorghum flour with paprika and cocoa powders by Janić-Hajnal Elizabet, Banjac Vojislav, Filipčev Bojana, Radić Bojana, Kos Jovana, Šimurina Olivera, Cvetković Biljana

“…Given its many health benefits, including its ability to suppress the formation of cancer cells and reduce obesity, heart disease, and diabetes, sorghum is used for both human and animal consumption. …”
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Epidemiology of Soft Tissue Sarcoma in Iran: Four‐Year National Cancer Registry Data Report (2014–2017) by Mohammad Sajed Dehghan Banadaki, Vahid Rahmanian, Saeed Hosseini, Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Hosseini, Narjes Hazar

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First results of the EuroHeart program by András Jánosi, Zoltán Járai

“…Common comorbidities were hypertension and diabetes (67.9% and 28%, respectively). One in five patients (20.2%) had a history of heart attack, 6.2% had a stroke. …”
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A higher incidence of cardiovascular complications in hyperthyroid patients with Graves’ disease in comparison to hyperthyroid patients with subacute thyroiditis by Ana Šešek, Simona Gaberšček, Katja Zaletel, Edvard Pirnat, Katica Bajuk Studen

“…Compared to patients with subacute thyroiditis, patients with Graves’ disease had significantly lower TSH: 0.010 (0.006) vs. 0.024 (0.044) mIU/L (p<0.001), higher free T4: 44.1 (26.6) vs. 37.0 (14.7) pmol/L (p<0.001), higher incidence of diabetes: 4.3 vs. 0.4% (p=0.001), arterial hypertension: 12.2 vs. 5.7% (p=0.004) and smoking: 26.7 vs. 8.7% (p<0.001). …”
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Advances in the treatment of glioma-related signaling pathways and mechanisms by metformin by Xingyuan Ma, Xingyuan Ma, Chao Sun, Xiao Ding, Yuhang Zhang, Yuhang Zhang, Tingzhen Deng, Tingzhen Deng, Yatao Wang, Yatao Wang, Haijun Yang, Haijun Yang, Ruiwen Ding, Ruiwen Ding, Haotian Li, Haotian Li, Dawen Wang, Dawen Wang, Maohua Zheng, Maohua Zheng

“…Metformin (MET) is a commonly used drug for the treatment of type 2 diabetes in the department of endocrinology. In recent years, due to the few clinically effective treatment options including glioma, some scholars have proposed the possibility of metformin in the treatment of glioma, and studies have shown that metformin has a certain inhibitory effect on this tumor. …”
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