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Oct 2022 DOI 10.14302/issn.2381-862X.jwrh-22-4315
Anahita NazempourCorresponding author
Background Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a serious multifactorial disorder. This study intended to assess the effect of cinnamon supplementation on estradiol level, and fasting- and two-hour (2 hpp) insulin and sugar levels in women with PCOS. Material and Methods This study was a double-blind…
Nov 2024 DOI 10.14302/issn.2574-4518.jsdr-24-5271
Rajiv KovilaCorresponding author
Background/Aim Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is a prevalent disorder characterized by recurrent respiratory disturbances during sleep. Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) and obesity exhibit a substantial susceptibility to OSA (23%–86%). People with OSA have a high risk of several comorbid…
Apr 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2693-1176.ijgh-20-3269
Seyedeh Nasim HabibzadehCorresponding author
Abdominal obesitywith a big belly is one of the worse type of morbid obesity that is associated with different health failure outcomes. Central obesity leads to an increased risk of health complications such as metabolic syndrome, hypertension, insulin resistance,type 2 diabetes, heart disease and v…
Sep 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2574-450X.jom-19-3001
Sikandar Hayat KhanCorresponding author
Gene therapy has entered a new era with the dawn of CRISPR/Cas9 technology which though were always available in nature but rediscovered to tame into a real-tlife genome editing tool. With the modernization upsurge and changes in ways the “homo sapiens” survived on this planet from hunger to current…
Jun 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2690-0904.ijoe-19-2792
Manfred NeubergerCorresponding author
In deaths and diseases attributed to tobacco smoke cardiovascular events exceed cancer and respiratory diseases. Second hand smoke promotes the development of arteriosclerosis and can trigger acute changes of endothelial function and blood coagulability. Indoor smoking bans reduced coronary syndrome…
Jan 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2574-450X.jom-18-2484
Eman H. RadwanCorresponding author
Obesity is associated with a number of serious medical complications, which are often referred to as the “insulin resistance syndrome”. The aim of the present study was performed to investigate the possible interaction between a conventional drug used for management of cholesterol and traditional he…
Aug 2017 DOI 10.14302/issn.3070-2313.jeh-17-1552
Belinda ElishaCorresponding author
Introduction. Obesity often coexists with insulin resistance, which is related to cardiometabolic risk. However, some obese individuals exhibit comparable insulin sensitivity (IS) to that of normal-weight subjects, a state associated with a reduced cardiometabolic risk. We aimed to determine the eff…
Jun 2016
Arup Ratan BandyopadhyayCorresponding author
Earlier studies reported significant association of obesity, hypertension and Type2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM). Genetic and many disease-associated alleles have been identified through GWAS and applied to T2DM and indicated roles of renin-angiotensin system (RAS) in insulin signaling pathway and insul…
Jun 2016 DOI 10.14302/issn.2374-9431.jbd-15-647
Asmat NawazCorresponding author
Diabetes is a metabolic disorder that results in human body due to insulin deficiency, insulin resistance or both. In the management of diabetes, glucose monitoring technology has been used for the last three decades. The aim of this review article is to describe concise and organized information ab…
Oct 2014 DOI 10.14302/issn.2471-2140.jaa-14-423
L.S. BilbisCorresponding author
There is increasing evidence of the prevalence manifestations of metabolic syndrome worldwide. Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of abnormalities characterized by hypertension, central obesity, insulin resistance, endothelial dysfunction, dyslipidemia and oxidative stress. All these alterations predis…
Oct 2014 DOI 10.14302/issn.2374-9431.jbd-13-212
Hamdy Ahmad SliemCorresponding author
Diabetes mellitus type 2 (DMT2) is a complex polygenic disorder. DMT2 is a result of insulin resistance and destruction of pancreatic β-cell or dysfunction. Therefore, glucose builds up in the bloodstream, leading to nerve damage, blindness, organ failures and sometimes death. Recently, some recentl…
Nov 2013 DOI 10.14302/issn.2329-9487.jhc-12-154
Marco M. CicconeCorresponding author
Objective: To determine whether age at menarche is an independent predictor of common carotid artery intima-media thickness in overweight and obese adult women. Methods: 403 overweight and obese women, aged 18–72 years, were evaluated. We examined the associations among common carotid artery intima-…