Sentences with phrase «on diabetic complications»

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Zhang's team focused on two of them, saxagliptin and sitagliptin, along with an antioxidant supplement called α - lipoic acid, which is used to treat diabetic nephropathy, a common complication of the disease.

With the rate of diabetes increasing dramatically worldwide, many individuals will be at risk for vision loss from diabetic eye complications and DME is a major global health concern,» says Jennifer K. Sun, M.D., M.P.H., a member of the study research team and writing committee, and an Investigator in the Section on Vascular Biology, an ophthalmologist in Beetham Eye Institute at Joslin and an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School.

Natarajan has been at the forefront of research on the complications of diabetes and the first to study epigenetic changes in diabetic vascular complications and metabolic memory.

Major diabetic complications will be discussed with emphasis on known sexual dimorphism and gender differences will focus on cardiovascular disease (CVD), cardiomyopathy, and nephropathy.

(iv) We characterized new pathways for leukocyte recruitment in the course of diabetes mellitus and in diabetic vascular complications based on interactions of leukocyte integrin Mac - 1 with the Receptor for advanced glycation endproducts.

Dr. King's research focuses on unearthing the causes of diabetic complications by exploring insulin actions on blood vessels, discovering factors and new treatments for diabetic complications, and understanding the reasons for the high rate of diabetes in Asian Americans.

Taurine is known to have some preventive effects on type 2 diabetes and its complications, but can it also prevent the kidney disease diabetic nephropathy?

Without focusing on the diet, and spending time to teach patients how to implement it, diabetic patients will not be able to achieve good control, will require more and more medications and may develop complications.

Effect of Alpha - lipoic Acid on the Progression of Endothelial Cell Damage and Albuminuria in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus: An Exploratory Study Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2001 (Jun); 52 (3): 175 — 183 Oxidative stress plays a central role in the pathogenesis and progression of late microangiopathic complications (diabetic nephropathy) in diabetes mellitus.

This data suggests a different effect of ketosis on glucose homeostasis in diabetic and non-diabetic individuals.21 Other studies support the long - term efficacy of ketogenic diets in managing complications of T2D.36, 37 Although significant reductions in fat mass often results when individuals restrict carbohydrate, the improvements in glycaemic control, haemoglobin A1c and lipid markers, as well as reduced use or withdrawal of insulin and other medications in many cases, occurs before significant weight loss occurs.

Were I to embrace your advice, my HbA1c would return to near 8 % as it was on the ADA low fat diet and I would once more be at extreme risk of diabetic complications.

The most common complication and potentially dangerous event for diabetics on insulin, is what is known as a diabetic crash.

One of the most important complications seen in diabetic dogs on insulin treatment is an unduly low blood glucose level, called hypoglycaemia.

Underwriters will also be on the lookout for diabetes - related complications such as diabetic retinopathy, diabetic neuropathy, and proteinuria.