Sentences with phrase «specific types of diabetes»

Little is known about the environmental or genetic causes of diseases that produce other specific types of diabetes in cats.

Canine diabetes secondary to corticosteroid therapy, hyperadrenocorticism, or acromegaly constitute less common «other specific types of diabetes.»

Other specific types of diabetes account for ∼ 15 — 20 % of cases (8,9) and are caused by a variety of diseases that either decrease β - cell numbers or cause marked insulin resistance.

Other specific types of diabetes account for a smaller proportion of cases in each species.

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Lowering of LDL - C levels by statin therapy modestly increases the risk of type 2 diabetes, but it is unknown whether this effect is specific to statins.

Such a low pH value is specific for type 1 diabetes: although blood pH also drops due to alcohol abuse or exercise on account of the overacidification of the muscles, it does not fall below 7.35.

Previous research has largely focused on dietary components and which diet would be best to lower the risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes, but so far there is no clear evidence from epidemiological or clinical trial data that a specific diet is optimal for long - term weight - loss or lowering the risk of diabetes.

Antigen - specific therapy using insulin before the development of autoantibodies may induce protective immune responses that prevent the emergence of autoimmunity and subsequent type 1 diabetes in genetically at - risk children, according to background information in the article.

The promise of autoantigen - specific therapy for prevention of type 1 diabetes in humans has yet to be realized.

«The benefit of the study is it may help in the identification of a high - risk group of children who may require specific interventions to prevent obesity and type 2 diabetes later in life,» she says.

Dr Kirstin De Bruijn will tell the 2013 European Cancer Congress (ECC2013) that previous studies have examined the association between diabetes and dying from cancer but death from specific types of cancer has not been well - studied.

The authors state, «our findings support benefits of increased fruit and vegetable consumption for preventing long - term weight gain and provide further food - specific guidance for the prevention of obesity, a primary risk factor for type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, cancers, and many other health conditions.»

Researchers led by Dr. Sirimon Reutrakul, associate professor of endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism in the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, wanted to determine if morning or evening preference among people with Type 2 diabetes was associated with an increased risk for higher BMI and if so, what specific factors about evening preference contributed to the increased risk.

What if, however, these tests went further, letting parents know about the possibility of their child one day suffering from specific types of cancer or diabetes?

Huxley and colleagues conducted a meta - analysis of all studies examining sex - specific estimates of mortality for men and women associated with type 1 diabetes spanning the last five decades (January 1966 to November 2014).

iPSCs directed to differentiate into specific cell types offer the possibility of a renewable source of replacement cells and tissues to treat ailments, including Parkinson's disease, spinal cord injury, heart disease, diabetes, and arthritis.

It's hoped this latest insight will lead to the widespread use of antigen - specific immunotherapy as a treatment for many autoimmune disorders, including multiple sclerosis (MS), type 1 diabetes, Graves» disease and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).

Solt notes that the study strongly suggests that Th17 cells have a pathological role in the development of type 1 diabetes and use of ROR - specific synthetic compounds targeting this cell type may have potential as a preventative therapy for type 1 diabetes.

Gender - specific association between night - work exposure and type - 2 diabetes: results from longitudinal study of adult health, ELSA - Brasil

Sex - specific interactions between the IRS1 polymorphism and intakes of carbohydrates and fat on incident type 2 diabetes

Work stress, obesity and the risk of type 2 diabetes: gender - specific bidirectional effect in the Whitehall II study

Sex - specific effects of naturally occurring variants in the dopamine receptor D2 locus on insulin secretion and type 2 diabetes susceptibility

Sex - specific association of fetuin - A with type 2 diabetes in older community - dwelling adults: the Rancho Bernardo Study

Following up on findings from a an earlier genome - wide association study (GWAS) of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in Latinos, researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) traced an association detected in that study to variants in a specific gene, SLC16A11, and uncovered two distinct mechanisms by which those variants disrupt the gene's function in liver cells, possibly contributing to the pathogenesis of T2D.

Using red blood cells modified to carry disease - specific antigens, a team of scientists from Whitehead Institute and Boston Children's Hospital have prevented and alleviated two autoimmune diseases — multiple sclerosis (MS) and type 1 diabetes — in early stage mouse models.

The researchers conclude that consuming more specific whole fruits «especially grapes, blueberries and apples is significantly linked to lower risk of type 2 diabetes whereas consumption more fruit juice is linked to a higher risk.

While the bulk of earlier studies looked primarily at the association between diabetes and increased risk of dying from cancer, research was lacking in regards to specific types of cancer that exhibited the strongest association with diabetes.

In specific examples, the method 100 can be used for characterization of and / or therapeutic intervention for one or more of: acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, Sprue, Sjogren's syndrome, multiple sclerosis, Type I diabetes, and systemic Lupus erythmatosus.

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Since sugar also contributes to obesity, its specific role in type 2 diabetes was investigated by Dr. Lustig in his paper «The Relationship of Sugar to Population - Level Diabetes Prevaldiabetes was investigated by Dr. Lustig in his paper «The Relationship of Sugar to Population - Level Diabetes PrevalDiabetes Prevalence ``.

Refined processed carbohydrates are the major cause of weight gain, obesity, specific skin conditions, and many diet related diseases including heart disease, hypertension, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, some cancers, and obesity.

BMI - specific meta - analyzed (pooled) HRs (95 % CI)(per 10 g protein intake) for the association between protein intake and type 2 diabetes: results of the adjusted model (model 4)

No specific group of protein sources was accountable for the positive association between animal protein and type 2 diabetes; excluding protein from dairy, fish, or meat from total animal protein did not alter the association.

Causes of this disease may include differing types of immunodeficiency disorders, a hypersensitivity to specific oral bacteria, drug reactions, and other systemic organ diseases — including kidney failure, cancers, and diabetes mellitus.

An inherited early - onset form of diabetes characterized by abiotrophy of islet β - cells in a line of Keeshond dogs (128), is a rare example of an «other specific type» of canine diabetes and presumably has a genetic basis.

Diabetes induced by insulin - resistance states are less common «other specific types» of canine dDiabetes induced by insulin - resistance states are less common «other specific types» of canine diabetesdiabetes.

ACT - activated clotting time (bleeding disorders) ACTH - adrenocorticotropic hormone (adrenal gland function) Ag - antigen test for proteins specific to a disease causing organism or virus Alb - albumin (liver, kidney and intestinal disorders) Alk - Phos, ALP alkaline phosphatase (liver and adrenal disorders) Allergy Testing intradermal or blood antibody test for allergen hypersensitivity ALT - alanine aminotransferase (liver disorder) Amyl - amylase enzyme — non specific (pancreatitis) ANA - antinuclear antibody (systemic lupus erythematosus) Anaplasmosis Anaplasma spp. (tick - borne rickettsial disease) APTT - activated partial thromboplastin time (blood clotting ability) AST - aspartate aminotransferase (muscle and liver disorders) Band band cell — type of white blood cell Baso basophil — type of white blood cell Bile Acids digestive acids produced in the liver and stored in the gall bladder (liver function) Bili bilirubin (bile pigment responsible for jaundice from liver disease or RBC destruction) BP - blood pressure measurement BUN - blood urea nitrogen (kidney and liver function) Bx biopsy C & S aerobic / anaerobic bacterial culture and antibiotic sensitivity test (infection, drug selection) Ca +2 calcium ion — unbound calcium (parathyroid gland function) CBC - complete blood count (all circulating cells) Chol cholesterol (liver, thyroid disorders) CK, CPK creatine [phospho] kinase (muscle disease, heart disease) Cl - chloride ion — unbound chloride (hydration, blood pH) CO2 - carbon dioxide (blood pH) Contrast Radiograph x-ray image using injected radiopaque contrast media Cortisol hormone produced by the adrenal glands (adrenal gland function) Coomb's anti- red blood cell antibody test (immune - mediated hemolytic anemia) Crea creatinine (kidney function) CRT - capillary refill time (blood pressure, tissue perfusion) DTM - dermatophyte test medium (ringworm — dermatophytosis) EEG - electroencephalogram (brain function, epilepsy) Ehrlichia Ehrlichia spp. (tick - borne rickettsial disease) EKG, ECG - electrok [c] ardiogram (electrical heart activity, heart arryhthmia) Eos eosinophil — type of white blood cell Fecal, flotation, direct intestinal parasite exam FeLV Feline Leukemia Virus test FIA Feline Infectious Anemia: aka Feline Hemotrophic Mycoplasma, Haemobartonella felis test FIV Feline Immunodeficiency Virus test Fluorescein Stain fluorescein stain uptake of cornea (corneal ulceration) fT4, fT4ed, freeT4ed thyroxine hormone unbound by protein measured by equilibrium dialysis (thyroid function) GGT gamma - glutamyltranferase (liver disorders) Glob globulin (liver, immune system) Glu blood or urine glucose (diabetes mellitus) Gran granulocytes — subgroup of white blood cells Hb, Hgb hemoglobin — iron rich protein bound to red blood cells that carries oxygen (anemia, red cell mass) HCO3 - bicarbonate ion (blood pH) HCT, PCV, MHCT hematocrit, packed - cell volume, microhematocrit (hemoconcentration, dehydration, anemia) K + potassium ion — unbound potassium (kidney disorders, adrenal gland disorders) Lipa lipase enzyme — non specific (pancreatitis) LYME Borrelia spp. (tick - borne rickettsial disease) Lymph lymphocyte — type of white blood cell MCHC mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (anemia, iron deficiency) MCV mean corpuscular volume — average red cell size (anemia, iron deficiency) Mg +2 magnesium ion — unbound magnesium (diabetes, parathyroid function, malnutrition) MHCT, HCT, PCV microhematocrit, hematocrit, packed - cell volume (hemoconcentration, dehydration, anemia) MIC minimum inhibitory concentration — part of the C&S that determines antimicrobial selection Mono monocyte — type of white blood cell MRI magnetic resonance imaging (advanced tissue imaging) Na + sodium ion — unbound sodium (dehydration, adrenal gland disease) nRBC nucleated red blood cell — immature red blood cell (bone marrow damage, lead toxicity) PCV, HCT, MHCT packed - cell volume, hematocrit, microhematocrit (hemoconcentration, dehydration, anemia) PE physical examination pH urine pH (urinary tract infection, urolithiasis) Phos phosphorus (kidney disorders, ketoacidosis, parathyroid function) PLI pancreatic lipase immunoreactivity (pancreatitis) PLT platelet — cells involved in clotting (bleeding disorders) PT prothrombin time (bleeding disorders) PTH parathyroid hormone, parathormone (parathyroid function) Radiograph x-ray image RBC red blood cell count (anemia) REL Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever / Ehrlichia / Lyme combination test Retic reticulocyte — immature red blood cell (regenerative vs. non-regenerative anemia) RMSF Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever SAP serum alkaline phosphatase (liver disorders) Schirmer Tear Test tear production test (keratoconjunctivitis sicca — dry eye,) Seg segmented neutrophil — type of white blood cell USG Urine specific gravity (urine concentration, kidney function) spec cPL specific canine pancreatic lipase (pancreatitis)-- replaces the PLI test spec fPL specific feline pancreatic lipase (pancreatitis)-- replaces the PLI test T4 thyroxine hormone — total (thyroid gland function) TLI trypsin - like immunoreactivity (exocrine pancreatic insufficiency) TP total protein (hydration, liver disorders) TPR temperature / pulse / respirations (physical exam vital signs) Trig triglycerides (fat metabolism, liver disorders) TSH thyroid stimulating hormone (thyroid gland function) UA urinalysis (kidney function, urinary tract infection, diabetes) Urine Cortisol - Crea Ratio urine cortisol - creatine ratio (screening test for adrenal gland disease) Urine Protein - Crea Ratio urine protein - creatinine ratio (kidney disorders) VWF VonWillebrands factor (bleeding disorder) WBC white blood cell count (infection, inflammation, bone marrow suppression)

• Create an entire month's menu of delicious yet nutritious food items for a child with Type 1 diabetes • Implement a series of activities - based learning techniques to help children with their homework without making the process boring • Comprehend each child's individual needs by conferring with parents in detail • Interview children in a friendly manner to determine their personality types • Handle children's personal needs such as bathing, toileting, grooming and dressing • Assist children in handling their homework by providing support in understanding concepts • Introduce and implement activities to help nurture children socially, educationally and physically • Handle emergency situations by employing training in CPR and First Aid • Plan weekly menus according to each individual household member's specific tastes

Quality of life in children with Type 1 diabetes: A comparison of general and diabetes - specific measures and support for a unitary diabetes quality - of - life construct

The amount of negative affect around BGM was hypothesized to be associated with diabetes - specific family conflict, because BGM is a fundamental aspect of type 1 diabetes management involving diabetes - specific family interactions.

Wysocki et al.'s findings support the value - added impact of integrating key components of specific intervention strategies that have been shown to be effective in previous research with children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes with the basic BFST model.