Effect of Ethyl Acetate Extract of Melothria Perpusilla on Oral Glucose Tolerance Test in Albino Rats [PDF]
Introduction: Diabetes mellitus is a group of common metabolic disorders sharing the phenotype of hyperglycaemia. Certain disadvantages like side effects or less efficacy limit the optimal use of antidiabetic drugs.
Shailendra Vikram Jitendra Singh +3 more
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Sleep Disturbances and Glucose Metabolism in Older Adults: The Cardiovascular Health Study. [PDF]
ObjectiveWe examined the associations of symptoms of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), which was defined as loud snoring, stopping breathing for a while during sleep, and daytime sleepiness, and insomnia with glucose metabolism and incident type 2 ...
Biggs, Mary Lou +10 more
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Association between serum Mg2+ concentrations and cardiovascular organ damage in a cohort of adult subjects [PDF]
Magnesium (Mg2+) levels are associated with insulin resistance, hypertension, atherosclerosis, and type 2 diabetes (T2DM). We evaluated the clinical utility of physiological Mg2+ in assessing subclinical cardiovascular organ damage including increased ...
Andreozzi, F. +12 more
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Prediabetes and working memory in older adults
Insulin sensitivity, pancreatic β-cell function, fasting glucose, and 2-h post-load glucose were related to cognition in cognitively healthy nondiabetic older adults.
Gilda E. Ennis +3 more
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Antidiabetic effect of Tibetan medicine Tang-Kang-Fu-San in db/db mice via activation of PI3K/Akt and AMPK pathways [PDF]
This study was to investigate the anti-diabetic effects and molecular mechanisms of Tang-Kang-Fu-San (TKFS), a traditional Tibetan medicine, in treating type 2 diabetes mellitus of spontaneous diabetic db/db mice.
Bailu Duan +8 more
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Background : With the growing obesity epidemic, subjecting every child with obesity to a 2-hour oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) is impractical. Instead, 30-minute plasma glucose (PG), which reflects the acute phase of insulin secretion, might be a ...
Sarah Wing-yiu Poon +1 more
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Combination of alcohol and glucose consumption as a risk to induce reactive hypoglycemia
Aims/Introduction Alcohol consumption has been reported to cause hypoglycemia. However, the mechanism involved has not been unequivocally established. This study comprised healthy volunteers.
Chiho Oba‐Yamamoto +9 more
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Recessive mutations in the cancer gene Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated (ATM), at a locus previously associated with metformin response, cause dysglycaemia and insulin resistance [PDF]
Aim: To investigate glucose and insulin metabolism in participants with ataxia telangiectasia in the absence of a diagnosis of diabetes. Methods: A standard oral glucose tolerance test was performed in participants with ataxia telangiectasia (n ...
Cremona +14 more
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Acromegaly with initial negative oral glucose tolerance test: a case report
Background Acromegaly can be diagnosed by a growth hormone value ≥ 1 µg/L following an oral glucose tolerance test. However, normal growth hormone suppression following oral glucose tolerance test may not exclude acromegaly.
Wen-Hsuan Tsai +3 more
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Predictive Value of Fasting Plasma Glucose on First Antenatal Visit before 20 Weeks of Gestation to Diagnose Gestational Diabetes Mellitus [PDF]
Introduction: Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) is an important public health concern due to its association with adverse foetomaternal outcome. Steadily increasing prevalence necessitates screening and early treatment of women at risk of developing ...
Manisha Sharma +3 more
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