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JDM is an international journal dedicated to the current developments of Diabetes Mellitus, the broad scope will also include significant research in the fields of pathology and therapeutic innovations of diabetes itself, both type I and II. All manuscripts submitted to JDM must be previously unpublished and may not b…
Sheida Vahidi, Sima Esmaeili Shahmirzadi, Davoud Shojaeizadeh, Hamid Haghani, Soghra Nikpour
Background: Patient self-efficacy is one of the most important factors in treating and overcoming disease. Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of an educational program based on the health belief model on self-efficacy among patients w…
Annelie Kerekou Hode, François Djrolo, Daniel Amoussou-Guenou
This was a retrospective and descriptive study conducted from 1 July 2006 to 31 July 2011 and carried on 122 cases of diabetic foot collected a total of 706 diabetic patients hospitalized over a period of 5 years. Objective: To study the characteristics of di…
Adel A. Mahmoud, Adel A. Elazab Elged, Rasha A. Elgamal, Abdelhady M. Hamada
Iron overload increases the risk of diabetes via mechanisms of abnormal glucose metabolism: insulin deficiency, insulin resistance, and/or hepatic dysfunction. Iron reduction upregulates glucose uptake and improves hepatocytes insulin receptor activity. This…
Annelie Kerekou-Hode, Stéphane Dismand Houinato, Mylidia Bocovo, Daniel Amoussou-Guenou, François Djrolo
Background: In 2008 Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) were responsible for 63% of deaths worldwide and 80% of these deaths occurred in developing countries. Four of them were responsible for more than 80% of mortality from NCDs, which were cardiovascular disea…
Mulkah O. Ajagun-Ogunleye, Michael Tirwomwe, Ruth Nyaboke Mitaki, John Nnamdi Ejekwumadu, Keneth Iceland Kasozi, Julia Pantoglou, Elvis Ngala Mbiydzenyuy, Nancy Bonareri Mitaki, 1 1
Ethno-pharmaceutical products have received a lot of international attention in the scientific community in the management of diabetes mellitus (DM). In this study we determined the anti-diabetic and high dosage effects of Bidens pliosa in type 1 DM (T1DM). M…
Daniel Amoussou-Guenou, Armand Wanvoegbe, Anthelme Agbodande, Alihonou Dansou, Yessoufou Tchabi, Yasmine Eyisse, Arnaulde Amoussou-Guenou Fandi, Latif Mousse
This paper is to determine the contribution of the ambulatory measure of blood pressure (AMBP) to the detection of hypertension in type 2 diabetic black African in Benin. Hypertension can stay unknown in diabetic patients. Patients and Methods: We conducted a…
Daniel Amoussou-Guenou, Armand Wanvoegbe, Michel Hermans, Anthelme Agbodande, Marius Boko, Arnaulde Amoussou-Guenou Fandi, Annelie Kerekou
Introduction: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and risk factors of diabetes mellitus in the adult population of Porto-Novo. Methods: A cross-sectional study with random sampling, stratified cluster, was used. Fasting blood glucose was mea…
Susana Siewert, Irma Gonzalez, Sergio Filipuzzi, Dario C. Ramirez, Marta S. Ojeda
Objectives: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients are at increased risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Several polymorphisms in the cholesterol ester transfer protein (CETP) gene have been reported. The aim of this study was to determine the distributi…
Ibrahim A. Bani
Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) prevalence is increasing in Arabian Gulf countries and Saudi Arabia is ranked as the 7th country world widely estimated to have the highest numbers of people with diabetes in 2000 and 2030. Objectives: This study intended to…
Dinette Agterhuis, Hanneke Freling, Margreet Henstra, Thiemo F. Veneman
Metformin is a worldwide used and effective antihyperglycemic agent. It is generally well tolerated but contraindicated in severe renal dysfunction. Metformin does not cause hypoglycaemia, however this case describes hypoglycaemia after an overdose. Another w…
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