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Introduction: Obesity can be conceptualized in a simplified way, as a condition of abnormal or excessive accumulation of fat in the body. Objective: To characterize the nutritional profile of the clients with obesity treated at the Integrated Clinic of Health Care at UNA University Center, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.Methods: This is a longitudinal

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The purpose of this article is to provide podiatric physicians with the strategies for identifying, assessing and responding to patients who may have changes in opioid pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics due to sex and age differences and disease states. First of all, possible opioid drug interactions that exist within the context of patient dem

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When a diabetes treatment is changed, patients are eager to see their FBG and A1c changes as a result on the new treatment.  We examined these changes in 20 subjects with Type 2 diabetes for 1 week prior to starting Lysulin and then for the following 30 days.While both FBG and A1c drop in less tha

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Pharmacists can be part of the healthcare team to help people with diabetes and prediabetes to better health. Obesity and type 2 diabetes are a worldwide epidemic and a problem that can be helped dramatically with lifestyle changes (diet and exercise) combined with treatment with drugs and supplements. Lysulin is a patent

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Immune abnormalities have been demonstrated in vitro models in genetic (type1) autoimmune (type 2) and metabolic (type 1 and type 2) Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (IDDM). However, the precise reason for increased susceptibility to frequent and protracted infections in diabetic patients is still unclear, despite a multitude of in vitro st

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The hormonal regulation of amphibian glycogen metabolism was studied in Xenopus laevis as a typical member of the anurans (tailless amphibians).The main focus of this study was given to the effects of various hormones on the glycogen/glucose balance in adult toads. We determined biochemically the liver and muscle glycogen contents as well as t

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Introduction: Few published researches have surveyed the correlation between Vitamin D status and glycaemic control in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The present study was conducted to investigate the status of vitamin D and its correlation with glycated  haemoglobin in type 2 diabetes mellitus. Method: A cross-sectional single centre stud

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Methods: Single-blind, cluster randomized controlled trial with 10 weeks, 6 month and 18 month follow-up. Community weight-loss programs for children were randomized to (i) standard program plus incentive scheme (intervention) or (ii) standard program alone (control). Primary outcome was mean BMIz score at 18 months. Secondary outcomes included