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Showing 1 to 20 of 3439 for “"diabetes"”.
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Diabetes Camp
… comes to camp has been diagnosed with Type I Diabetes. Some have had it for years and consider camp their second home while some have just been diagnosed and still live in fear of their condition. For this one week, however, they all have something in common, and while they eat, sleep, and …
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Assessment of Diabetes Regimen Disease Care in Youth with Type 1 Diabetes via the Diabetes Behavior Rating Scale and the 24-Hour Diabetes Interview
The psychometric properties of two measures of diabetes disease care, the Diabetes Behavior Rating Scale (DBRS) and the 24-hr Diabetes Interview (24-hr) were evaluated. The 24-hr is a widely used, structured interview while the DBRS is a self-administered, fixed-choice questionnaire. Both measures …
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Diabetes, diabetes complications, and their consequences in Mexican-American elders
… of this study is to describe the epidemiology of diabetes, diabetes complications and their consequences over an 11-year period in Mexican-American elders. Design: This is an 11-year prospective cohort study (1993-1994 to 2004-2005). Setting: This study was conducted among residents of five …
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Discovery of Glyco-biomarkers for Diabetes and Complications in Diabetes
Diabetes mellitus is a group of metabolic diseases characterized in disordered blood glucose levels with many altered genes, proteins and metabolites. The chronic hyperglycemia in diabetes damages organ systems and makes the diabetic patients vulnerable to one or more complications. The onset of …
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Personalized diabetes management
… personalized lifestyle and health decisions for diabetes management, as well as for general health and diet management. In particular, we address the following components of the system: (a) eciently learning preferences through a dynamic questionnaire that accounts for human behavior; (b) …
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Separation-individuation and its effect on diabetes management and diabetes control in young women with Type 1 diabetes
Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, or Type 1 Diabetes, is a potentially lifethreatening chronic illness which places affected individuals at increased risk of heart disease, stroke, kidney failure, blindness, and amputation. The incidence of Type 1 Diabetes has increased in countries world wide …
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General Fatalism and Diabetes Fatalism as Predictors of Diabetes Treatment Adherence
… as a predictor of health behaviors such as diabetes treatment adherence. We tested an integrated, theory-driven structural model of relationships among income, education, age, gender, general fatalism, diabetes fatalism, and type 2 diabetes treatment adherence, as measured by hemoglobin a1c …
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Relationship between diabetes and bone health status in adults with diabetes
Studies of bone density and diabetes have relatively strong evidence to suggest that type 1 diabetes has negative impacts on bone mass density; however, there seems to be more discrepancy in skeletal effects of type 2 diabetes. While many studies have shown normal to high BMD values in individuals …
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Diabetes Research Vortex : a novel information management system for Type I diabetes
… in the domain increases drastically. Type one diabetes (TID) research is no exception. The DRV (Diabetes Research Vortex) addresses the information management challenge. The DRV's main objective is to provide a web accessible information management system for diabetes related publications and …
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Islet Dysfunction In Diabetes
<p>Type 2 Diabetes [T2DM] is a chronic condition resulting from gradual failure of pancreatic beta cells to synthesize and secrete sufficient insulin to meet the metabolic demands and the inability of tissues [muscle, adipose and liver] to efficiently utilize the secreted insulin leading to an …
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Atualidades no diabetes mellitus.
ABSTRACT Diabetes mellitus ( DM) is a disease of multifactorial etiology characterized by pres enting a set of metabolic changes generated as a result of deficiencies in the production mechanism or insulin action in peripheral s tissues, and is mainly connected to the presence of hyperglycemia. …
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Children's Literature and Diabetes
… books, and their treatment of the topic of diabetes. I frame my argument with an examination of diabetes, the psychological effects of diabetes on the child, the need of thorough education about diabetes. I argue for the use of the picture book as an effect tool in educating and socializing …
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Gestational diabetes mellitus – prevalence in southern Sweden and risk factors for subsequent diabetes
Background: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is associated with risks during pregnancy, during delivery, and in later life with a substantial risk of subsequent diabetes. The worldwide prevalence of GDM is increasing, but varies with differences in diagnostic methods and population …
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Genetic and Metabolic Markers for the Development of Diabetes after Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
… were to determine the prevalence of postpartum diabetes among women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in a prospective study 5 years postpartum; to characterize these women according to insulin secretion, insulin sensitivity, autoimmunity and genetics; and to identify possible markers and …
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Factors associated with diabetes prevalence and utilisation of diabetes care services in Mauritius
Diabetes is a growing problem worldwide. It is estimated that at least 171 million people have diabetes worldwide and this figure is projected to more than double by 2030. Mauritius has not been spared from diabetes. Indeed, it has one of the highest diabetes prevalence in the world. It is creating …
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Epidemiology of diabetes in a well defined population in Sweden: the Skaraborg Diabetes Registry
… their ability to distinguish type 1 from type 2 diabetes, and factors associated with the prognosis of diabetes were explored. The incidence and the age at onset remained stable but the prevalence of diabetes increased due partly to improved survival, partly to changed criteria for diagnosis. At …
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Mobile Application Focusing on Diabetes
… team members. The thesis focuses on developing a diabetes application that aims to support self-management and education for patients with diabetes. This application has many functions, which provide a diet plan, exercise, and the risk the user has of diabetes. The objectives are to increase the …
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