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The individual personality traits of diabetes patients are important to understanding in order to effectively educate patients about their disease. A variety of perspectives and theoretical backgrounds may be useful...
Patients with primary hyperparathyroidism often exhibit insulin resistance and glucose intolerance. In previous studies, glucose intolerance was improved by parathyroidectomy in primary hyperparathyroidism. We report a case of type 2...
The prevalence of type 2 diabetes is increasing rapidly in association with adverse lifestyle changes such as excessive calorie intake and physical inactivity. Compelling evidence exists that physical exercise can...
Evidence from several studies indicates that obesity and weight gain are associated with an increased risk of diabetes. Obesity occurs when energy intake exceeds energy expenditure over a protracted period...
The prevalences of diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose tolerance increase with age. Older diabetic patients show reduced physical function compared with that of non-diabetics of the same age as a...
To date, numerous investigations have identified the role of exercise and physical activity in prevention and treatment of Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD). This review paper analyzed epidemiological...
Structured exercise is considered as an important cornerstone to achieve good glycemic control and improve cardiovascular risk profile in diabetes. Both aerobic and resistance training improve insulin action and can...
Exercise is one of the cornerstones of diabetes management along with diet and medication. Exercise can acutely improve insulin sensitivity for between 2 and 72 hours. Moderate aerobic exercise acutely...
The beneficial effects of exercise in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are caused by improvement of various cardiovascular risk factors. Previous studies have shown that there is a...
The prevalence of obesity is steadily increasing worldwide and is commonly associated with metabolic diseases including hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and type 2 diabetes as well as increased mortality. Bariatric surgery is...
Diabetic patients encounter a number of difficulties in blood glucose control for special situations such as illness, travel, eating away from home and physical activity. These patients should be provided...
Regular exercise has been shown to reduce cardiovascular risk factors. Korean type 2 diabetic patients showed a reduced aerobic exercising capacity (VO2max 5.2 +/- 1.3 MET, VT 3.5 +/- 0.9...
Economic development has lead to increased life expectancy, population growth, and spread of the Western life style, resulting in a gradual increase of diabetic patients during the last three decades....