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The American Diabetes Association (ADA) revised the standards of care in diabetes patients in 2014. An important component of the revised guidelines is increased consideration of individual patient factors, with...
Sexual function may be affected by diabetes complications, often resulting in marriage difficulties. This study introduced 'I-message' as a communication technique. This study is to understand Gottman's dysfunctional communication between...
Currently, diabetes self-management education (DSME) is usually provided in hospitals, often in the form of a lecture. Evidence has indicated better strategies for DSME, such as behavioral outcome-focused, patient empowering,...
The recently published 2013 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Treatment of Blood Cholesterol to Reduce Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Risk in Adults published by the American Heart Association (AHA) and American College of...
The new 2013 ACC/AHA Guideline is quite different from the previous NCEP-ATP III or ESC/EAS guidelines. Although the guideline is simplified and aimed at prevention of ASCVD rather than control...
Therapeutic high-dose radiation can induce atherosclerotic changes of affected arteries. Radiation-associated atherosclerotic diseases of coronary, carotid and subclavian arteries have been demonstrated for years in cancer survivors, but peripheral arterial...
Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the world. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) affects around one-third of Western countries, with an incidence that continues to also increase in other parts...
Although the classical gold standard for diagnosing and staging non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and assessing fibrosis is liver biopsy, the procedure has several drawbacks, such as sample error, subjectivity...
BACKGROUND: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a hyperglycemic condition caused by increased insulin resistance and impaired insulin secretion during pregnancy. It is known to be temporary, but it can cause...
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is emerging as a world-wide health problem and is currently recognized as a hepatic manifestation of metabolic syndrome. It is an umbrella term to describe...
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a common condition that may progress to end-stage liver disease. Recently, it has been recognized as a hepatic manifestation of metabolic syndrome and an...
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a chronic condition characterized by fat accumulation combined with low-grade inflammation in the liver. A large body of clinical and experimental data shows that...