Diabetes mellitus is one of the most common severe chronic diseases of childhood. Much of our knowledge of the epidemiology of diabetes in young people has been generated by large collaborative efforts based on standardized registry data, such as the DIAMOND Project worldwide and the EURODIAB study in Europe. These ...

BACKGROUND: Travelers with diabetes mellitus to developing countries are thought to have symptomatic infectious diseases more often and longer than travelers without diabetes. Evidence for this is needed. This study evaluates whether travelers with diabetes are at increased risk of symptomatic infectious diseases. METHODS: A prospective study was performed between ...

Diabetes mellitus is associated with a 5-fold higher prevalence of cataracts, which remains a major cause of blindness in the world. Typical diabetic cataracts contain cortical and/or posterior subcapsular opacities. Adult onset diabetic cataracts also often contain nuclear opacities. Mechanisms of diabetic cataractogenesis have been studied in less detail than ...

To develop guidelines for the use of gastrointestinal surgery to treat type 2 diabetes and to craft an agenda for further research. Increasing evidence demonstrates that bariatric surgery can dramatically ameliorate type 2 diabetes. Not surprisingly, gastrointestinal operations are now being used throughout the world to treat diabetes in association ...

Cataract in diabetic patients is a major cause of blindness in developed and developing countries. The pathogenesis of diabetic cataract development is still not fully understood. Recent basic research studies have emphasized the role of the polyol pathway in the initiation of the disease process. Population-based studies have greatly increased ...

Increasing evidence has shown that diabetes may be associated with learning and memory deficits in humans. These cognitive disorders, called 'diabetic encephalopathy', can impair the daily performance of diabetic individuals. In recent years, some neuroprotective measures have been proposed to prevent diabetic neuropathology. This review attempts to show a summary ...

Diabetic myonecrosis is an uncommon complication of diabetes mellitus. There are fewer than 50 cases reported in the general medical literature. Patients classically complain of the abrupt onset of diffuse anterior thigh pain with no signs of overlying infection or signs of systemic toxicity.Because of the difficulty in diagnosis, most ...

Two patients, an adult female with newly diagnosed diabetes and an adolescent female with type 1 diabetes of 3 years' duration, presented with acute-onset bilateral cataracts. Normal vision was restored to both eyes after the cataracts had been extracted successfully. <i> Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa</i> ...

Thesis (Ph.D.)--National Taiwan University Graduate Institute of Toxicology

It's always wise to plan ahead for travel, but it's especially important if you have diabetes. Although you may face special challenges while traveling, you can usually anticipate and avoid serious problems by thinking them through in advance. Your doctor and diabetes team can be a great help as you ...

Cataract is a leading cause of blindness. Diabetes and glycemic conditions enhance the chances of developing cataracts early. At clinical stage cataracts are detected and documented by slit-lamp biomicroscopy and Scheimpflug photography. A compact fiber optic probe, developed for space experiments, was mounted on a Scheimpflug imaging system. The probe ...

The importance of diabetes registries and the current status of registries in Asia are described. Such registries are needed in order to understand the etiology and natural history of the disease. Moreover, registries provide important public health information to the community. Guidelines for registry development are presented, and the existing, ...

A mailed questionnaire was used to identify people with diagnosed diabetes in a population of approximately 14,000. A response rate of 90 per cent was obtained and the prevalence of diabetes was found to be 0.8 per cent. The questionnaire method compared favourably with other methods of identifying diabetics in ...

A diabetic survey was conducted among 4048 subjects well enough to report for work, using a questionnaire covering past, present, family and obstetric history, and a capillary blood glucose determination at least 1(1/2) hours after eating. A "positive screen" was obtained in 267 individuals, in 67 on the basis of ...

More information is needed about the "natural history" of early diabetes mellitus. A report is presented of the progress over one to nine years of 72 patients who formed the control group of a clinical trial of chlorpropamide and placebo in the management of subclinical diabetes. Most patients showed no ...

The high proportion of unrefined carbohydrates (maize meal) in the diet of Africans could be responsible for their low insulin secretion. The consequent insulinopenia in the general African population may explain the comparative rarity of typical non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, and also the virtual absence of coronary heart disease. Changes ...

In a diabetes survey 630 persons who had glycosuria or were age- and sex-matched were given a 50-g. oral glucose tolerance test (G.T.T.). Five years later the test was repeated in 527 (83.6%) cases. The original G.T.T.s were classed as normal or showing "G.T.T. diabetes," "lag storage," "renal glycosuria," or ...

Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2000.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hong Kong, 1995.

The identification of the environmental factors causing insulin-dependent diabetes in children has remained elusive. However, evidence is rapidly accumulating that childhood diabetes exhibits epidemic patterns, much like that seen with an infectious disease. It is likely that within these epidemics the environmental determinants of disease will be found. Here the ...

This brief patient information leaflet from Eli Lilly for people with diabetes, focuses on young people. It stresses that young people with diabetes can lead a perfectly normal life, and highlights areas where understanding the disease and a little planning can be important in staying in control of diabetes. Alcohol ...

The concept of a metabolic disorder of carbohydrate tolerance that progresses with age is examined. It is considered that acute exacerbations may occur at the time of puberty or during pregnancy or the menopause, leading to the development of manifest clinical diabetes.Pregnancy offers a unique opportunity for early diagnosis of ...

The favourable immediate prognosis that can be offered to the newly diabetic child of today is in contrast to the prognosis in the pre-insulin era. Nonetheless, the fact that vascular complications occur after a relatively few years of the disease point to deficiencies in our understanding of the disease and ...