Why are ketone bodies rarely found in the early stages of T2DM (Type 2 diabetes mellitus)? Which ketone body do you expect will predominate during periods of excessive alcohol consumption and for what reason? What is the medical term for excessive urination?
Medical textbooks have always taught—and clinical practice correspondingly operates on the supposition—that type 2 diabetes can only “inexorably progress.” The belief is that once a patient with diabetes requires pharmacointervention, the disease is intractable. This long-entrenched dogma is omnipresen...
Liver fat storage, also called hepatic steatosis, is increasingly common and represents a very frequent diagnosis in the medical field. Excess fat is not without consequences. In fact, hepatic steatosis contributes to the progression toward liver fibrosis. There are two main types of fatty liver di...
In fact, with high rates of obesity (likely one of the most important drivers) and type 2 dia- betes mellitus (T2DM) among adult patients, which are associated with an aging population, NAFLD mortality is reported to steadily increase. Specifically, in the United States, the estimated ...
The pattern of HF according to sex According to ESC guidelines, the most common and accepted classification of HF is based on the left ventric- ular ejection fraction of the left ventricle (LVEF). Three patterns have been recognized, with some specificity in terms of pathophysiology and ...
Conclusions: In terms of the understanding of GDM and preterm birth, several gaps in our knowledge remain. The association between GDM and preterm birth is likely multifactorial, involving various maternal factors. Keywords: gestational diabetes mellitus; preterm birth; maternal factors; pregnancy...
Abdominal or visceral obesity is strongly associated with metabolic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes (T2DM), dyslipidemia, hypertension, and cardiovascular diseases [4]. Each of the different fat depots has unique characteristics, and visceral adipose tissue (VAT) is a hormonally active component ...
Red Wine In Moderation May Protect Gut Health When they stopped feeding the mice antibiotics, their guts re-established the microbial balance; although, Reese explains, "We don't really have a sense of what the 'right' number of bacteria to have in the gut is." How and why our bodies ...
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This is an excerpt from the content When, more than two decades ago, I started working as a physician providing medical care to patients with diabetes, I was completely unaware of the diversity of its forms. At that time, I knew only that there was an insulin-dependent diabetes (renamed...