Blar i Faculty of Medicine på emneord "Diabetes"
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Acute effects of orexigenic antipsychotic drugs on lipid and carbohydrate metabolism in rat
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-07-12)This study aims to investigate whether orexigenic antipsychotic drugs may induce dyslipidemia and glucose disturbances in female rats through direct perturbation of metabolically active peripheral tissues, independent of ... -
Association between visceral, cardiac and sensorimotor polyneuropathies in diabetes mellitus
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014)Aims: Gastrointestinal complaints are common in diabetes mellitus. However, its association to peripheral sensorimotor and autonomic neuropathies is not well investigated. The aim was to assess skin, muscle, bone and ... -
Bruk av legemidler mot diabetes og depresjon i 2004 og 2009. Prevalens, sambruk, og risiko
(Master thesis, 2012-11-12)Farmakoepidemiologi er læren om legemiddelbruk i samfunnet. Ved hjelp av statistikk kan vi se nærmere på hvordan legemidler brukes av befolkningen og om det finnes et mønster i denne bruken. Diabetes og depresjon er begge ... -
Bruken av antidiabetika i Norge for perioden 2004-2010. En reseptregisterstudie
(Master thesis, 2011-05-20)For å etablere gode rutiner for behandling av diabetes finnes det i dag kliniske retningslinjer. Kjernen i disse er først å benytte seg av veldokumenterte billige alternativer fremfor nye, dyrere og mindre dokumenterte ... -
Ceramide stearic to palmitic acid ratio predicts incident diabetes
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-03-15)Aims/hypothesis Ceramide lipids have a role in the development of insulin resistance, diabetes and risk of cardiovascular disease. Here we investigated four ceramides and their ratios to find the best predictors of incident ... -
Challenges in managing elderly people with diabetes in primary care settings in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013)Objective. To explore the experiences and clinical challenges that nurses and nursing assistants face when providing high-quality diabetes-specific management and care for elderly people with diabetes in primary care ... -
Comorbidities treated in primary care in children with chronic fatigue syndrome
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-09-02)Background: Chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) is a complex condition. Causal factors are not established, although underlying psychological or immunological susceptibility has been proposed. We ... -
Diabetes knowledge in nursing homes and home-based care services: a validation study of the Michigan Diabetes Knowledge Test adapted for use among nursing personnel
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-06-29)Background: Providing high-quality diabetes care in nursing homes and home-based care facilities requires suitable instruments to evaluate the level of diabetes knowledge among the health-care providers. Thus, the aim of ... -
Diabetic hyperglycemia reduces Ca2+ permeability of extrasynaptic AMPA receptors in AII amacrine cells
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-09)There is increasing evidence that diabetic retinopathy is a primary neuropathological disorder that precedes the microvascular pathology associated with later stages of the disease. Recently, we found evidence for altered ... -
Dietary intake of n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids and risk of myocardial infarction in coronary artery disease patients with or without diabetes mellitus: a prospective cohort study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-10-08)Background: A beneficial effect of a high n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid (LCPUFA) intake has been observed in heart failure patients, who are frequently insulin resistant. We investigated the potential influence ... -
Dietary methylmercury accumulates in pancreas and reduces basal insulin secretion in mice
(Master thesis, 2014-05-15)Lifestyle diseases like obesity and type 2 diabetes are highly prevalent worldwide, and represent a major public health concern. A potential link between lifestyle diseases and methylmercury exposure have been proposed in ... -
Disruption of a neural microcircuit in the rod pathway of the mammalian retina by diabetes mellitus
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-04)Diabetes leads to dysfunction of the neural retina before and independent of classical microvascular diabetic retinopathy, but previous studies have failed to demonstrate which neurons and circuits are affected at the ... -
Economic cost of primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases in Tanzania
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-08-11)Tanzania is facing a double burden of disease, with non-communicable diseases being an increasingly important contributor. Evidence-based preventive measures are important to limit the growing financial burden. This article ... -
Erfaringer knyttet til å leve med type 1 diabetes fra et pasientperspektiv. En kvalitativ studie
(Master thesis, 2009-05-19)The present study is based on patient experiences of living with type 1 diabetes, and is rooted in a perspective based on the phenomenology of the body. A number of life-quality studies linked to diabetes type 1 have been ... -
Feasibility of using self-reported patient data in a national diabetes register
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-12-15)Background: In order to improve recruitment of patients to the Norwegian diabetes register for adults, a questionnaire was designed to collect data directly from patients. The main aim of this study was to assess the ... -
High protein and cholesterol intakes associated with emergence of glucose intolerance in a low-risk Canadian Inuit population
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-07)Objective: The rate of type 2 diabetes mellitus among Inuit is 12·2 % in individuals over 50 years of age, similar to the Canadian prevalence. Given marked dietary transitions in the Arctic, we evaluated the dietary and ... -
Hypoglycemia and decreased insulin requirement caused by malignant insulinoma in a type 1 diabetic patient: when the hoof beats are from a zebra, not a horse
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-06)Insulinomas are uncommon tumors, and in patients with diabetes mellitus they are extremely rare. We describe a patient with type 1 diabetes who developed malignant insulinoma. When hypoglycemic episodes persist in a patient ... -
Inhibition of cyclooxygenases attenuates diet-induced obesity and compensatory increased glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in C57BL/6J mice
(Master thesis, 2013-05-15)Obesity is considered a state of low-grade inflammation, and this inflammation is strongly related to development of systematic insulin resistance. Hyperglycemia develops during insulin resistance as insulin-stimulated ... -
Interplay of the proteotoxic CEL-MODY protein and oncogenic KRAS in pancreatic cancer development
(Master thesis, 2024-06-03)Challenges in diagnosing and treating pancreatic cancer make it the fourth-leading cause of cancer-related deaths. Survival rates remain dismally low, and the molecular mechanisms driving this malignancy are still inadequately ... -
Nursing home patients with diabetes: Prevalence, drug treatment and glycemic control
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-04-28)Aims: Determine prevalence of diabetes, and describe use of blood glucose lowering (BGL) drugs and glycemic control in Norwegian nursing homes. Methods: In this cross-sectional study we collected details of BGL drugs, ...