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Introduction and Background According to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention, stroke is the 5th leading cause of mortality in the US, and a leading cause of significant long-term disability where almost 50% of stroke survivors, age 65 and above, suffer from disabling decrease in mobility.
Factors driving progression from steatosis (NAFL) to steatohepatitis (NASH) in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) remain largely unknown. Considerable data now indicate that steatosis per se is not a hepatotoxic event and may represent in fact a protective mechanism against free
Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of biochemical and physiological abnormalities associated with the development of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus. The current study focused on type 2 Diabetes Mellitus(T2DM). T2DM is a chronic disease in which people have problems regulating their
1. INTRODUCTION AND RATIONALE
Type 2 diabetes mellitus is an endemic disease associated with obesity and a sedentary lifestyle. In the year 2025 the prevalence of DM2 patients worldwide is expected to be 334 million. In the year 2000 there were an estimated 2,9 million diabetes-related deaths
We hypothesize that in a setting of surgically-induced weight loss decrements in select DAGs result in improved glucose utilization, altered insulin signaling and decreased inflammatory responses. We propose to examine the impact of molecular DAG species accumulation on glucose utilization, insulin
Commonly consumed vegetable fats and oils are comprised predominantly of TAG, and small amounts of DAG and monoacylglycerol. TAG consists of 3 fatty acid ester, whereas diacylglycerol oil has 2 fatty acid esters linked to a glycerol backbone. Recently, Watanabe et al., developed a process by which
This pilot study is a within-subject repeated measures design. This study will compare the neurophysiological and vascular responses to placebo and treatment with Lovaza® (omega-3-acid ethyl esters, Reliant Pharmaceuticals, Inc.) in subjects with type 2 diabetes, neuropathy, and