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Aim:
The goal of the present study is to investigate the effects of two olive oils with different antioxidant content on cardiovascular risk factors (blood-coagulation parameters, platelet indices, red blood cell count, inflammatory markers, lipid profile, nitric oxide and cortisol) in patients
Background The epidemics of obesity, metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes, and atherosclerosis are increasing worldwide. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), for a long time unnoted in the metabolic field, is becoming recognized as a condition possibly involved in the pathogenesis of these
Research design This study is a double blind randomized clinical trial to determine differences in wave amplitude P50 and N95 on pattern ERG examination, visual field defects (LP) with Humphrey HFA (Humphrey Field Analyzer) II-i 750, 24-2 threshold and ganglion cell thickness with OCT CirrusTM
RATIONALE Metabolic syndrome (MS) is a clinical entity associated with obesity, insulin resistance (IR), hypertension, hypertriglyceridemia and low HDL. This syndrome promotes the pathophysiological mechanisms of oxidative stress damage, endothelial inflammation, hypercoagulability, atheromatosis
Poor placentation is considered a powerful predisposing factor for pre-eclampsia. Recently, it has been suggested that the occurrence of pre-eclampsia requires a combination of an excessive or atypical maternal immune response to the trophoblast and/or exaggerated endothelial activation as well as a
There is now a global epidemic of diabetes and obesity affecting more than 300 million people worldwide with Asia in the forefront. In Hong Kong, diabetes affects more than 10% of the population. Patients with diabetes have a 12-25% lifetime risk of developing a foot ulcer. These silent conditions
INTRODUCTION
Cigarette smoking harms nearly every system of the human body, thus causing a broad range of diseases, many of which are fatal. In particular, cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the most important cause of death in those who smoke (1). Both diabetes mellitus and cigarette smoking are
1. BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE:
Current obesity prevention emphasizes increasing physical activity and a low-fat, calorie restricted diet to produce a negative caloric balance. Caloric restriction is associated with decreases in energy expenditure. The other mainstay of obesity prevention increasing
Pioglitazone has been shown to have potent anti-inflammatory as well anti-atherosclerotic effects. However, the mechanisms by which pioglitazone exerts these effects are not clear. We propose that tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-3 (TIMP-3) and TNF-alfa converting enzyme (TACE) play a major
Overt hypothyroidism is associated with increased risk for cardiovascular disease[CVD] as indicated by hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and increased low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels.However, not all patients have hypertension or abnormal lipid profiles, suggesting that other
Specific Aims
To test the global hypothesis that increases in insulin signaling through either PI-3-kinase or MAP kinase pathways correlate with improvements in NO production or NOS expression in skeletal muscle following pioglitazone therapy, we will determine whether 6 months of Pioglitazone
African Americans have a higher prevalence of vascular disease than Caucasians. Vascular disease can lead to heart attacks, strokes and even amputations. Insulin, a hormone which is secreted by the pancreas, affects not only glucose and fat metabolism but also vascular disease. Impairment of insulin
This American Diabetes Association research project is to determine why there are discrepant results between individual studies of Vitamin E and C in both animals and humans compared with the results obtained in large randomized human trials using Vitamin E.
Subjects: The study will enroll subjects