sodium-ethylxanthate and Diabetes-Mellitus

Diabetes mellitus is a common disorder associated with devastating chronic complications involving end-organ damage and cardiovascular disease. In addition, diabetes imposes a heavy burden due to medical costs, hospitalization, and time lost from work. Women who suffer from the condition have a high risk of developing the complications that stem from it, and, therefore, there must be unknown factors contributing to high mortality and morbidity among women with diabetes. There is a great need for future research to address the issues regarding women and diabetes to help clinicians develop preventive and management strategies that target this population.

Topics: Age Factors; Cardiovascular Diseases; Diabetes Complications; Diabetes Mellitus; Disease Progression; Female; Humans; Incidence; Kidney Diseases; Male; Prevalence; Risk Factors; Sex; Sex Factors; United States

Topics: Diabetes Mellitus; Female; Humans; Male; Sex; Women

A person's sexual readjustment following a physical disability has traditionally been ignored by health care professionals. Since the occupational therapist often facilitates a person's resumption of activities of daily living, the therapist is in a special position to provide counseling. Understanding, support, and correct information are needed most. As derived from a search of the literature, sexual functioning is discussed in relation to the following disabilities: stroke, heart disease, diabetes mellitus, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, renal disease, spinal cord injury, pulmonary disease, arthritis, and alcoholism.

Topics: Adult; Alcoholism; Asthma; Cerebrovascular Disorders; Coitus; Diabetes Mellitus; Disabled Persons; Ejaculation; Erectile Dysfunction; Female; Heart Diseases; Humans; Libido; Male; Multiple Sclerosis; Orgasm; Sex; Sexual Behavior; Spinal Cord Injuries; Testis; Vagina

Topics: Body Constitution; Coronary Disease; Diabetes Mellitus; Dietary Fats; Genetics, Medical; Glycerides; Humans; Hypercholesterolemia; Hypertension; Lipids; Lipoproteins; Obesity; Peptic Ulcer; Physical Exertion; Sex; Smoking; Stress, Physiological; Thyroid Diseases

Topics: Diabetes Mellitus; Family Characteristics; Humans; Nuclear Family; Risk Factors; Sex

Many Eastern Mediterranean countries are undergoing dramatic socioeconomic, demographic and life style changes and face noncommunicable disease (NCD) epidemics. We evaluated recent trends in major NCD risk factors in occupied Palestinian territories (OPT), Turkey, Syria and Tunisia.. We searched published and unpublished sources for systolic blood pressure (SBP), diabetes, smoking, body mass index (BMI), and cholesterol trends for both men and women aged 35-84 in each country from 1995 to 2009.. Smoking prevalence was stable over time in Tunisia and Syria, but decreasing in Turkey (annual change -0.9%) and OPT (annual change -0.7%). Mean BMI (annual change of 0.1% for Turkey, 0.2% for OPT and Tunisia and 0.3% in Syria) and diabetes (annual change of 0.3% for Turkey, 0.4% for OPT and Tunisia and 0.7% in Syria) prevalence increased in each country. SBP levels increased slightly in Tunisia and Syria but decreased in OPT and Turkey.. Recent risk factor trends are worrying. Good quality data on the extent and determinants of NCDs are essential to respond the changing health needs of populations with burgeoning NCD epidemics.

Topics: Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Blood Pressure; Body Mass Index; Cardiovascular Diseases; Cholesterol; Diabetes Mellitus; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Middle East; Prevalence; Risk Factors; Sex; Smoking; Socioeconomic Factors; Tunisia

To examine the obesity-related chronic diseases in the US adult population according to gender, race and socioeconomic status.. Data from the 1994-1996 Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals (1994-1996 CSFII) conducted by the US Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service (USDA/ARS) were used in the analysis. Relevant data included self-reported weight and height, self-reported physician-diagnosed diabetes mellitus, hypertension, heart disease and high serum cholesterol. Analysis was conducted according to gender, race, income level and education level.. There was a graded increase in diabetes, hypertension and high serum cholesterol with increasing body weight in nearly all gender, racial and socioeconomic groups. Among the obese individuals, the prevalence of hypertension was higher in black subjects and the prevalence of diabetes, hypertension and heart disease was higher in individuals with lower education compared to their counterparts. The odds of having diabetes, hypertension, heart disease and high serum cholesterol increased with increasing body weight after adjusting for age, gender, race, income, education and smoking.. Although cross-sectional in nature, our results suggest that the disease burden associated with obesity in the population may be substantial. This burden increases with increasing severity of obesity. Our findings support the current opinion that, although the nature of obesity-related health risks is similar in all populations, the specific level of risk associated with a given level of obesity may be different depending on gender, race and socioeconomic condition.

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Comorbidity; Cross-Sectional Studies; Diabetes Mellitus; Female; Heart Diseases; Humans; Hypercholesterolemia; Hypertension; Male; Middle Aged; Nutrition Surveys; Obesity; Odds Ratio; Racial Groups; Sex; Sex Factors; Social Class; United States

We reviewed laboratory, clinical, and epidemiologic data on 35 patients from whom organisms belonging to the genus Roseomonas, a pink-pigmented gram-negative coccobacillus, were isolated over a 22-year period (1972-1994). Roseomonas strains were most commonly isolated from middle-aged women with one of several underlying conditions, including cancer and diabetes. Roseomonas was most commonly isolated from the blood, in association with clinical signs of sepsis. Approximately 60% of all isolates were judged to be of possible clinical significance, either as primary or secondary pathogens; 75% of all strains were recovered in pure culture. Roseomonas gilardii was the most frequently isolated species and was significantly associated with septicemia and underlying immunocompromised conditions; the species of 29% of all Roseomonas isolates could not be unequivocally identified with presently available differential tests. Genomospecies 5, currently an unnamed taxon within the genus Roseomonas, was primarily recovered as a commensal from young adults attending a sexually transmitted diseases clinic. The findings suggest that although this genus appears to have an overall low pathogenic potential for humans, Roseomonas species-in particular, R. gilardii-may be significant pathogens in persons with underlying medical complications.

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Bacteriological Techniques; Child; Child, Preschool; Diabetes Complications; Diabetes Mellitus; Female; Gram-Negative Bacteria; Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections; Humans; Infant; Male; Middle Aged; Neoplasms; Retrospective Studies; Sepsis; Sex

Topics: Anxiety; Arthritis; Chronic Disease; Cough; Diabetes Mellitus; Female; Humans; Lung Diseases, Obstructive; Male; Patient Education as Topic; Sex

Topics: Adult; Diabetes Mellitus; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1; Erectile Dysfunction; Female; Humans; Male; Orgasm; Sex

Pregnancy in the diabetic women must be well-planned since it is crucial that the conception coincide with a period of perfect glycemic equilibrium. Contraception should be suspended only when the decision to conceive is made and the metabolic control is obtained. Currently, the mechanical and hormonal means of contraception (low-dose progestogen only) are the ones most commonly used. The child of a diabetic mother is open to risk for malformations, the result of hyperglycemia in the early stages of embryonic development. Impotence can plague the diabetic male's sex life. This is seen especially in autonomic diabetic neuropathy, in particular when there are severe urinary disorders. However, nonspecific causes for impotence are frequent in the diabetic male population and should be systematically investigated. (author's modified)

Topics: Contraception; Diabetes Mellitus; Female; Genetic Counseling; Humans; Male; Pregnancy; Pregnancy in Diabetics; Sex; Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological

In a population-based study in southern Wisconsin, 996 insulin-taking, younger-onset diabetic persons were examined using standard protocols to determine the prevalence and severity of diabetic retinopathy and associated risk variables. The prevalence of diabetic retinopathy varied from 17% to 97.5% in persons with diabetes for less than five years and 15 or more years, respectively. Proliferative retinopathy varied from 1.2% to 67% in persons with diabetes for less than ten years and 35 or more years, respectively. For persons with diabetes of 10 years' duration or less, the Cox regression model relates the severity or retinopathy to longer duration, older age at examination, and higher levels of glycosylated hemoglobin. After ten years of diabetes, severity of retinopathy was related to longer duration, high levels of glycosylated hemoglobin, presence of proteinuria, higher diastolic BP, and male sex.

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Blood Pressure; Body Weight; Child; Diabetes Mellitus; Diabetic Retinopathy; Epidemiologic Methods; Female; Glycated Hemoglobin; Humans; Insulin; Male; Risk; Sex; Time Factors; Wisconsin

In a population-based study in southern Wisconsin, 1,370 patients given diagnoses of diabetes at age 30 years or older were examined using standard protocols to determine the prevalence and severity of diabetic retinopathy and associated risk variables. The prevalence of diabetic retinopathy varied from 28.8% in persons who had diabetes for less than five years to 77.8% in persons who had diabetes for 15 or more years. The rate of proliferative diabetic retinopathy varied from 2.0% in persons who had diabetes for less than five years to 15.5% in persons who had diabetes for 15 or more years. By using the Cox regression model, the severity of retinopathy was found to be related to longer duration of diabetes, younger age at diagnosis, higher glycosylated hemoglobin levels, higher systolic BP, use of insulin, presence of proteinuria, and small body mass.

Topics: Aged; Blood Pressure; Body Weight; Diabetes Mellitus; Diabetic Retinopathy; Epidemiologic Methods; Female; Glycated Hemoglobin; Humans; Insulin; Male; Middle Aged; Risk; Sex; Time Factors; Wisconsin

The quality of life of 106 patients on chronic dialysis in two medical centers in Israel was studied; 97 diabetic nonuremic patients served as a control group. Of the dialysis patients, 60% were between 30 and 59 years old and 81% had less than or equal to 12 years of formal education; 53% did not work, and 53% of the married patients were not sexually active. Only 22% could engage in usual physical activity. No significant difference was found between the patients of the two centers, despite demographic and geographic differences. Patients greater than or equal to 60 years old had a poorer quality of life compared with younger patients and with the parallel control group. The group of patients with greater than or equal to 12 years of formal education had five times more full-time workers than did those with less than or equal to 8 years education. We conclude that: 1) More dialysis patients are not restored to full normal function compared with the control group of nonuremic diabetics; and 2) In terms of patient rehabilitation, dialysis achieved better results with patients who had greater than or equal to 13 years of education, and patients greater than or equal to 60 years old had poorer results than did those who were younger.

Topics: Adult; Age Factors; Diabetes Mellitus; Dialysis; Employment; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Physical Exertion; Quality of Life; Sex; Sleep

This article has presented a new holistic self-care approach as a solution to the problem of fragmented nursing care of the adult patient who has either type I or II diabetes. Physical and psychosocial needs are equally emphasized by the nurse when assisting the patient and his family to develop an optimal lifestyle. Approaches for dealing with common lifestyle problems were discussed.

Topics: Adult; Body Weight; Diabetes Mellitus; Employment; Female; Holistic Health; Humans; Interpersonal Relations; Male; Physical Exertion; Self Care; Sex

Topics: Diabetes Mellitus; Female; Humans; Infertility, Male; Male; Sex; Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological

Topics: Adult; Diabetes Complications; Diabetes Mellitus; Female; Humans; Male; Penis; Prostheses and Implants; Sex; Sexual Behavior; Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological

Topics: Age Factors; Diabetes Complications; Diabetes Mellitus; Disease; Female; Humans; Libido; Male; Menopause; Middle Aged; Sex

Topics: Adult; Ambulatory Care; Black or African American; Black People; Child; Chlorpropamide; Consumer Behavior; Diabetes Mellitus; Educational Status; Female; Humans; Hypertension; Male; Marriage; Methyldopa; Middle Aged; Occupations; Outpatient Clinics, Hospital; Patient Compliance; Penicillins; Sex; South Africa

Aging produces changes in sexual organs, in the strength of the secual urge, and in physiologic responses and psychologic tensions. While sexual interest ans sexual thought decline, they do not disappear. Availability of partners and retention of youthful attitudes are important elements of sexual interest and activity at older ages. All authorities seem to agree that regularity of sexual activity is the essential factor in maintaining sexual capacity and performances for both males and females. Older persons who are sexually inactive and comfortable with that adjustment should not be made to feel inadequate, but those who are struggling with sexual problems should be helped to overcome them. Nurses should be prepared to take an active role in sexual conseling of the elderly and in agitating for social, political, legal, and attitudinal change.

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aging; Culture; Diabetes Mellitus; Estrogens; Female; Genital Diseases, Female; Genital Diseases, Male; Genitalia, Female; Genitalia, Male; Heart Diseases; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Nurse-Patient Relations; Progesterone; Sex; Sexual Behavior; Testosterone; Vascular Diseases

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Counseling; Diabetes Mellitus; Female; Genetic Counseling; Humans; Libido; Male; Menstruation; Sex

Topics: Adenoma; Adrenal Gland Diseases; Adrenal Gland Neoplasms; Adult; Aged; Diabetes Mellitus; Ethnology; Female; Humans; Hypertension; Male; Middle Aged; Obesity; Retrospective Studies; Sex

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Black or African American; Black People; Coronary Disease; Diabetes Complications; Diabetes Mellitus; Electrocardiography; Ethnology; Female; Glucose Tolerance Test; Glycosuria; Humans; Hypertension; Male; Middle Aged; Potassium; Religion; Sex; South Africa; Urea

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aging; Blood Glucose; Diabetes Mellitus; Factor Analysis, Statistical; Female; Health Surveys; Humans; Male; Massachusetts; Middle Aged; Sex

Topics: Ainhum; Child, Preschool; Diabetes Mellitus; Diagnosis, Differential; Female; Hallux; Humans; Leprosy; Sex; Spinal Cord Diseases; Syphilis

Topics: Adult; Aged; Aging; Diabetes Mellitus; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Sex

Topics: Adult; Aged; Alaska; Arthritis, Rheumatoid; Blood Glucose; Body Weight; Diabetes Mellitus; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Glucose Tolerance Test; Humans; Inuit; Male; Mass Screening; Middle Aged; Pregnancy; Pregnancy in Diabetics; Schizophrenia; Sex; Tolbutamide; United States

Topics: Adult; Aging; Diabetes Mellitus; Female; Glucose Tolerance Test; Humans; Insulin; Male; Middle Aged; Sex

Topics: Adipose Tissue; Adult; Aged; Alanine Transaminase; Anthropometry; Blood Glucose; Blood Pressure; Body Weight; Calcinosis; Carbohydrates; Clinical Laboratory Techniques; Diabetes Complications; Diabetes Mellitus; Diabetic Retinopathy; Female; Humans; Insulin; Leg; Male; Middle Aged; Neurologic Manifestations; Pulse; Sex; Sweden; Vascular Diseases

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Agglutination Tests; Aging; Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic; Asthma; Carcinoma; Cerebral Hemorrhage; Diabetes Mellitus; Female; Fractures, Bone; Geography; Humans; Latex Fixation Tests; Male; Parkinson Disease; Rheumatoid Factor; Sex; Statistics as Topic

Topics: Diabetes Mellitus; Female; Humans; Male; Sex

Topics: Diabetes Mellitus; Female; Genetics, Medical; Humans; Male; Sex

Topics: Aging; Diabetes Mellitus; Leg; Pigmentation Disorders; Sex; Skin Manifestations

Topics: Aging; Blood Glucose; Diabetes Mellitus; Female; Glycosuria; Humans; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Middle Aged; Potassium; Potassium Deficiency; Potassium Isotopes; Radioisotopes; Rubidium; Saliva; Sex; Urine

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Blood Glucose; Child; Child, Preschool; Diabetes Mellitus; Female; Humans; Infant; Male; Middle Aged; Sex

Topics: Acidosis; Aging; Blood Pressure; Carbohydrate Metabolism; Cholesterol; Clinical Laboratory Techniques; Diabetes Mellitus; Diabetic Ketoacidosis; Epidemiology; Geriatrics; Glycosuria; Japan; Proteinuria; Radiation Injuries; Sex; Statistics as Topic

Topics: Adolescent; Body Height; Body Weight; Child; Diabetes Mellitus; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1; Finland; Heart Function Tests; Heart Rate; Humans; Physical Exertion; Physical Fitness; Physiology; Sex; Statistics as Topic; Work

Topics: Aging; Diabetes Mellitus; Diet, Diabetic; Glaucoma; Glaucoma, Open-Angle; Humans; Insulin; Iris; Manometry; Sex; Statistics as Topic

Topics: Adolescent; Cardiovascular Diseases; Cerebrovascular Disorders; Coronary Disease; Diabetes Mellitus; Epidemiology; Geriatrics; Humans; Hyperglycemia; Hypertension; Michigan; Sex; Vascular Diseases

Topics: Black People; Diabetes Mellitus; Diagnosis, Differential; Endocarditis; Endocarditis, Bacterial; Heart Diseases; Hemorrhage; Hepatic Encephalopathy; Hernia, Inguinal; Humans; Lung Diseases; Nails; Peritoneal Dialysis; Pyelonephritis; Sepsis; Sex; Statistics as Topic

Topics: Adult; Aging; Carbohydrates; Diabetes Mellitus; Dietary Carbohydrates; Glucose; Glucose Tolerance Test; Humans; Michigan; Seasons; Sex

Topics: Adult; Aging; Diabetes Mellitus; Diet, Reducing; Female; Health Education; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Obesity; Occupations; Psychology; Sex

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Blood Glucose; Diabetes Mellitus; Estradiol; Female; Humans; Insulin; Middle Aged; Sex; Testosterone

Topics: Adult; Aged; Diabetes Mellitus; Electrocardiography; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Hypertension; Male; Middle Aged; Mortality; Myocardial Infarction; Occupations; Prognosis; Sex; Smoking

Topics: Birth Weight; Body Weight; Diabetes Mellitus; Diet; Economics; Female; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Pregnancy; Pregnancy in Diabetics; Pregnancy, Prolonged; Prenatal Care; Sex; Social Conditions; Statistics as Topic

Topics: Arrhythmias, Cardiac; Cholesterol; Diabetes Mellitus; Epidemiology; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Hungary; Hypertension; Myocardial Infarction; Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Nutritional Sciences; Obesity; Occupations; Prognosis; Prothrombin; Sex; Smoking; Statistics as Topic

Topics: ABO Blood-Group System; Blood Group Antigens; Diabetes Mellitus; Genetics, Medical; Humans; Italy; Phenotype; Sex; Statistics as Topic

Topics: Aging; Blood Cell Count; Blood Chemical Analysis; Clinical Enzyme Tests; Diabetes Mellitus; Geriatrics; Humans; Japan; Leukocyte Count; Leukocytes; Muramidase; Nuclear Warfare; Radiation Injuries; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Sex; Syphilis; Tuberculosis

Topics: Diabetes Mellitus; Female; Humans; Incidence; Menopause; Obesity; Pregnancy; Pregnancy in Diabetics; Sex; Statistics as Topic

Topics: Aging; Diabetes Mellitus; Genetics, Medical; Humans; Morbidity; Myocardial Infarction; Prognosis; Rehabilitation; Sex

Topics: Angina Pectoris; Atrial Fibrillation; Coronary Disease; Diabetes Mellitus; Digitalis Glycosides; Drug Therapy; Electrocardiography; Epidemiology; Female; Geriatrics; Heart Block; Humans; Incidence; Myocardial Infarction; Sex

Topics: Adolescent; Biomedical Research; Cerebral Hemorrhage; Child; Diabetes Mellitus; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1; Gallbladder Diseases; Genes; Genetics, Medical; Geriatrics; Heredity; Humans; Hypersensitivity; Myocardial Infarction; Neoplasms; Sex; Statistics as Topic; Sweden; Tuberculosis; Ulcer

Topics: Analgesics; Analgesics, Non-Narcotic; Anesthesia; Anesthesia, Obstetrical; Anesthesiology; Antipyretics; Cholecystectomy; Diabetes Mellitus; Drug Therapy; Drug Utilization; Ethnology; Humans; Narcotics; Pharmacy Service, Hospital; Postoperative Care; Pregnancy; Sex; Sociology; Statistics as Topic; United States

Topics: Aging; Bacteriological Techniques; Bacteriuria; Diabetes Mellitus; Humans; Outpatients; Sex; Urinary Tract Infections; Urine

Topics: Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteins; Collagen Diseases; Diabetes Mellitus; Exudates and Transudates; Humans; Infections; Middle Aged; Ophthalmoscopy; Retinal Detachment; Rheumatic Diseases; Sex; Uvea

Topics: 17-Ketosteroids; Blood Proteins; Cerebrovascular Disorders; Diabetes Mellitus; Ethnology; Genetics, Medical; Geriatrics; Glycosuria; Health Surveys; Heart Diseases; Humans; Hypercholesterolemia; India; Sex; South Africa; Uric Acid

Topics: 17-Ketosteroids; Adrenocortical Hyperfunction; Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; Black People; Diabetes Mellitus; Diabetic Retinopathy; Humans; Research; Sex; Urine; White People

Topics: Blood Glucose; Diabetes Mellitus; Fasting; Fatty Acids; Fatty Acids, Nonesterified; Humans; Hypoglycemic Agents; Insulin; Insulin, Long-Acting; Lipids; Phenformin; Sex; Sex Characteristics

Topics: Aging; Blood Donors; Blood Group Antigens; Diabetes Mellitus; Humans; Sex

Topics: Aged; Aging; Blood Glucose; Diabetes Mellitus; Humans; Sex

Topics: Black People; Diabetes Mellitus; Disease; Female; Humans; Male; Sex

Topics: Animals; Diabetes Mellitus; Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental; Rats; Sex

Topics: Diabetes Mellitus; Humans; Sex