Abstracts

The diabetes-associated excess risk of cardiovascular diseases is known to be higher in women than in men. Find out more in the article

Positive renal effects of vildagliptin have been shown by several experimental studies.1,2 Nonetheless, clinical evidence for its renoprotective…

The current ‘Western cluster’ of non-communicable disorders could be redefined as a dysfunction of the heterogenic, complex, and bidirectional metabolic…

Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists and sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors have complementary mechanisms of action.

Higher BMI is associated with an adverse metabolic effect and a higher risk of Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), heart disease, and hypertension. However…

Fetal macrosomia, a complication of gestational diabetes (GD), is associated with negative maternal and neonatal outcomes. Macrosomic newborns have…

In obese human subjects, hedonic eating is often present due to palatable foods perhaps promoting addiction in a similar way to drugs.1 It has been…

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), obesity is approaching pandemic levels. It has now been indisputably proven that obesity increases the…