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Open AccessCounseling for Insulin Icodec: A Proposed Practitioner’s Guide
Despite insulin being a lifesaving medication, insulin distress, insulin hesitancy, and insulin inertia remain oft-repeated themes in diabetes discourse. The current model lists three issues: temperament, trou...
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RSSDI endorses the IDF Position Statement on 1 h post load plasma glucose for diagnosis of intermediate hyperglycemia and type 2 diabetes
The Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT) remains a gold standard for diagnosis of diabetes and prediabetes all over the world and also in India. The original OGTT was a five sample test which included fasting, 3...
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Open AccessLow-calorie diets for people with isolated impaired fasting glucose
Standard lifestyle interventions prove ineffective in preventing type 2 diabetes among individuals with isolated impaired fasting glucose, a highly prevalent prediabetes phenotype globally. Here, we propose lo...
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Open AccessCorrection to: New-Onset Diabetes Mellitus in COVID-19: A Sco** Review
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Open AccessNew-Onset Diabetes Mellitus in COVID-19: A Sco** Review
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic became superimposed on the pre-existing obesity and diabetes mellitus (DM) pandemics. Since COVID-19 infection alters the metabolic equilibrium, it may induce p...
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Trabecular bone score in adults with type 1 diabetes: a meta-analysis
Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is associated with a disproportionately high fracture rate despite a minimal decrease in bone mineral density. Though trabecular bone score (TBS), an indirect measure of bone ar...
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Open AccessFactors Contributing to the Change in Overweight/Obesity Prevalence Among Indian Adults: A multivariate decomposition analysis of data from the National Family Health Surveys
Concerns over the escalating burden of non-communicable diseases call for the redressal of behavioral risk factors like increased body mass index. Most studies have failed to quantify the contribution of socio...
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Unity in Diversity – Uniting Youth and Transgender Health
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Open AccessChildhood Obesity and Essential Micronutrients: Insights from India’s Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey (2016–18)
Based on the long-term impact of childhood obesity, there is a compelling need to assess the burden of obesity and micronutrient deficiency and the interactions between the two. Thus, the aims of the study wer...
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Open AccessPublisher Correction: Individualized lifestyle intervention in PCOS women (IPOS): a study protocol for a multicentric randomized controlled trial for evaluating the effectiveness of an individualized lifestyle intervention in PCOS women who wish to conceive
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Open AccessIndividualized lifestyle intervention in PCOS women (IPOS): a study protocol for a multicentric randomized controlled trial for evaluating the effectiveness of an individualized lifestyle intervention in PCOS women who wish to conceive
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common endocrine condition which affects women in the reproductive age group. South Asian women with PCOS have a higher risk of insulin resistance and metabolic disorder c...
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Open AccessThe long-term effects of Kerala Diabetes Prevention Program on diabetes incidence and cardiometabolic risk: a study protocol
India currently has more than 74.2 million people with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM). This is predicted to increase to 124.9 million by 2045. In combination with controlling blood glucose levels among those ...
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Homeostasis of Glucose and Intermediate Metabolism: From the Lens of a Clinician
The key substrate for energy production is blood glucose during all the phases of life. Fasting blood glucose levels remain within a narrow physiological range of 70-100 mg/dL except in the first few days of l...
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Open AccessThe Dual Pandemics of COVID-19 and Obesity: Bidirectional Impact
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, has been shown to disrupt many organ systems in the human body. Though several medical disorders have be...
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OSTA as a screening tool to predict osteoporosis in Indian postmenopausal women — a nationwide study
This cross-sectional study done on 5356 postmenopausal women showed that OSTA may be used as a reliable screening tool for osteoporosis across different regions of India, a country known for its ethno-linguist...
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Prevalence and Determinants of Sarcopenic Obesity in Older Adults: Secondary Data Analysis of the Longitudinal Ageing Study in India (LASI) Wave 1 Survey (2017–18)
Sarcopenic obesity (SO) represents the confluence of two epidemics—an aging population and an increasing rate of obesity. The two diseases may act synergistically, and SO may significantly affect morbidity and...
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Ovarian Teratoma Causing Oncogenic Osteomalacia: An Instance of Serendipity
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Open AccessOral Semaglutide: Dosage in Special Situations
Glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP1RAs) have recently gained momentum after the introduction of semaglutide, the first oral molecule in their class. In a recent article in this journal by Evans et ...
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Does hip structural analysis confer additional benefit to routine BMD assessment in postmenopausal women with hip fracture? A study from a tertiary center in southern India
This study from southern India showed that proximal hip geometry was significantly impaired in postmenopausal women with femoral neck fracture. The trabecular bone score (TBS), which is reflective of bone micr...
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USP8, USP48, and BRAF mutations differ in their genotype-phenotype correlation in Asian Indian patients with Cushing’s disease
To estimate the prevalence of USP8, USP48, and BRAF mutations in patients with Cushing’s disease (CD) from the Indian subcontinent, and determine their genotype-phenotype correlation.
