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Emerging innate biological properties of nano-drug delivery systems: A focus on PAMAM dendrimers and their clinical potential
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
Drug delivery systems or vectors are usually needed to improve the bioavailability and effectiveness of a drug through improving its pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics at an organ, tissue or cellular level. However, emerging ...
Cost-Effectiveness of Non-Statin Lipid-Modifying Agents for Primary and Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease among Patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus: A Systematic Review
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2022 , Article)
Background: Non-statin therapies (NSTs) have been shown to provide additional benefits for cardiovascular risk reduction among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), but their economic merits have not been confirmed. ...
Collaborative care model for diabetes in primary care settings in Qatar: a qualitative exploration among healthcare professionals and patients who experienced the service
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BioMed Central Ltd
, 2021 , Article)
Background: Diabetes mellitus is highly prevalent and associated with huge economic burden globally. The conventional care and management of diabetes mellitus is highly fragmented and complex, warranting the need for a ...
Comorbid diabetes and the risk of disease severity or death among 8807 COVID-19 patients in China: A meta-analysis.
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
Diabetes mellitus has been reported to be one of the most prevalent comorbidity in patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). We aimed to assess the association of comorbid diabetes with COVID-19 severity or mortality ...
Omega-3 fatty acid-rich fish oil supplementation prevents rosiglitazone-induced osteopenia in aging mice
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Qatar University Press
, 2021 , Poster)
Rosiglitazone is an effective insulin-sensitizer, however, associated with bone loss mainly due to increased bone resorption, and bone marrow adiposity, and decreased bone formation. We investigated the effect of the ...
The Prospective Associations of Lipid Metabolism-Related Dietary Patterns with the Risk of Diabetes in Chinese Adults
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MDPI
, 2022 , Article)
Background: This study aimed to identify lipid metabolism-related dietary patterns with reduced rank regression (RRR) among Chinese adults and examine their associations with incident diabetes. Methods: We derived lipid ...
Mental health problems in adults with diabetes: prevalence and potential determinants
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Qatar University Press
, 2021 , Poster)
Depression is associated with several chronic diseases such as diabetes. Diabetes is a long-term health disorder that have many health complications such as mental health problems, if left untreated. Our study aimed to ...
Chemically modified mRNA beyond COVID-19: Potential preventive and therapeutic applications for targeting chronic diseases
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Elsevier
, 2022 , Article Review)
Chemically modified mRNA represents a unique, efficient, and straightforward approach to produce a class of biopharmaceutical agents. It has been already approved as a vaccination-based method for targeting SARS-CoV-2 ...
Developing a Complex Understanding of Physical Activity in Cardiometabolic Disease from Low-to-Middle-Income Countries
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MDPI
, 2021 , Article)
Physical activity behaviour is complex, particularly in low-resource settings, while existing behavioural models of physical activity behaviour are often linear and deterministic. The objective of this review was to (i) ...
Clinical characteristics of 51,815 patients presenting with positive and negative SARS-CoV-2 swab results in primary health care settings: Priority populations for vaccination
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
We read with interest Brendish et al. study on the comparison between patients with SARS-CoV-2 positive and negative swab results.1
The study compared the clinical characteristics of adult hospitalised patients with ...