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Systems, methods and computer program products for creating and maintaining electronic medical records
(2002-07-04)
Systems, methods, and computer program products that generate electronic clinical medical records from patient encounters are provided. An illness for a particular patient is entered into a data processing system via an ...
S.O.S.
(2012-12)
The concept that type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) can be reversed with an intestinal operation is counterintuitive. How could our costliest disease be forced into full, durable, and safe remission with the bypass of a few ...
Restoration of insulin responsiveness in skeletal muscle of morbidly obese patients after weight loss. Effect on muscle glucose transport and glucose transporter GLUT4.
(East Carolina University, 1992-02)
A major defect contributing to impaired insulin action in human obesity is reduced glucose transport activity in skeletal muscle. This study was designed to determine whether the improvement in whole body glucose disposal ...
Is type II diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) a surgical disease?
(East Carolina University, 1992-06)
Since February 1, 1980, 515 morbidly obese patients have undergone
the Greenville gastric bypass (GGB) operation. Of these,
212 (41.2%) were euglycemic, 288 (55.9%) were either diabetic
or had glucose intolerance, and ...
A non-tight junction function of claudin-7—Interaction with integrin signaling in suppressing lung cancer cell proliferation and detachment
(2015-06-17)
Background
Claudins are a family of tight junction (TJ) membrane proteins involved in a broad spectrum of human diseases including cancer. Claudin-7 is a unique TJ membrane protein in that it has a strong basolateral ...
Outcomes of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery for severely obese patients with type 1 diabetes: a case series report
(2010)
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery (RYGB) reverses type 2 diabetes (DM2) in approximately 83% of patients with morbid or severe obesity. This procedure has been performed in small numbers of severely obese patients with type ...
Post treatment protector device
(2003-12-09)
Course of Depressive Symptoms and Treatment in the Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery (LABS-2) Study
(2014-05)
Objective
To examine changes in depressive symptoms and treatment in the first three years following bariatric surgery.
Design and Methods
The Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery-2 is an observational ...
Reuse of a previously transplanted kidney: does success come with a price?
(2012-10)
Longer wait times for deceased donor kidney transplant have prompted newer initiatives to expedite the process. Reuse of a previously transplanted kidney might be appropriate in certain circumstances. However, one must ...