Diabetes is a disease that can be treated with oral antidiabetic agents and/or insulin.
However, patients' metabolic control is inadequate in a high percentage of them and a major …

The impact of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in populations extends beyond ill-health
and mortality with large financial consequences. To systematically review and meta-analyze …

Study Design. Economic evaluation of the costs of low back pain (LBP) in Spain from a
societal perspective, including direct and indirect costs, based on a national representative …

Background Brain disorders represent a high burden in Europe and worldwide. The
objective of this study was to provide specific estimates of the economic costs of brain …

Background Obesity is known to be related to the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus
(T2D). The most commonly used anthropometric indicator (body mass index [BMI]) presents …

Background. Diabetic foot is one of the leading causes of patient disability worldwide. Lower‐
extremity amputations (LEAs) resulting from this disease massively decrease quality of life …

The large-scale parallel computation that became available on the new generation of
graphics processing units (GPUs) and on cloud-based services can be exploited for use in …

Introduction Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in
people with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The objectives of this systematic literature …

Background Despite the increasing interest in text-messaging interventions to support
healthcare delivery, the available evidence about their effectiveness is still limited …

Background Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a chronic disease in which health outcomes
are related to decision making by patients and health care professionals. Objective This …