DIABETE MELLITUS

This study is testing if connecting lonely older adults with diabetes to a social worker can help them feel less isolated and better manage their blood sugar. Researchers will compare 90 seniors who receive social worker support to those who continue with their usual diabetes car…

This study is testing if a gel made from a patient's own blood platelets can help diabetic adults heal faster and with fewer problems after having teeth pulled. Researchers will compare healing in two sockets: one treated with the gel and one left to heal normally. They will meas…

This study tests if adding a silver nanoparticle spray to standard wound vacuum therapy helps diabetic foot ulcers heal faster after surgery to restore blood flow. Researchers compared two groups of patients with severe foot wounds to see which treatment led to quicker complete h…

This study is testing which of two physical therapy techniques works better for reducing pain and improving movement in people with diabetic neuropathy. Sixty participants will be randomly assigned to either do nerve gliding exercises themselves or have a therapist stretch their …

This study compares two common anesthesia techniques for diabetic patients undergoing minimally invasive chest surgery. Researchers want to see if one method (Total Intravenous Anesthesia) helps control blood sugar levels better than the other (Balanced Anesthesia with inhaled ga…

This study aimed to see if adding game-like challenges to a patient's daily step goals could help them be more active while in the hospital. It planned to use wearable devices and text messages with older adults who had heart or metabolic conditions. The goal was to see if more w…

This study aims to understand the heart and metabolic risks in patients with 'silent' adrenal tumors that don't produce excess hormones. Researchers will compare 50 patients with these silent tumors to healthy individuals and to patients with hormone-secreting tumors, both before…

This study aims to find specific signs in the blood that can predict who might develop a serious chest wound infection after open-heart surgery. Researchers will follow 30 patients who have already developed this infection to look for patterns in their blood tests before and afte…