Epidemiology of Late Complications of Diabetes: A Basis for the Development and Evaluation of Preventive Programs Andrzej S. Krolewski James H. Warram This chapter reviews the descriptive epidemiology of late…
Diabetes and the Healthcare System: Economic and Social Costs James L. Rosenzweig In the United States, the medical costs of diabetes are substantial. As the prototype of the chronic disease…
Pancreas and Islet Transplantation Gordon C. Weir THE PROBLEM The devastating complications associated with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes are now clearly linked to hyperglycemia (1,2,3). The implication…
Women’s Health Issues in Diabetes Mellitus Julie Lund Sharpless Several aspects of the female reproductive life cycle are influenced by insulin and the metabolic effects of diabetes. From puberty through…
Treatment of Older Adults with Diabetes Caroline S. Blaum Jeffrey B. Halter Despite the continual expansion of knowledge about diabetes, including the importance of control of risk factors and glycemia…
Treatment of the Child and Adolescent with Diabetes Lori Laffel Cindy Pasquarello Margaret Lawlor Diabetes in childhood is a chronic metabolic disorder that results in hyperglycemia. In children, as in…
Management of Hyperglycemia with Oral Antihyperglycemic Agents in Type 2 Diabetes Harold E. Lebovitz The management of hyperglycemia in patients with diabetes has changed significantly during the past several years…
Iatrogenic Hypoglycemia Stephanie Anne Amiel No definition of good glycemic control in diabetes is complete unless it includes a statement about absence of hypoglycemia. Patients with diabetes and their families…
Principles of Insulin Therapy Alice Y. Y. Cheng Bernard Zinman HISTORICAL BACKGROUND The isolation of insulin from dog pancreas and demonstration of its biologic effectiveness by Banting, Best, Collip, and…
Exercise in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus Jeanne H. Steppel Edward S. Horton Exercise has long been recognized as an important factor in the treatment of diabetes mellitus. Before the discovery…
