October 2007

UP FRONT

News

ETIOLOGY OF DIABETES
Offspring of Mothers With Type 1 Diabetes—Defining an Abnormal Early Environment
By Scott M. Nelson, MRCOG, PhD, and Robert S. Lindsay, MRCP, PhD

PATIENT EDUCATION AND DIABETES SELF-MANAGEMENT
Take a Vacation—With Your Patients!
By Andrew J. Behnke, MD, FACP, FACE

HYPERLIPIDEMIA AND HYPERTENSION
Blood Pressure Agents Reduce Diabetes Death Rate
Reviewed by Stephen MacMahon, DSc, PhD, FACC

Study Assesses Efficacy and Safety of Nebivolol in Hypertensive Patients
Reviewed by Robert J. Weiss, MD

PITUITARY, GONAD, AND ADRENAL CONDITIONS
Testosterone Deficiency, Diabetes, and Metabolic Syndrome
By Richard F. Spark, MD, FACE

PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY
Current Trials in Type 1 Diabetes Prevention and Early Intervention: Implications for PCPs
By Henry J. Rohrs, MD; Desmond A. Schatz, MD; and Michael J. Haller, MD

COVER STORY
Multidisciplinary Approach to the Management of Diabetic Complications
By Michael Heung, MD, and Rodica Pop-Busui, MD, PhD

The Organization of Clinical Practice, Disease Management: The Chronic Care Model and Diabetes
By Jaan Sidorov, MD, MHSA

Duloxetine for the Management of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathic Pain
By David G. Armstrong, DPM, PhD

It Takes a Village to Save Feet: The Multidisciplinary Approach to Limb Salvage
By Bauer E. Sumpio, MD, PhD, and Peter A. Blume, DPM

Information Technology in Multidisciplinary Population Management for Type 2 Diabetes
By Adrian H. Zai, MD, PhD, MPH, and Richard W. Grant, MD, MPH

CONFERENCE COVERAGE
News from the 43rd Annual Meeting of the EASD and the ESC Congress 2007

DEPARTMENTS
Industry News and Innovations

Conference Calendar

Spotlight On … Ele Ferrannini, MD