Handbook of Type II Diabetes in the Middle Aged and Elderly

Preface; Meanings of Illness in Type 2 Diabetes-From the Perspective of Evidence based Medicine; Diabetes in the Middle-aged and Elderly: A Challenge for Latin America; Diabetes in the Elderly; Exercise and Type 2 Diabetes Prevention; Increases of Diabetes with Motorization/Supermarket-proliferation and Intervention in Okinawa; Diabetes Mellitus in Elderly Patients; Patient Empowerment for Middle Aged and Older Adults with Diabetes; Quality of Diabetes Care in Disease Management Programs in Germany; Clinical Determinants of Health Related Quality of Life in an Elderly Type II Diabetes Mellitos Population; Risk Factors and their Predicting Values for Diabetic Complications in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus; Glycemin Stability in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus: A new Therapic Goal and New Glycemic Marker; Alterations of Structural and Signaling Biomolecules Contributing to Development of Type 2 Diabetes and its Complications#; Diabetes, Obesity and Vascular Complications: From Insulin Resisteance to Coronary Atherosclerosis; Carotid Artery Disease and Type II Diabetes; Peripheral Arterial Disease in Type II Diabetes; The Association of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy and Diabetic Nephropathy is an Important Predictor of Increased Cardiac Mortality and Progressive Renal Disease; Thiazolidinediones to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease; Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction in Type II Diabetes; Renal Dysfunction and Vascular Disease in Type II Diabetes; Pentoxifyllin in the Treatment of Microalbuminuria and Overt Proteinuria in Patients with Diabetes; Considerations in Periodontal Treatment and Dental Implant in Type II Diabetic Patients; How Could the Catalase Deficiency Contribute to Diabetes Mellitus?; Low-Cost Care is the Key to Quality Outcome in Type 2 Diabetes in Nigeria; One World, One Hope: The Role of Magnesium Supplementation, to Facing the Worldwide Challenge of Type 2 Diabetes; The Diabetic Foot; Update on Diabetic Macular Edema in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus; Index.