Changing the natural history of type 2 diabetes:
implications for clinical care
EDITORIAL
- Timely intervention in type 2 diabetes: achieving early and sustained glycemic control. – Diabète de type 2 : agir rapidement pour un contrôle glycémique précoce et durable
C. J. Bailey, United Kingdom
THEMED ARTICLES
- Achieving “optimal” glycemic control: individualization of target
S. Colagiuri, Australia - The importance of a comprehensive multifactorial treatment approach in type 2 diabetes
J. M. McLaren, N. Sattar, United Kingdom - Cardiovascular safety of oral antidiabetic drugs
S. H. Simpson, Canada - Beyond metformin: selecting a second therapy
T. M. E. Davis, Australia - Intensive risk factor management: long-term benefits of earlier intensive glucose control in type 2 diabetes
S. Zoungas, Australia - Diabetic kidney disease: natural history and pathophysiology
P. Fioretto, Italy - Heart failure and diabetes: lessons from outcome studies
C. Vitale, J. C. Kaski, Italy and United Kingdom
CONTROVERSIAL QUESTION
- Do we focus enough on clinical outcomes when treating patients with type 2 diabetes?
A. S. Ametov, Russia – Ş. Çetinkalp, Turkey – P. Conthe, Spain – E. Giorgadze, Georgia – H. Iraqi, Morocco – M. Kamar, Egypt – M. T. Malecki, Poland – J. C. Mbanya, Cameroon – T. K. Nguyen, Vietnam – M. Rizzo, Italy – J. E. N. Salles, Brazil
DIAMICRON MR 60 MG
- Evidence-based benefits of a selective secretagogue: Diamicron MR 60 mg
B. De Fanti, France
INTERVIEW
- Diabetes self-management education: getting the patient’s perspective
X. Debussche, France
FOCUS
- The bridge between type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease
S. Maggi, G. Crepaldi,Italy
UPDATE
- Monogenic diabetes: advances in diagnosis and treatment
MM. E. Craig, Australia
A TOUCH OF FRANCE
- The rise and fall of the smile in 18th-century Paris A study in dentistry
C. Jones, United Kingdom - Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, painter of the smile
M. Raive, France