The SA Journal Diabetes & Vascular Disease Vol 8 No 2 (June 2011)

Table of Contents

EDITORIALS 5

Women and diabetes

5

Taking women into the new millennium: updated guidelines for prevention of cardiovascular disease

6

REVIEWS 8

Diabetes care in pregnancy

8

An approach to urinary incontinence in the diabetic female

12

Prevalence of cardiovascular disease and risk biomarkers in patients with unknown type 2 diabetes visiting cardiology specialists: Results from the DIASPORA study

16

Weight management in overweight and obese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

21

ETHICS FOCUS 28

Diabetes in pregnancy: ethical considerations

28

CURRENT TOPICS 30

Surgical interventions to correct metabolic disorders

30

DIABETES PERSONALITY 34

Diabetes education – well worth doing and worth doing well

34

PATIENT INFORMATION LEAFLET 35

Diabetes in pregnancy

35

DIETICIAN REVIEW 37

The role of the glycaemic index in diabetes

37

PREVENTION IN PRACTICE 39

Beating the post-MI blues: improving detection and treatment of depression after a heart attack

39

DRUG TRENDS IN DIABETES 42

New incretin agents offer opportunity to improve care for type 2 diabetes

42

Fenofibrate benefits in cardiovascular risk reduction: Heartwire discussion endorses use in type 2 diabetes

45

JOURNAL UPDATE 46

Clinical audit of autoimmune disorders in type 1 diabetes: South African CDE study

46

REPORTS 49

Serving diabetes and cardiology: round three of the South African diabetologist/cardiologist debate

49

Neglected topics in diabetes care: a Novo Nordisk-sponsored symposium at the 2011 SEMDSA congress

52

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