Table of Contents - The SA Journal Diabetes & Vascular Disease Volume 9 No 3 (September 2012)

Table of Contents

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• EDITORIALS

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• • Preventing burnout: the inspiration of local meetings

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• REVIEWS

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• • Hypertension guidelines for type 2 diabetes in South Africa: consensus and controversies

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  • Cardiovascular disease and diabetes in people with severe mental illness: causes, consequences and pragmatic management

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  • Diabetes and the metabolic syndrome in HIV

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  • The effects of medicinal plants on renal function and blood pressure in diabetes mellitus

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• DIABETES EDUCATOR'S FOCUS

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• • Supplements for type 2 diabetes patients

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• DIABETES PERSONALITY

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• • A young diabetic harnesses social media to advise and support others with the condition

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• EVIDENCE IN PRACTICE

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• • Early cardiac risk markers in diabetic African patients

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  • Left ventricular remodelling after antihypertensive treatment

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  • Salt intake falling: still too high

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  • Can very low-calorie diets reverse diabetes?

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  • Success with childhood anti-obesity programmes

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• REPORT

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• • ADA Watch, 2012 update from Philadelphia, USA

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  • 22nd European meeting on hypertension and cardiovascular protection, London 2012

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  • Southern African Hypertension Society congress report, March 2012 The young hypertensive

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  • Southern African Hypertension Society congress report, March 2012 Management of type 2 diabetes in primary healthcare

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  • Management of type 2 diabetes in primary healthcare

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• DRUG TRENDS

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• • ORIGIN trial shows safety and efficacy of insulin glargine: no adverse cardiovascular outcomes after a 6.2-year follow up of early insulin use

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  • Managing neuropathic pain: first expert recommendation for South Africa places emphasis on stepwise pharmacological intervention

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  • Saxagliptin efficacy and safety in special patient groups (the elderly and those with renal impairment)

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