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The
South African Journal of
Diabetes and Vascular Disease
is
published four times a year for
Clinics-Cardive Publishing Co.
and printed by Tandym Print.
Articles in this Journal are
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the British Journal of Diabetes
and Vascular Disease
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Prevention in Practice
121
Avoiding weight gain after stopping smoking
S Baic
Diabetes Personality
125
Get the message of diabetes out there
ADAWatch
127
2011 Update from San Diego, USA
CDEWatch
133
2011 Update from the Centres for Diabetes Excellence
Diabetes News
136
Winners of the CDE awards for 2011
Journal Update
137
Cardiovascular protection in African patients, from the world literature
Patient Leaflet
140
Aspirin in primary prevention of vascular events
Drug Trends in Diabetes
141
South Africa’s poor warfarin control raises questions of benefit above other
anticoagulant therapies in atrial fibrillation
J Aalbers
142
Getting to the root of diabetes: the promise of liraglutide
P Wagenaar
Front cover photographs from left to right:
Most diabetic patients die from cardiovascular
•
consequences (page 103)
Self-monitoring of glucose is vital to the long-term
•
health of diabetics (page 113)
Smoking cessation and weight loss are key lifestyle
•
changes in diabetes (pages 117 and 121)
