The SA Journal Diabetes & Vascular Disease Vol 8 No 3 (September 2011)
Table of Contents
EDITORIAL
5
Cardiovascular protection in special populations
5
REVIEWS
6
HIV and diabetes
6
Metformin decreases thyrotropin in overweight women with polycystic ovarian syndrome and hypothyroidism
8
ETHICS FOCUS
10
An ethical and legal appraisal of the new South African consumer protection act in terms of diabetes care
10
ACHIEVING BEST PRACTISE
11
Assessment of mean platelet volume of pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose tolerance as a marker of future cardiovascular disease risk
11
DIABETES EDUCATOR'S FOCUS
15
Self-monitoring of blood glucose in type 2 diabetes: a current view
15
HANDS ON
19
Helping people to quit smoking
19
PREVENTION IN PRACTICE
23
Avoiding weight gain after stopping smoking
23
DIABETES PERSONALITY
27
Get the message of diabetes out there
27
ADA WATCH
29
2011 Update from San Diego, USA
29
CDE WATCH
35
2011 Update from the Centres for Diabetes Excellence
35
DIABETES NEWS
38
Winners of the CDE awards for 2011
38
JOURNAL UPDATE
39
Cardiovascular protection in African patients, from the world literature
39
PATIENT LEAFLET
42
Aspirin in primary prevention of vascular events
42
DRUG TRENDS IN DIABETES
43
South Africa’s poor warfarin control raises questions of benefit above other anticoagulant therapies in atrial fibrillation
43
Getting to the root of diabetes: the promise of liraglutide
44
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