The Year in Diabetes 2001

Diabetes mellitus is a serious endocrine disorder that is estimated to affect over 125 million individuals worldwide. The rising prevalence of type1 diabetes, coupled with the projected significant global increase in type 2 diabetes, attests to the urgent need for the development of safer and more effective treatment strategies.This is a single volume overview of the literature of diabetes published in 2001. Main sections cover clinical trials and guidelines, new developments in the understanding of diabetes as a disease, the management and treatment of diabetes, and the latest developments in research. Interested physicians can review the key papers in the literature of diabetes from numerous sources, with commentary from an expert group, and thus obtain the latest guidelines on best practice. This will be valuable for both the specialist in diabetes, and for the ever-increasing number of physicians who need to understand diabetes mellitus as a co-existing disorder.