Main description:

Advances in Diabetes: Novel Insights is an up-to-date collection of important advances in diabetology, covering the most recent developments in the field and providing insight into future progress in patient management.

This book is divided into sixteen chapters, with diverse topics ranging from diabetes and bone, to physical exercise, cognition, memory, sleep and obesity in diabetes. Other chapters feature discussion on the psychological and psychosocial impact of diabetes including depression and mental disorders in obese patients.

Separate chapters on genomics and epigenetics of diabetes focus on possibilities for new treatments. Illustrated with tables for quick reference, Advances in Diabetes: Novel Insights is an essential book for diabetologists and endocrinologists who wish to keep up to date with developments in their field.

Key Points

Collection of important advances and future implications for diabetology
Discussion on psychological/psychosocial issues related to diabetes
Includes tables for quick reference

Contents:

Preface

Acknowledgments

Psychological Stress and Role of Relaxation Response in Diabetes
Diabetes and Bone: Expect the Unexpected
Insulin and Insulin Signaling Pathways: Past, Present and Future
Diabetes and Periodontal Diseases: Making the Connection
Dual Peroxisome Proliferator activated Receptor Agonist
Epigenetics and Diabetes
Metabolic Surgery for Diabetes Mellitus
Physical Exercise, Cognition and Memory in Diabetes
Incretins, Beyond Glucose Control
Plant Insulins Related Compounds and Computational Biology
Depression and Mental Disorders in Obese Subjects with Diabetes
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: New Perspective in Biology and Therapeutics
Genomics of Diabetes in Clinical Care Today
Protecting, Preserving and Promoting Pancreatic b-Cells: A Developmental Approach
Usual Conditions, Unusual Treatments: Resistant Hypertension in Diabetes
Sleep, Obesity and Diabetes: The Circadian Rhythm

Appendix

Index