Medical Complications of Type 2 Diabetes (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789533073637)

Obesity and type 2 diabetes are increasing worldwide problems. In this book we reviewed insulin secretion in both healthy individuals and in patients with type 2 diabetes. Because of the risk associated with progression from insulin resistance to diabetes and cardiovascular complications increases along a continuum, we included several chapters on the damage of endothelial cells in type 2 diabetes and genetic influences on endothelial cell dysfunction. Cardiovascular complications occur at a much lower glucose levels, thus a review on the oral glucose tolerance test compared to other methods was included. The medical conditions associated with type 2 diabetes such as pancreatic cancer, sarcopenia and sleep disordered breathing with diabetes were also discussed. The book concludes with several chapters on the treatments for this disease offering us hope in prevention and successful alleviation of the co-morbidities associated with obesity and type 2 diabetes.

Author: Colleen Croniger
ISBN-10: 9533073632
ISBN-13: 9789533073637
Publisher: Intechopen
Language: English
Published: 09/12/2011
Pages: 426
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.93lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.94d