1. Epidemiology of type 2 diabetes / Markku Laakso -- 2. Pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes / Michael Stumvoll, Barry J. Goldstein, and Timon W. van Haeften -- 3. Rationale and goals for glucose control in diabetes mellitus and glucose monitoring / Ramachandiran Cooppan -- 4. The role of the diabetes educator in the education and management of diabetes mellitus / Carole Mensing -- 5. Nutrition in the etiology and management of type 2 diabetes / Monika Toeller and Jim I. Mann -- 6. Diabetes and exercise / Gerhard Schuler and Axel Linke -- 7. Psychosocial issues and type 2 diabetes / Garry W. Welch, Alan M. Jacobson, and Katie Weinger -- 8. Oral hypoglycemic agents : sulfonylureas and meglitinides / Andreas F. H. Pfeiffer -- 9. Metformin / Michael Stumvoll, Hans-Ulrich Haring, and Stephan Matthaei -- 10. Alpha-glucosidase inhibitors / Markolf Hanefeld -- 11. Thiazolidinediones / Sunder Mudaliar and Robert R. Henry -- 12. Treatment strategies for type 2 diabetes based on incretin action / Baptist Gallwitz and Michael Nauck -- 13. Pramlintide acetate in the treatment of type 2 diabetes / Steven V. Edelman, Brock E. Schroeder, and Juan P. Frias -- 14. Insulin therapy in type 2 diabetes -- Kathleen L. Wyne and Pablo F. Mora -- 15. Combination therapy for treatment of type 2 diabetes / Anthony L. McCall -- 16. Hypoglycemia in type 2 diabetes / Philip E. Cryer -- 17. Diabetic coma : current therapy of diabetic ketoacidosis and non-ketoacidotic hyperosmolar coma / Johannes Hensen -- 18. Diabetic retinopathy and ocular complications / Brett Rosenblatt, Carl D. Regillo, and William E. Benson -- 19. Renal dysfunction and hypertension / Carl Erik Mogensen -- 20. Diabetic peripheral neuropathy and sexual dysfunction / Dan Ziegler -- 21. Diabetic foot ulcers / Michael Edmonds -- 22. Gastrointestinal and autonomic complications of diabetes mellitus / Adrian Vella and Michael Camilleri -- 23. Gestational diabetes / Asha Thomas-Geevarghese and Robert E. Ratner -- 24. Epidemiology of type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents / Arlan L. Rosenbloom -- 25. Insulin resistance syndrome and its vascular complications / Tina K. Thethi, Christina Bratcher, Tilak Mallik, and Vivian Fonseca -- 26. Obesity : influence on diabetes and management / Hans Hauner -- 27. Dyslipidemia and diabetes / Ioanna Gouni-Berthold, David John Betteridge, and Wilhelm Krone -- 28. Hypertension and diabetes : need for combination therapy / Guntram Schernthaner and Gerit-Holger Schernthaner -- 29. The evaluation of cardiac and peripheral arterial disease in patients with diabetes mellitus / Rhuna Shen, Susan E. Wiegers, and Ruchira Glaser -- 30. Acute coronary syndrome, myocardial infarction, heart failure, and stable coronary artery disease : specific considerations in diabetes / Christian A. Schneider and Erland Erdmann -- 31. Anesthesia and surgery in the diabetic patient / Jeffrey I. Joseph -- 32. Type 2 diabetes : geriatric considerations / Jill P. Crandall -- 33. Diabetes in high-risk ethnic populations / Ebenezer A. Nyenwe and Samuel Dagogo-Jack -- 34. Drug-induced hyperglycemia and diabetes mellitus / Mary Kate McCullen and Intekhab Ahmed -- 35. MODY : lessons from monogenetic diabetes forms / Birgit Knebel and Dirk Muller-Wieland -- 36. Polycystic ovary syndrome and the metabolic syndrome / Onno E. Janssen, Susanne Tan, Tiina Dietz, and Susanne Hahn -- 37. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and diabetes mellitus / Leon A. Adams -- 38. Future management approaches : new devices on the horizon for glucose monitoring and medication delivery / Jeffrey I. Joseph.