Complications of Diabetes Mellitus

Dr. Jahangir Moini was assistant professor at Tehran University, Medical School, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, for nine years. For 18 years, he was the Director of Epidemiology for the Brevard County Health Department. For 15 years, he was the Director of Science and Health for Everest University in Melbourne FL. He was also a Professor of Science and Health at Everest for a total of 24 years. For 6 years, he was a Professor of Science and Health at Eastern Florida State College, but is now retired. Dr. Moini has been actively teaching for 39 years, and for 22 years, has been an international author of 47 books. His “Anatomy & Physiology for Health Professionals” has been translated into the Japanese and Korean languages.Dr. Matthew Adams received his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine. During medical school, he also received an MBA from the Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University. During his residency at Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Adams received training in Ophthalmology and completed a fellowship in Vitreoretinal Surgery at the Mayo Clinic. He now serves the community of Brevard County, Florida for Florida Eye Associates, where he performs VitreoRetinal and Cataract surgery.Dr. Anthony LoGalbo is a Board Certified Clinical Neuropsychologist and Associate Professor in the School of Psychology at Florida Tech in Melbourne, Florida, where he teaches graduate coursework and conducts applied research in the clinical psychology (PsyD) program. He is also the clinical director and primary supervisor of Florida Tech's Sports Concussion Management Program, and the clinical neuropsychology director at the Health First Florida Memory Disorder Clinic.

• Part I: IntroductionChapter 1: Pathophysiology of DiabetesChapter 2: Metabolic SyndromeChapter 3: Prevalence, Mortality, and Risk FactorsPart II: Microvascular Complications of DiabetesChapter 4: Diabetic NeuropathyChapter 5: Diabetic RetinopathyChapter 6: Diabetic NephropathyPart III: Macrovascular Complications of DiabetesChapter 7: HypertensionChapter 8: DyslipidemiaChapter 9: Coronary Artery DiseaseChapter 10: Congestive Heart FailureChapter 11: StrokeChapter 12: Psychosocial Aspects of DiabetesChapter 13: Other Complications of DiabetesChapter 14: Cancer

This book will be important to clinicians who take care of diabetes patients. I appreciate that it covers latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA), maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY), and complications of uncontrolled diabetes in pregnant women. - Sharon Fung, PhD, APN, Cook County Health