January/February 2005
	EDITOR'S PAGE Quality of Life for DN Patients By Aaron I. Vinik, MD, PhD, Associate Medical Editor NEWS January / February 2005 TODAY'S PRACTICE Depressed Diabetic Patients Often Have More Symptoms Reviewed by Evette J. Ludman, PhD Equity in Care Could Save More Lives Than Technological Advances Reviewed by Steven H. Woolf, MD, MPH ISSUES IN DIABETES Body Fat Distribution and the Development of Diabetes By Conni Bergmann Koury, Editor-in-Chief National Plan for Action Devoted to Detect, Prevent, Treat Diabetes By Laura Suarez, Associate Editor NEUROPATHY Intractable Diabetic Foot Ulcers Require Aggressive Treatment Reviewed by Satoshi Itami, MD Fidarestat Improved Symptoms of Diabetic Polyneuropathy Reviewed by Nigishi Hotta, MD RETINOPATHY Early Detection of Diabetic Retinopathy in the Primary Diabetes Care Setting By Neil Brooks, MD Blood Pressure Control Can Reduce Risk of Diabetic Retinopathy Reviewed by David R. Matthews, FRCP NEPHROPATHY Microalbuminuria in Type 2 Diabetes By Giuseppe Remuzzi, MD, FRCP CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION CONFERENCE COVERAGE INDUSTRY NEWS AND INNOVATIONS CONFERENCE CALENDAR 5 QUESTIONS WITH AARON I. VINIK, MD PHD