October 2004
	EDITOR'S PAGE Multispecialty Cooperation By Richard M. Bergenstal, MD, Chief Medical Editor NEWS October 2004 ISSUES IN DIABETES PKC Inhibition in Diabetic Microvascular Complications By Aaron I. Vinik, MD, PhD, Associate Medical Editor More Than 350 Million People Will Have Diabetes by 2030 By Conni Bergmann Koury, Editor-in-Chief VA System Superior for Diabetes Care Reviewed by Eve Kerr, MD, MPH NEUROPATHY Screening for Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy By Lawrence A. Lavery, DPM, MPH; David G. Armstrong, DPM, MSc; and Andrew Boulton, MD Amputation Rates High in American-Indians Reviewed by Helaine E. Resnick, PhD, MPH Active Diabetic Patients May Have Fewer Foot Ulcers Reviewed by David G. Armstrong, DPM, MSc 71% of Men, 51% of Women With Diabetes Develop Neuropathy Reviewed by Irene M. Stratton, MSc RETINOPATHY Half of Diabetic Latinos Have Retinopathy Reviewed by Rohit Varma, MD, MPH NEPHROPATHY ACE, ARB Equally Effective at Slowing Renal Damage Reviewed by Professor Anthony Barnett Irbesartan Improves Survival in Renal Disease Reviewed by Andrew J. Palmer, BSc, MBBS CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION CONFERENCE COVERAGE INDUSTRY NEWS AND INNOVATIONS CONFERENCE CALENDAR 5 QUESTIONS WITH MARTIN J. STEVENS, MD