Bo Feldt-Rasmussen
Rigshospital
Copenhagen
Denmark
Welcome to this internet-based daily review service at the ADA
meeting, San Antonio, Texas, USA, 2000. From this city originates the
San Antonio Heart Study which among other important observations has
showed an alarming increase in the incidence of Type 2 diabetes.
This emphasizes the need for methods of prevention of diabetes and its
many serious complications, and, therefore, also for conferences such as the
present ADA meeting.
Aim
The aim of our review service is to provide a topical overview of
what has taken place in scientific sessions, symposia and lectures which
will be of
specific interest to clinicians working in the fields of diagnosis and
treatment of diabetes and diabetes-related complications. It is
important to emphasize that the reviews generally will not address
frontline scientific research, the results of which are still far from implementation
in clinical practice. Recent findings will of course be mentioned whenever
the reporters cannot restrain their personal interest and enthusiasm.
However, the results of basal science will already be known by
participants with specific interest in these fields. What you will find
in this daily review are extended abstracts chosen because they address
problems and raise questions of considerable interest in daily clinical
practice. You will find summaries from sessions of clinical,
pathophysiological or epidemiological research of relevance to the
clinical diabetologist; sessions which have attracted the attention of the reporters
as being of particular interest to summarize in this daily review. A few weeks after the meeting the three internet
issues will be published in printed format and distributed to doctors
around the world, some who have attended the meeting and some who have not. It is
our hope that this joint effort by the editor and reporters will
prove to be useful whenever you want to recall the important
messages relating to your daily clinical
routine.
