Canadian Journal of Diabetes

Publications

Canadian Journal of Diabetes is Canada’s only diabetes-oriented, peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal for diabetes healthcare professionals.

Published quarterly (February, April, June, August, October and December), Canadian Journal of Diabetes contains original articles, resource reviews, a journal watch, shorter articles such as Perspectives in Practice and Diabetes and Society, and news from the Clinical and Scientific Section and the Diabetes Educators Section of the Canadian Diabetes Association.

Canadian Journal of Diabetes is distributed as a benefit of membership to all members of the Professional Sections of Canadian Diabetes Association.

Canadian Journal of Diabetes - 2003, 12

Making the Case for Euglycemia in Women With Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

Making the Case for Euglycemia in Women With Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

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S.J. Meltzer

Fat Cells, Adipocytokines and Type 2 Diabetes

Fat Cells, Adipocytokines and Type 2 Diabetes

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R. McPherson

Weekly Telephone Contact by a Diabetes Educator in Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes

Type 1 diabetes mellitus is the most common type of diabetes in the pediatric age group.

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C. Panagiotopoulos, J.M. Preston, L.L. Stewart, D.L. Metzger, J.-P. Chanoine

Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: The Case for Euglycemia

The goal of therapy for women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is to normalize the metabolic milieu of the mother to result in a normal, healthy infant.

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L. Jovanovic

The Significance of Elevated Adiponectin in the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes

Thiazolidinediones (TZDs) represent a new family of oral antihyperglycemic agents for the treatment of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes.

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T.P. Combs, P.E. Scherer

Defining, Understanding and Controlling the Diabetes Epidemic in Canada’s Aboriginal Population: Seeking Solutions Through Interdisciplinary Research

By now, it is widely recognized that type 2 diabetes mellitus has become a major health problem among Aboriginal people in Canada (1).

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T.K.Young, S.G. Bruce

Diabetes Among the Métis of Canada: Defining the Population, Estimating the Disease

Type 2 diabetes mellitus is becoming an increasingly common chronic health condition throughout the world, and has reached epidemic proportions among some Canadian Aboriginal populations (1).

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S.G. Bruce, E.V. Kliewer, T.K.Young, T. Mayer, A.Wajda

Type 2 Diabetes in Youth in Manitoba, Canada, 1986 to 2002

After the recognition of type 2 diabetes mellitus in First Nations children in Manitoba, Canada, in 1983, the authors predicted that the number of affected children would increase in every First Nations community (1,2).

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H.J. Dean, E.A.C. Sellers,T.K.Young

TComplications of Type 2 Diabetes Among Aboriginal Canadians: Increasing the Understanding of Prevalence and Risk Factors

Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a highly prevalent condition among Aboriginal Canadians, and a large increase in associated complications is expected to emerge in this population during the next decade.

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A.J.G. Hanley, S.B. Harris, M. Mamakeesick, K. Goodwin, E. Fiddler, R.A. Hegele, J.R. McLaughlin, B. Zinman

Primary Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes: Experiences of 2 Aboriginal Communities in Canada.

There is an urgent need for the development and implementation of culturally appropriate community-based diabetes mellitus primary prevention projects to reduce the epidemic of type 2 diabetes in Aboriginal peoples (1).

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A.C. Macaulay, S.B. Harris, L. Lévesque, M. Cargo, E. Ford, J. Salsberg, A. McComber, R. Fiddler, R. Kirby, A.J.G. Hanley, L. Potvin, B. Zinman, J. Gittelsohn, K. Phillips, O. Receveur

Production of materials has been made possible through a financial contribution from the Public Health Agency of Canada.