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EVIDENCE What Evidence? Using Evidence to Answer Clinically Important Questions: What is the Prognosis? How Should Diagnostic Tests be Chosen and Used? How Should a Particular Problem Be Managed? Incorporating Evidence about Therapies into Practice Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines DEFINITION AND IMPORTANCE OF DIABETES MELLITUS What is Diabetes? Short-Term Clinical Consequences of Diabetes in Adults Diagnosis and Short-Term Clinical Consequences of Diabetes in Children and Adolescent ETIOLOGIC CLASSIFICATION OF DIABETES What is Type 1 Diabetes? What is Type 2 Diabetes? What is Gestational Diabetes? PREVENTION AND SCREENING FOR DM Early Detection and Prevention of Diabetes Mellitus STRATEGIES FOR LOWERING GLUCOSE LEVELS Education and Home Glucose Monitoring Weight Loss in the Management of Type 2 Diabetes Currently Available Oral Hypoglycemic Agents for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Alternative Therapy: The Role of Selected Minerals, Vitamins, Fiber, and Herbs in Treating Hyperglycemia Insulin for Treating Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Management of Pregnant Women Diabetes Management in the Elderly Hypoglycemia LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES OF DIABETES Eye Disease Kidney Disease Peripheral Nerve Disease Cardiovascular Diseases Diseases of the Feet: Foot Ulcers and Amputations in People with Diabetes Mellitus Classification and Risk of Musculoskeletal Impairment Associated with Diabetes Erectile Dysfunction Diabetes and the Gastrointestinal Tract DELIVERY OF CARE The Delivery of Diabetes Care