title: Type 2 diabetes.
abstract: Type 2 diabetes can cause blindness, kidney failure and peripheral neuropathy, and is associated with premature death. Mary MacKinnon reviews this complex major disease and describes new treatments that are due to be licensed in the UK in the coming year.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Primary Health Care Studies, University of Warwick.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: MacKinnon
mesh_terms: D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000451:nursing; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007333:Insulin Resistance
chemical_list: D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents