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William H. Eaglstein, MD; Jeffrey P. Callen, MD

Arch Dermatol. 2009;145(4):467-469.

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This month, the Archives of Dermatology joins JAMA (April 15) and many of its sister AMA Archives Journals in emphasizing the problems faced by people with diabetes mellitus (DM) and its comorbidities as they relate to each specialty. Thus, JAMA and the specialty journals serve to remind us that the entire house of medicine is joined by our concern with the general medical and surgical problems occasioned by DM.

Diabetes mellitus represents both a public health and medical success and a self-induced societal burden. The ability to keep young persons with DM alive allows them to reproduce, increasing the gene pool that determines the propensity for DM and resulting in more people with DM in future generations. In addition, our ability to keep people alive longer with little need to work hard physically contributes to the large and increasing numbers of people . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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