TY - CHAP AU - Marta Di Carlo AU - Pasquale Picone AU - Rita Carrotta AU - Daniela Giacomazza AU - P.L. San Biagio ED - Mark B. Zimering Y1 - 2011-11-04 PY - 2011 T1 - Alzheimer’s Disease and Type 2 Diabetes: Different Pathologies and Same Features N2 - Type 2 diabetes is estimated to affect 120 million people worldwide- and according to projections from the World Health Organization this number is expected to double over the next two decades. Novel, cost-effective strategies are needed to reverse the global epidemic of obesity which is driving the increased occurrence of type 2 diabetes and to less the burden of diabetic vascular complications. In the current volume, Topics in the Prevention, Treatment and Complications of Type 2 Diabetes, experts in biology and medicine from four different continents contribute important information and cutting-edge scientific knowledge on a variety of topics relevant to the management and prevention of diabetes and related illnesses. BT - Topics in the Prevention, Treatment and Complications of Type 2 Diabetes SP - Ch. 2 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/24390 DO - 10.5772/24390 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-03-29 ER -