Meet the editor

Edward T. Zawada Jr. graduated summa cum laude from Loyola University in 1969 and summa cum laude from Loyola-Stritch School of Medicine in 1973. He trained at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) from 1973 to 1978. His faculty positions include UCLA, University of Utah, Medical College of Virginia, and University of South Dakota. Other positions include professor and chairman emeritus, Department of Internal

Medicine, University of South Dakota, Sanford School of Medicine; and Bush Foundation of Minnesota Sabbatical Fellowship in Critical Care, Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Iowa in 2009. Dr. Zawada Jr. is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Internal Medicine, Nephrology, Geriatrics, and Critical Care Medicine. Other board certifications include Nutrition and Clinical Pharmacology. He is a Master of the American College of Physicians and Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine, the American Society of Nephrology, the American Society of Hypertension, the American College of Chest Physicians, the American College of Clinical Pharmacology, the American College of Nutrition, and the American Heart Association.

Contents

**Section 1**

Introductory Chapter: Geriatrics

Old Age and Women's Identity

*by Edward T. Zawada*

*and Greco Monica*

**Section 2**

**Preface III**

Geriatrics as a Specialty **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 7**

Developments in Dementia **17**

**Chapter 3 19**

**Chapter 4 35**

**Chapter 5 61**

**Chapter 6 83**

*Mohamed Hajjam, Samy Talha, Sylvie Ervé, Jawad Hajjam, Nathalie Jeandidier*

*by Ahmet Onur Keskin, Nazlı Durmaz, Gülgün Uncu, Ebru Erzurumluoglu,* 

State of Art of Telemonitoring in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus,

*by Emmanuel Andrès, Laurent Meyer, Abrar-Ahmad Zulfiqar,* 

*Zerrin Yıldırım, Nese Tuncer and Demet Özbabalık Adapınar*

*by Greco Francesca Romana, D'Onofrio Grazia, Seripa Davide, Ciccone Filomena, Sancarlo Daniele, Mangiacotti Antonio* 

Primary Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) *by Ettore Bergamini and Gabriella Cavallini*

Long-Term Partnerships in Lewy Body Dementias

*by Sabina Vatter and Iracema Leroi*

with a Focus on Elderly Patients

Future Treatment of Alzheimer Disease

*and Amir Hajjam El Hassani*
