Dr. Mario Barbagallo was born on March 16, 1959, Palermo, Italy. Full Professor of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, University of Palermo. Head of the Geriatric Unit, University Hospital of Palermo, Italy.Ph.D. in Physiology, University of Rome in 1989.Visiting scientist at the Cardiovascular Center, Cornell University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA in 1991 1992. Visiting scientist, at the Department of Physiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, in 1992. Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Division of Endocrinology and Hypertension, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA in 1994-1995. Visiting Professor at the Capitol University of Medical Sciences, Bejing (China) in 1994. His research interests include Diabetes and Hypertension, Diabetes and cognitive decline, Insulin resistance, Magnesium, Diabetes in the elderly, Frailty.