Diabetes Survival Guide Understanding the Facts About Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention
by Stanley Mirsky, Joan Heilman |
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Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books (October 31 2006)
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Read an ExcerptChapter 1: What It Means To Be a Diabetic
Nobody is delighted to be diagnosed as a diabetic. After all, diabetes is a chronic disease with serious consequences and complications if it isn't kept under control. You must watch what you eat, get regular exercise, and maybe take pills or insulin Chapter 1: The Diabetes Epidemic
Diabetes in the United States has reached epidemic proportions, with over a million new cases diagnosed every year. What's more, although type 2 diabetes mostly continues to strike older people, more children and teenagers are getting it Chapter 1: How Is Insulin Used? Type 2
In the normal person, starches, sugars, and proteins (58 percent of which is eventually converted into carbohydrate) are broken down by the intestines into glucose, a form of sugar. The glucose is carried throughout the body by the bloodstream, entering
Book Description The number of diabetics in the United States has increased 61 percent in the last decade. Now this classic, accessible guide has been completely revised with the latest medical findings and facts on diagnosis and treatment. Written by a leading diabetes specialist, Diabetes Survival Guide provides invaluable support, answers a variety of questions, and includes new information on:
- prediabetes: early warning signs for the millions at high risk for developing the disease
- the Metabolic Syndrome: risk factors that, along with genetic predisposition, sow the seeds of diabetes
- prevention: good news about the benefits of cinnamon, coffee, chocolate, black pepper, and other common foods and drinks
- diet: sensible, easy -to-follow suggestions about what, when, and how much to eat (and the choices are delicious!)
- new drugs: inhaled insulin powder, combination pills, insulin that lasts twenty-four hours, fast-acting "designer" insulin, and other milestones
- cutting-edge equipment: state-of-the-art insulin pumps, glucose monitors, and pen injectors
- complications: innovations for preventing heart disease, kidney failure, neuropathy of the feet and legs, and loss of vision
- stem cell research: the imminent possibility of using stem cells as a source of insulin-producing beta cells
- surgical options: transplantation techniques
If you're a diabetic or care about someone who is, this comprehensive guide and daily companion belongs front and center on your bookshelf and in your life. About the Author Stanley Mirsky, M.D. Stanley Mirsky, M.D., is a practicing internist and diabetologist, a past president of the American Diabetes Association of New York State, and a board member of the Joslin Diabetes Center. He was named Endocrinologist of the Year for 2005 by the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He lives in New York City.. » More by Stanley Mirsky, M.D.
Joan Rattner Heilman Joan Rattner Heilman is an experienced health writer who has authored hundreds of articles and several books including Estrogen, What Every Woman Should Know: Staying Healthy After 40, and The Complete University Medical Diet. She Lives on Long Island..
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