Diabetes For Dummies
4th Edition
Published on 11. September 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
408 pages
978-1-118-29447-5 (ISBN)
Description
The straight facts on treating diabetes successfully With diabetes now considered pandemic throughout the world, there have been an enormous advances in the field since the last edition of Diabetes For Dummies. Now significantly revised and updated, it includes the latest information on medications and monitoring equipment, updated diet and exercise plans, new findings about treating diabetes in the young and elderly, new ways to diagnose and treat long- and short-term complications, and more. Want to know how to manage diabetes? Trusted diabetes expert Dr. Alan Rubin gives you reassuring, authoritative guidance on putting together a state-of-the-art treatment program to treat diabetes successfully and live a full life. You'll learn about all the advances in monitoring glucose, the latest medications, and how to develop a diet and exercise plan to stay healthy.
* New information on the psychology of diabetes and its treatment * New ways to diagnose and treat both short- and long-term complications of diabetes * The latest information about diabetes medications and testing devices * Updated diet and exercise plans * Expanded coverage about type 2 diabetes in children and new findings about how diabetes affects the elderly Diabetes For Dummies is for the millions of Diabetics (and their loved ones) throughout the United States who are in search of a resource to help them manage this disease.
* New information on the psychology of diabetes and its treatment * New ways to diagnose and treat both short- and long-term complications of diabetes * The latest information about diabetes medications and testing devices * Updated diet and exercise plans * Expanded coverage about type 2 diabetes in children and new findings about how diabetes affects the elderly Diabetes For Dummies is for the millions of Diabetics (and their loved ones) throughout the United States who are in search of a resource to help them manage this disease.
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Edition
4th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 186 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
548 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-118-29447-5 (9781118294475)
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Alan L. Rubin
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Person
Alan L. Rubin, MD, is one of the nation's foremost authorities on diabetes. He is the author of Type 1 Diabetes For Dummies, Diabetes Cookbook For Dummies, and Prediabetes For Dummies.
Content
Introduction 1 Part I: Dealing with the Onset of Diabetes 7 Chapter 1: Dealing with Diabetes 9 Chapter 2: It s the Glucose and the Hemoglobin A1c 19 Chapter 3: Defi ning the Various Types of Diabetes 31 Part II: How Diabetes Affects Your Body 49 Chapter 4: Battling Short-Term Complications 51 Chapter 5: Preventing Long-Term Complications 65 Chapter 6: Diabetes, Sexual Function, and Pregnancy 99 Part III: Managing Diabetes: The Thriving with Diabetes Lifestyle Plan 117 Chapter 7: Glucose Monitoring and Other Tests 119 Chapter 8: Diabetes Diet Plan 151 Chapter 9: Keep It Moving: Creating Your Exercise Plan 175 Chapter 10: Medications: What You Should Know 195 Chapter 11: Diabetes Is Your Show 227 Chapter 12: Putting Your Knowledge to Work for You 237 Part IV: Special Considerations for Living with Diabetes 243 Chapter 13: Your Child Has Diabetes 245 Chapter 14: Diabetes and the Elderly 261 Chapter 15: Occupational and Insurance Problems 269 Chapter 16: What s New in Diabetes Care 281 Chapter 17: What Doesn t Work When You Treat Diabetes 289 Part V: The Part of Tens 299 Chapter 18: Ten Ways to Prevent or Reverse the Effects of Diabetes 301 Chapter 19: Ten (Or So) Myths about Diabetes That You Can Forget 307 Chapter 20: Ten Ways to Get Others to Help You 313 Part VI: Appendixes 319 Appendix A: Dr W W Web 321 Appendix B: Glossary 331 Appendix C: Mini-Cookbook 339 Index 369