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From the Publisher: Diseases have a history, and understanding that history helps us understand how best to treat and control disease today. Today's students are confronted with a panoply of often-frightening illnesses and afflictions-the Biographies of Disease series provides students with the information that they need to understand the origin of various maladies, how they impact contemporary society, and how doctors and researchers from around...

The Encyclopedia of Diabetes, Second Edition is a complete guide to the different types of this disease, signs and symptoms, and management and treatment. The 246 entries explain the causes of diabetes, how the disease affects the body, and how it impacts daily life. Appendixes include directories of organizations, periodicals, research centers, and Web sites. --from publisher description.

The newest installment in the American Diabetes Association's bestselling 101 Tips series helps women with diabetes cope with pregnancy using a quick, easy-to-read question- & -answer format. 101 Tips for a Healthy Pregnancy with Diabetes offers tips on topics such as prepregnancy; nutrition; managing medication; managing diabetes during pregnancy; making it through labor; postpartum; and much more.

Clear, simple explanations bring clarity to this complex illness. Incredibly Easy! memory joggers and an eight-page, color guide to pathophysiology help nurses and other health professionals provide expert care. Contents include understanding diabetes mellitus, preventing diabetes mellitus, assessing patients with diabetes mellitus, treating patients with diabetes mellitus, diabetes mellitus complications, and teaching the patient with diabetes mellitus....

Presents a guide to diabetes, providing background information about the disease, and offering advice on nutrition and exercise, medications, monitoring and adjusting treatment programs, challenges, such as diabetes in children or during pregnancy.

"The incidence of diabetes is increasing at epidemic proportions worldwide, presenting a huge challenge to modern medicine. In response, scientific advances in the understanding of diabetes and its complications are being translated into improved clinical practice at ever faster rates. Greater understanding of aetiopathogenesis of the different types of diabetes, the emerging roles of novel pharmacological agents and the importance placed on multidisciplinary...

"We are a diabetic nation: one in three Americans born in this century will become diabetic. Journalist Hirsch's blend of history, reportage, advocacy, and memoir will speak for, and to, the 20 million Americans who live with this disease. This book offers revealing views of the diabetic subculture, the urge toward secrecy that many diabetics feel, the glycemic rollercoaster they ride constantly, and the remarkable perseverance--even heroism--required...

The organization's flagship book on diabetes care, and American Diabetes Association Complete Guide to Diabetes is the quintessential sourcebook for people who want to take charge of their disease for a lifetime. Containing detailed explanations and step-by-step instructions on self-managing diabetes, this definitive guide arms readers with hundreds of effective self-care techniques to solve scores of common diabetes-related problems-safely and easily. "The...

Diabetes occurs at such an alarming rate that it can be described as a global epidemic. Following its predecessor, Nutrition and Diabetes: Pathophysiology and Management, Second Edition, is a comprehensive resource that describes various factors that drive the accumulation of excess body weight and fat resulting in obesity. The book discusses the metabolic aberrations found in obesity and how they lead to the association of obesity with diabetes....