Diabetes For Dummies (平装) 470270861

在线阅读本书 Covers the latest glucose meters and insulin treatments The straight facts on treating diabetes successfully and living a full life

Want to know how to manage diabetes? Leading diabetes expert Dr. Alan Rubin gives you reassuring, authoritative guidance in putting together a state–of–the–art treatment program. 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. You′ll also see how to overcome insurance and on–the–job obstacles.

Discover how to:Reduce your diabetes riskUnderstand the different types of diabetesManage diabetes in children and the elderlyPrevent long–term complicationsGet the support you need

.com Review "The Greeks and Romans knew about diabetes. Fortunately, theway they tested for the condition--by tasting the urine--has gone bythe wayside." Diabetes for Dummies has the friendly, quirkystyle you expect from all the For Dummies books, but this is noskim-the-surface Diabetes 101. Rubin has packed this book with usefulinformation, peppered with warm advice for enjoying your life whileliving with diabetes. One of his points is that although you'd rathernot have this disease, you're lucky to have it now instead of a fewdecades ago, because today you can manage diabetes and live aproductive, quality-filled life.

The book is divided into sectionson "Dealing with the Onset of Diabetes," "How Diabetes Affects YourBody," "Managing Diabetes: The 'Thriving with Diabetes' LifestylePlan," and "Special Considerations for Living with Diabetes." Eachchapter is packed with facts and strategies on topics such asmonitoring, battling complications, medications, diet, andexercise. If you skim, it's an introduction to diabetes; if you readit carefully, it's a textbook. Web surfers will appreciate the"Dr. W.W. Web" appendix, where Rubin lists many useful diabetes Websites. (If you'd rather click than type, you can visit Rubin's Website, where he offers links to all the diabetes sites.) Also includedis a mini-cookbook of multiethnic recipes from noted restaurants,mostly in San Francisco (with the restaurant address, in case you wantto order instead of cook). --Joan Price--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Review As one of the country’s leading endocrinologists, Alan Rubin could be expected to know a lot about diabetes. -- Rick Mendosa, Diabetes Journalist, www.mendosa.com/diabetes.htm At last, a diabetes book for everyone.Dr. Rubin is superb at translating the issues of diabetes into plain English. -- G. Robert Hampton, M.D., Retinal Specialist on the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s Public Information Committee, Syracuse, NY Diabetes For Dummies is a wonderfully written book and will become the companion book for all diabetics and their families. -- Michael D. Goldfield, M.D. Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of California Medical Center, San Francisco, CA Filled with wit and wisdom, this book will teach you the Ten Commandments of Diabetes Care, which can help add life to your years...and years to your life. -- Dr. This lively and lucid guide will provide you the information you need to leap to the peaks of understanding diabetes. -- June Biermann & Barbara Toohey This lively and lucid tell-it-all guide will provide you with the information you need to leap from the depths of diabetes ignorance to the peaks of understanding. -- June Biermann and Barbara Toohey, Founders and Editors-in-Chief of diabetes.com--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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 Thyroid For Dummies.

出版社	John Wiley & Sons
作者	Alan L. Rubin MD