Diabetes Sourcebook: Basic Consumer Health Information About Type 1 Diabetes (Insulin-Dependent or Juvenile-Onset Diabetes), Type 2 Diabetes (Noninsulin-Dependent or adult (Health Reference Series)
Since the publication of the first edition of Diabetes Sourcebook in 1994, many changes have occurred in the field of diabetes care. Experts now suggest that all adults age 45 and older be tested for diabetes, and that people under 45 be tested if they are at high risk. An estimated 16 million Americans have diabetes, including 8 million who remain undiagnosed.
Diabetes Sourcebook, 2nd edition, provides updated information to help people understand the risk factors for diabetes, recognize the symptoms, and obtain appropriate care. The book also contains consumer health information for the different types of diabetes, with new recommendations for diabetes management and self-care, information about insulin and other innovative diabetes medicines, and reports on recent research initiatives.
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Well worth the investment for anyone facing the ailment or any physician who wants to specialize in its treatment
Review Date: December 13, 2008
Reviewer: Midwest Book Review, Oregon, WI USA
Diabetes is a rapidly rising epidemic in America, riding the rising obesity's rates coattails to a very serious issue in today's society. "Diabetes Sourcebook" is the newly updated and expanded fourth edition, completely and comprehensively covering almost everything a student or physician would need to know, updated with the most up to date research. Chapters cover the definitions of diabetes and its statistics, the lifestyle changes the afflicted's day to day lives, what physicians and doctors can do, what it can lead to, the potential fatal implications, and what current medical science is doing to combat the problems Diabetes brings humanity. Filled back to the rim with information and enhanced with a subject dictionary, cookbooks, assistance for finding medical care, "Diabetes Sourcebook" is well worth the investment for anyone facing the ailment or any physician who wants to specialize in its treatment.
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