He says, “Diabetes shouldn’t stop you from doing what you want to do with your life. With Diabetes For Dummies, 2nd edition, readers will learn: …
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The best selling guide to understanding and managing diabetes, now revised
and updated
DIABETES FOR DUMMIES, 2ND EDITION
By Alan L Rubin, MD
In the five years since the best-selling first edition of Diabetes For
Dummies was published, there have been many new findings in diabetes care
and education, clearly making a second edition necessary Diabetes For
Dummies, 2nd edition, Wiley; September 2004; 2199 written by one of the
nations foremost experts on diabetes, Dr Alan L Rubin, has been updated
and revised so readers can stay current on advances in diabetes diagnosis
and treatment There is new information on medicines, ideas about diet and
exercise, how diabetes affects certain ethnic groups, children, seniors and
more
In Diabetes For Dummies, 2nd edition Dr Rubin stresses that a diagnosis of
diabetes, while serious, is not the end of the world In fact, by making
smart decisions about diet, exercise, medications and glucose testing,
diabetes can be a most manageable disease
Halle Berry, Mary Tyler Moore
and Billie Jean King are just a few celebrities who have managed to survive
and thrive while managing diabetes - and Dr Rubin wants to make sure that
other people with diabetes do too He says, Diabetes shouldnt stop you
from doing what you want to do with your life If you follow the rules of
good diabetes care, you will be just as healthy as the person without
diabetes With Diabetes For Dummies, 2nd edition, readers will learn:
How diabetes affects the body and how to prevent complications
The connection between obesity and diabetes and why diet and
exercise should be part of a diabetics treatment plan
How to work the medical insurance system and obtain long-term care
and life insurance
About the latest medications and how to use them
How to get the support they need from family and friends
Like all For Dummies books, Diabetes For Dummies, 2nd edition contains the
Part of Tens This section will help readers fine tune their diabetes
care, and includes Ten Ways to Prevent or Reverse the Effects of
Diabetes, Ten Myths About Diabetes That You Can Forget and Ten Ways to
Get Others to Help You Appendix A features a
mini-cookbook with
delicious recipes even desserts from some of the best chefs and
restaurants in the country Appendix B shows readers how to use diabetic
exchanges to figure out a proper diabetic diet Appendix C presents
reputable Internet sites readers can check out to learn more about
diabetes Appendix D is a handy glossary of terms and their meanings that
readers will encounter as they read about diabetes The handy Cheat
Sheet includes Ten Commandments for Great Diabetes Control, and
guidelines developed by the American Diabetes Association for testing for
diabetes
Diabetes For Dummies, 2nd edition is the perfect companion for people
living with diabetes, so they can survive and thrive
About the author:
Dr Alan Rubin is one of the nations foremost experts on diabetes He is
a professional member of the American Diabetes Association and the
Endocrine Society and has been in private practice specializing in diabetes
and thyroid disease for over 30 years Dr Rubin was Assistant Clinical
Professor of Medicine at University of California Medical Center in San
Francisco for 20 years He has spoken about diabetes to professional
medical audiences and non-medical audiences
around the world Dr Rubin
has been interviewed for many publications and radio and television
programs , talking about the cause, prevention and treatment of diabetes
He is the author of several other For Dummies books, High Blood Pressure
For Dummies, Thyroid For Dummies and Diabetes Cookbook For Dummies, all
published by Wiley
If you would like to see a copy of Diabetes For Dummies, 2nd edition or
would like to interview the author, please call April Fazio at 201-748-
5626
DIABETES FOR DUMMIES
By Alan L Rubin, MD
ISBN: 0-7645-6820-5, 2199; 386 pages
September 2004
For more plain-English advice:
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