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&#8220;Diabetics and those who love them will find this a fascinating and hope-filled read.&#8221; &#8212;Library Journal starred review&#160;&#160;&#160; <p>&#8220; Diabetes Rising takes on the fastest-growing disease in history with a take-no-prisoner&#8217;s attitude.&#160; You got to love the author&#8217;s pugnacity. Dan Hurley takes the same approach to diabetes that Ronald Reagan took on the Cold War.&#160; Not willing to live with the enemy, he wants to kill it in its crib.&#8221; &#8212;Chris Matthews, Host of Hardball with Chris Matthews on MSNBC&#160; &#8220;This is a stunning book about diabetes. For patients, family members, physicians, and those simply interested in learning more about a disease so closely linked to the rise of modern civilization, Diabetes Rising offers not just a thorough background, but the hint of an 'out of the box' approach to how we can treat and prevent diabetes.&#8221; &#8212; from the foreword by Zachary T. Bloomgarden, M.D., Editor, Journal

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Dan Hurley is a science writer and journalist who regularly contributes to The New York Times Science Times. He also writes for numerous medical newspapers, including Neurology Today (the newspaper of the American Academy of Neurology), Gastroenterology and Endoscopy News, Pharmacy Practice News, General Surgery News, and others. He has been senior writer at the Medical Tribune and contributing editor to Psychology Today, where his article on the violent mentally ill won the American Society of Journalists and Authors' award for investigative journalism in 1995. He is the former Vice President of the American Society of Journalists and Authors. He is also the author of Natural Causes: Death, Lies, and Politics in America's Vitamin and Herbal Supplement Industry and The 60-Second Novelist: What 22,613 People Taught Me About Life.

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