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Author:   Christopher D. Saudek, MD (The Johns Hopkins Hospital) ,  Richard R. Rubin, PhD ,  Thomas W. Donner (Associate Professor of Medicine and Director,, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism)
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition:   second edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.862kg
ISBN:  

9781421411798

ISBN 10:   1421411792
Pages:   504
Publication Date:   25 June 2014
Recommended Age:   From 17
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgments Part I: Understanding Diabetes 1. The Diagnosis of Diabetes: Making It and Hearing It 2. Types of Diabetes Part II: Controlling Diabetes 3. Goals of Treatment and How to Reach Them 4. Blood Glucose Monitoring 5. Hypoglycemia 6. Introduction to Nutrition Therapy: Planning and Understanding the Diet 7. Weight Control: Why It Matters and How to Do It 8. Special Considerations in Nutrition Therapy 9. Exercise and Diabetes 10. Treating Type 2 Diabetes with Non-insulin Medications 11. Treating Diabetes with Insulin 12. Types of Insulin 13. Insulin Pumps Part III: Living with Diabetes 14. The Emotional Side of Diabetes 15. Lessons for Families Who Live with Diabetes 16. Dealing with Psychological Problems 17. Interacting with Health Care Professionals 18. Interacting with the Health Care System 19. Employment and Diabetes Part IV: Complications 20. Systemic Symptoms 21. Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Hyperosmolar Coma 22. Hardening of the Arteries 23. Diabetic Eye Disease 24. Diabetic Kidney Disease 25. Diabetic Neuropathy 26. Diabetes and the Foot 27. Diabetes and the Skin Part V: Sexuality, Pregnancy, and Genetics 28. Diabetes and Sexuality 29. Diabetes and Pregnancy 30. The Genetics of Diabetes Part VI: The Future of Care 31. Diabetes Research 32. The Prognosis Index

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A browse through any major bookstore will reveal a large number of books written for the layperson on the subject of diabetes mellitus. The Johns Hopkins Guide to Diabetes is one that can be recommended for its clarity and sound scientific information on this disorder.--Richard D. Siegel, MD Nutrition in Clinical Care

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Christopher D. Saudek, M.D., was a professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and founder of the Johns Hopkins Diabetes Center. Richard R. Rubin, Ph.D., CDE, was a professor of medicine and pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and a staff member at the Johns Hopkins Diabetes Center and the Johns Hopkins Pediatric Diabetes Clinic. Thomas W. Donner, M.D., is an associate professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and is director of the Johns Hopkins Diabetes Center.

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