Screen LibraryThe Johns Hopkins guide to diabetes：for today and tomorrow
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Johns Hopkins University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Baltimore, MD |
| Publication Dates: | 1997. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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A Johns Hopkins Press health book |
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| Carrier Form: | xiii, 422 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0801855802 (alk. paper) 9780801855801 (alk. paper) 0801855810 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780801855818 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | R587 |
| CLC: | R587.1 |
| Call Number: | R587.1/S255 |
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Includes index. Understanding diabetes -- Controlling diabetes -- Living with diabetes -- Complications -- Sexuality, pregnancy, and genetics -- The future of care. Written by a team of Johns Hopkins practitioners, this accessible guide addresses everything about diabetes that patients need to know for good control and good health. The book offers detailed discussions of managing the disease with blood glucose monitoring, diet, exercise, and medications. 34 illustrations. The Johns Hopkins Guide to Diabetes provides comprehensive and reliable answers to the many questions asked by people with the disease as well as their families and friends. What are the differences between Type I and Type II diabetes, for example? How are the different forms of this disease diagnosed and treated? Can diabetes that develops during pregnancy become a permanent condition? Can diabetes ever be managed with diet and exercise alone? Written by a team of Johns Hopkins specialists, this authoritative and easy-to-read guide addresses everything about diabetes which patients need to know for good control and good health. |