Diabetes for Canadians for Dummies |
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| Author:
| Blumer, Ian
Rubin, Alan L. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-470-15731-2 |
| Publication Date: | May 2010 |
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
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| Imprint: | For Dummies |
| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | Contact Supplier contact
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Book Description:
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The straight facts on treating diabetes successfully and living a full and active life Want to know how to manage your diabetes? This friendly book offers you reassuring guidance in putting together a state-of-the-art treatment program. Discover all the advances in monitoring glucose, the latest medications, and how to develop a diet and exercise plan to stay healthy. Full of interesting anecdotes and helpful advice, this is your ultimate diabetes reference.
The straight facts on treating diabetes successfully and living a full and active life Want to know how to manage your diabetes? This friendly book offers you reassuring guidance in putting together a state-of-the-art treatment program. Discover all the advances in monitoring glucose, the latest medications, and how to develop a diet and exercise plan to stay healthy. Full of interesting anecdotes and helpful advice, this is your ultimate diabetes reference.
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Get the latest information -- read about the newest recommendations from the Canadian Diabetes Association and the up-and-coming advances in medicines and monitors
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Handle low and high blood-glucose emergencies -- learn how to identify the symptoms that require urgent attention and how to treat the problem
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Manage diabetes and pregnancy -- know what to do during pregnancy to help ensure a healthy baby
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Get to know your health care team -- find the health care providers you need, from your family physician to your diabetes nurse educator to your dietitian, and more
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Manage your diabetes through exercise and nutritional know-how -- achieve and maintain good diabetes health with suggested exercises and healthy eating tips
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Control your blood glucose through medication -- find out everything you need to know, from treatment tips to potential side-effects
"Finally there is a book that I can recommend to people with diabetes."
-Dr. Anne Kenshole, Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto
Open the book and find:
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The symptoms and causes of your diabetes
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How to monitor and record your blood glucose levels
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Tips for taking and caring for insulin
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Guidance on getting the vitamins and minerals you need from your diet
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How to incorporate exercise into your diabetes treatment plan
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What you need to know about alternative medicines
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Ways to get the best possible health care
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Useful Web sites to help keep you informed