Every Woman''s Guide to Diabetes - What You Need to Know to Lower Your Risk and Beat the Odds

Informationen zum Autor Stephanie A. Eisenstat M.D. and Ellen Barlow Klappentext Women have long needed a book devoted to their unique issues with diabetes. This up-to-date and practical guide advocates simple lifestyle changes that can help women reduce their risk of getting diabetes or, if already diagnosed, prevent the disease's most serious complications. Zusammenfassung Women have long needed a book devoted to their unique issues with diabetes. This up-to-date and practical guide advocates simple lifestyle changes that can help women reduce their risk of getting diabetes or! if already diagnosed! prevent the disease's most serious complications.

List of contents

Contents Preface by Stephanie A. Eisenstat Preface by David M. Nathan 1 The New Epidemic 2 Diagnosis 3 Prevention 4 Medical Complications 5 Reproductive Health and Sexuality 6 Psychosocial Impact 7 Management of the Disease 8 Common Questions and Resources APPENDIXES 1 Body Mass Index (BMI) Table 2 Carbohydrate Counts for Common Fruits, Vegetables, Starches, and Dairy 3 Sample Grocery List for Healthful Eating 4 Choosing a Blood Glucose Meter 5 Mixing Different Kinds of Insulin 6 Disposing of Syringes 7 Insulin Pumps and Other Insulin Delivery Systems 8 Over-the-Counter Medications and Diabetes Complementary (Alternative Medicine) Treatments 10 Your Diabetic Targets Glossary of Terms References Acknowledgments Index

Product details

• Authors: Ellen Barlow, Barlow Ellen, Stephanie Eisenstat, Stephanie A Eisenstat, Stephanie A. Eisenstat, Stephanie A. Barlow Eisenstat, Stephanie A. Eisenstat M.D., Stephanie A. Barlow Eisenstat M.d.
• Assisted by: David M Nathan (Editor), David M. Nathan (Editor), David M. M. D. Nathan (Editor), M.D. Nathan (Editor), David M Nathan M D (Editor), David M. Nathan M.D. (Editor)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2008
• EAN: 9780674027282
• ISBN: 978-0-674-02728-2
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 222 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Medicine: general issues, HEALTH & FITNESS / Health Care Issues, HEALTH & FITNESS / Women's Health, MEDICAL / Preventive Medicine, Women’s health, Medicine: Diabetes