Diabetes for Canadians for Dum - Softcover

Blumer, Ian; Rubin, Alan L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470156775 ISBN 13: 9780470156773

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Canada, Limited, 2009

Synopsis

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.

• Get the latest information — read about the newest recommendations from the Canadian Diabetes Association and the up-and-coming advances in medicines and monitors

• Handle low and high blood-glucose emergencies — learn how to identify the symptoms that require urgent attention and how to treat the problem

• Manage diabetes and pregnancy — know what to do during pregnancy to help ensure a healthy baby

• 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

• Manage your diabetes through exercise and nutritional know-how — achieve and maintain good diabetes health with suggested exercises and healthy eating tips

• 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:

• The symptoms and causes of your diabetes

• How to monitor and record your blood glucose levels

• Tips for taking and caring for insulin

• Guidance on getting the vitamins and minerals you need from your diet

• How to incorporate exercise into your diabetes treatment plan

• What you need to know about alternative medicines

• Ways to get the best possible health care

• Useful Web sites to help keep you informed

About this title

About the Author:

Ian Blumer, MD, is a diabetes specialist and the author of Understanding Prescription Drugs For Canadians For Dummies.

Alan L. Rubin, MD, has had a private practice specializing in diabetes for over 30 years and is the author of several For Dummies books.

Review:

"Finally there is a book that I can recommend to people with diabetes. It's easy to read, full of practical advice and sprinkled with humour. In it you will find the answer to many of your questions including some that you never thought to ask a health professional."
—Dr. Anne Kenshole

"Drs. Ian Blumer and Alan Rubin cover diabetes care from head to toe – Canadian style. There are scores of diabetes reference books on the market, but none that cater to the unique needs of Canadian patients like Diabetes for Canadians For Dummies. From regional recipes to CDA standards of care, this comprehensive book covers treatment basics plus lifestyle, emotional, and employment issues. This should be required reading for all patients with newly-diagnosed diabetes.
—Paula Ford-Martin, editor of About Diabetes; co-author of The Everything Diabetes Book

About this edition

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Canada, Limited
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0470156775
• ISBN 13: 9780470156773
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 384