Table Of ContentIntroduction.Part I: Dealing with the Onset of Diabetes.Chapter 1: Dealing with Diabetes.Chapter 2: It's the Glucose.Chapter 3: What Type of Diabetes Do You Have?Part II: How Diabetes Affects Your Body.Chapter 4: Battling Short-Term Complications.Chapter 5: Preventing Long-Term Complications.Chapter 6: Diabetes, Sexual Function, and Pregnancy.Part III: Managing Diabetes: The "Thriving with Diabetes" Lifestyle Plan.Chapter 7: Glucose Monitoring and Other Tests.Chapter 8: Diabetes Diet Plan.Chapter 9: Keeping It Moving: Exercise Plan.Chapter 10: Medications: What You Should Know.Chapter 11: Diabetes Is Your Show.Chapter 12: Putting Your Knowledge to Work for You.Part IV: Special Considerations for Living with Diabetes.Chapter 13: Your Child Has Diabetes.Chapter 14: Diabetes and the Elderly.Chapter 15: Occupational and Insurance Problems.Chapter 16: What's New in Diabetes Care.Chapter 17: What Doesn't Work When You Treat Diabetes.Part V: The Part of Tens.Chapter 18: Ten Ways to Prevent or Reverse the Effects of Diabetes.Chapter 19: Ten Myths about Diabetes That You Can Forget.Chapter 20: Ten Ways to Get Others to Help You.Part VI: Appendixes.Appendix A: Mini-Cookbook.Appendix B: Dr. W.W. Web.Appendix C: Glossary.Index.
SynopsisCovers the latest glucose meters and insulin treatmentsThe straight facts on treating diabetes successfully and living a full lifeWant to know how to manage diabetes? Leading diabetes expert Dr. Alan Rubin gives you reassuring, authoritative guidance in putting together a state-of-the-art treatment program. You'll learn about all the advances in monitoring glucose, the latest medications, and how to develop a diet and exercise plan to stay healthy. You'll also see how to overcome insurance and on-the-job obstacles.Discover how to:Reduce your diabetes riskUnderstand the different types of diabetesManage diabetes in children and the elderlyPrevent long-term complicationsGet the support you need, Covers the latest glucose meters and insulin treatments The straight facts on treating diabetes successfully and living a full life Want to know how to manage diabetes? Leading diabetes expert Dr. Alan Rubin gives you reassuring, authoritative guidance in putting together a state-of-the-art treatment program. You'll learn about all the advances in monitoring glucose, the latest medications, and how to develop a diet and exercise plan to stay healthy. You'll also see how to overcome insurance and on-the-job obstacles. Discover how to: Reduce your diabetes risk Understand the different types of diabetes Manage diabetes in children and the elderly Prevent long-term complications Get the support you need, Covers the latest glucose meters and insulin treatments The straight facts on treating diabetes successfully and living a full life Want to know how to manage diabetes? Leading diabetes expert Dr. Alan Rubin gives you reassuring, authoritative guidance in putting together a state-of-the-art treatment program.