Diabetes

Summary:Presents essays on diabetes, discussing such topics as its causes, the two types of diabetes, diagnosis of the disease, and different treatment methods, and contains profiles of three individuals and how they cope with diabetes

Edition:1st ed View all formats and editions

Series:

Perspectives on diseases and disorders

Genre:Popular works

Physical Description:136 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.

ISBN:

9780737738711, 0737738715

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:190872096

Subjects:

Diabetes

Diabetes Mellitus

Diabetes Popular works

Contents:

Introduction

(4)

Understanding Diabetes

The Scope of the Problem

(8)

Altha Roberts Edgren

Teresa G. Odle

New Treatments for Diabetes

(7)

Terri D'Arrigo

The Search for a Cure for Type 1 Diabetes

(5)

Discrimination in the Workplace

(53)

Stem Cell Treatment Could Reverse Type 1 Diabetes

(8)

Karen Kaplan

Controversy Surrounding Research and Treatments of Diabetes

Obesity Is a Major Predictor of Type 2 Diabetes

(6)

F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer

Obesity's Role in Type 2 Diabetes Development Is Overemphasized

(7)

Paul Campos

Chromium Supplements Treat Diabetes

(6)

Densie Webb

Chromium Supplements Do Not Treat Diabetes

(7)

Paula R. Trumbo

Kathleen C. Ellwood

Herbal Remedies Can Help Control Blood Sugar

(7)

Dave Tuttle

Herbal Remedies Are Not Necessarily Safe

(7)

C. Day

Embryonic Stem Cells Are Needed for Diabetes Research

(31)

Success with Adult Stem Cells Reduces the Need for Embryonic Stem Cells Diabetes Research

(7)

William J. Cromie

Personal Perspectives on Diabetes

Della Reese Tells Her Diabetes Story

(6)

Marcia Levine Mazur

A Cruise Director Shares Her Experience with Diabetes

103

(5)

Cathie Goodman

Mr. Universe Shares His Experience with Diabetes

108

(7)

Linda Von Wartburg

Glossary

115

(4)

Chronology

119

(4)

Organizations to Contact

123

(4)

For Further Reading

127

(3)

Index

130

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