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Health & Fitness Diabetes

Diabetes For Canadians For Dummies

by (author) Ian Blumer & Alan L. Rubin

Publisher
Wiley
Initial publish date
May 2010
Category
Diabetes
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781118399569
    Publish Date
    Apr 2013
    List Price
    $29.99
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780470677308
    Publish Date
    May 2010
    List Price
    $19.99

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Description

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

     

About the authors

Ian Blumer, M.D. grew up in Montreal, did his post-graduate training in Toronto and London, Ontario, and has set up practice in internal medicine in Ajax. He has a subspecialty interest in diabetes and thyroid disease. Dr. Blumer and his wife (a rheumatologist) have three children.

Ian Blumer's profile page

Alan L. Rubin's profile page