Diabetes
By: Jenny Bryan
Series: Need to know; Need to know?
Publisher: Heinemann Library
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 56
ISBN-13: 9780431097626
Subjects: Diabetes; Juvenile literature
Description: Discusses the two types of diabetes, causes of this disease, treatments available, and a variety of issues surrounding this serious health concern.
Table of contents: title: The diabetes epidemic; title: Early history; title: The discovery of insulin; title: After insulin; title: Type 1 diabetes; title: Type 2 diabetes; title: Impaired glucose tolerance; title: Emergency; title: Complications; title: The rise of diabetes; title: Cultural issues; title: Diabetes in pregnancy; title: Genetic links; title: Treating type 1 diabetes; title: Treating type 2 diabetes; title: Preventing type 2 diabetes; title: Regular testing; title: Adapting treatment to lifestyle; title: Diet myths; title: Case history: Sir Steve Redgrave; title: Emotional distress; title: Pancreatic transplants; title: A cure for diabetes? Whose responsibility now?