Diabetes-friendly menus for special occasions throughout the year. Figuring out what to cook and eat for holidays and other celebrations can be a challenge for those with diabetes and their loved ones. This book shows how to put together holiday meals that are festive and delicious while also addressing the special dietary concerns of those with diabetes. It provides menus and recipes for special occasions ranging from Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa to Valentine’s Day and summer holiday barbecues.

During the last two decades there has been a rapid expansion in knowledge in this area. It is now recognised that upper gastrointestinal motility is pivotal to the regulation of postprandial blood glucose concentrations in both health and patients with diabetes. This book is the first of its kind and was stimulated by the need to consolidate these recent advances, which dictate that a knowledge of gastroenterology as it relates to diabetes is now required of the clinician/diabetologist.

Evaluates strategies for the management of type 1 and 2 diabetes. Explores the pharmacokinetics of insulin as well as the latest self-monitoring equiment and assessment strategies to achieve optimal glycemic control and reduce the ocurrence of complexities including retinopathy, nueropathy, nephropathy, and cardiovascular diesease.

Americans are dying for a good night's sleep. Diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and depression are rising in our population. It began with the invention of the lightbulb! We just aren't getting enough sleep in sync with seasonal light exposure. This has fundamentally altered a balance of nature programmed into us. Lights Out is a wake-up call!

Diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of four, John Keeler's life subsequently has been marked by a determination to make it as rich and complete as possible. A wise, personal account of his successful struggles with this life-threatening illness, Living Life with Diabetes details the too often ignored psychological and emotional aspects of the condition. Full of insights for sufferers and their families and friends, Living Life with Diabetes sheds light on relationships with the medical profession and problems often encountered, as well as often overlooked difficulties of living with the disease.

This book focuses on typical stressors, individual and family coping strategies, and psychosocial consequences associated with diabetes. The combination of theory, research, and practice guarantee the appeal of this book to an international audience of students and professionals in developmental and clinical psychology, pediatric medicine and other healthcare professionals.

Foot ulcers occur in about 15% of diabetic patients in their lifetime, with a major impact on their quality of life. Many hospital admissions related to diabetes are due to foot ulcers, which can result in prolonged hospital stay and increased morbidity and mortality. A very large number of lower-extremity amputations are performed every year on patients with diabetes (80,000 at least in the USA). Most diabetes-related foot problems can be prevented or their severity reduced by early detection and treatment.

This text covers such topics as anaesthesia, biometry, extracapsular cataract extraction and cataract surgery in diabetes, phacoemulsification, capsulorhexis, astigmatism, cataract surgery in the third world and medicolegal aspects.

This concise handbook concentrates on the management, pharmacological and other related problems of obesity, such as diabetes, cardiovascular and respiratory disorders, hyperlipidaemia and fibrinolytic abnormalities.

Written by the bestselling author of the groundbreaking Syndrome X, the book that helped bring the attention of the public to this major new health crisis, The Inflammation Syndrome is the first major trade book to identify the Inflammation Syndrome for the consumer and to show how to heal it. Drawing on the cutting-edge research that is being done all over the world, Jack Challem provides a revolutionary approach to healing inflammation—one of the major causes of diseases such as heart disease, arthritis, and diabetes through an easy-to-follow nutritional program.

This is a 3-in-1 reference book. It gives a complete medical dictionary covering hundreds of terms and expressions relating to diabetes insipidus. It also gives extensive lists of bibliographic citations. Finally, it provides information to users on how to update their knowledge using various Internet resources. The book is designed for physicians, medical students preparing for Board examinations, medical researchers, and patients who want to become familiar with research dedicated to diabetes insipidus.If your time is valuable, this book is for you. First, you will not waste time searching the Internet while missing a lot of relevant information. Second, the book also saves you time indexing and defining entries. Finally, you will not waste time and money printing hundreds of web pages.