The diabetes update

Silverstein, Alvin.

The diabetes update Alvin Silverstein, Virginia Silverstein and Laura Silverstein Nunn. - Berkeley Heights, New Jersey : Enslow Publishers, 2006. - 128 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm. - Disease update .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The sugar disease -- Diabetes through the ages -- What is diabetes? -- What causes diabetes? -- Testing and treatment -- Living with diabetes -- Diabetes and the future.

Examines the symptoms of diabetes, sometimes called the sugar disease. Discusses the history of diabetes, as well as management and treatment from diet and exercise to insulin therapy and transplants.

0766024830

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Diabetes

RC 660.5 / .Si39 2006