The Joslin Guide to Diabetes - Revised Edition

The first edition of the Joslin Guide helped thousands of people understand and manage their diabetes – and now the Guide has been completely revised!  Joslin offers a comprehensively updated and uniquely indispensable new edition of its definitive guide to diabetes self-care.

Working in conjunction with a team of experts at the Joslin Clinic and Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, Richard S. Beaser, MD, and Amy Campbell, MS, RD, CDE have rewritten and updated the definitive guide to diabetes self-care — an indispensable resource for everyone with the disease and their family members.

Reflecting the vast range of new research and treatment options that have emerged in the ten years since the bestselling first edition of The Joslin Guide to Diabetes was published, this timely and authoritative second edition is the most complete and up-to-date guide to diabetes self-care available anywhere.

Drawing on the expertise of a team of nationally recognized experts, the Joslin Guide addresses every important issue people face in diabetes management including:

• An entire section devoted to Nutrition and Meal-Planning Basics
• Information on understanding, living and diagnosing diabetes (Type 1 and 2 diabetes)
• All you need to know about insulin—syringes, pumps, carbohydrates-to-insulin ratio
• A section devoted to diabetes in children and adolescents
• And much more!

Written in straightforward, easy-to-understand language and featuring numerous charts and 40 black-and-white line drawings throughout, the Joslin Guide covers how to develop a workable meal plan, how and when to monitor and treat blood glucose levels, how to administer insulin, the wide range of oral medications, the importance of physical activity, strategies to reduce the risk of complications, and other vital information.

Item#: JDC 410

Price: $16.95