Conquer Your Diabetes

Two expert authors have written a clearly articulated patient-focused tour de force on the complex disorder of diabetes. -Shlomo Melmed, MB, ChB Dean, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA Professors Abrahamson and Chopra have given the world a priceless guide. Whatever your background, I am confident that you will find this book invaluable. -John E. L. Wong, MBBS Professor in Medical Sciences, Senior Vice President, The National University of Singapore This wonderful guide to self-care from two very experienced clinicians will be an important tool for those wanting to do their best ... full of practical and sage advice as well as useful tips and tricks that are hard to find elsewhere. -Abraham Verghese, MD Professor of Medicine, Stanford University, and author of Cutting for Stone Climbing Everest and walking to the Poles as a patient with diabetes was a tremendous challenge. Significant developments in healthcare and medicine made the journeys possible. This new book examines these milestones and, equally importantly, the emotional toll of an impending condition .... I highly recommend this read. -Will Cross 7 Summits & 2 Poles [T]his excellent book by two renowned Harvard Medical School Professors is definitely a Must Read. -Professor Paul Zimmet, MD Professor of Diabetes, Monash University, Australia Martin Abrahamson and Sanjiv Chopra demystify diabetes with considerable skill, providing important information in a readable and fascinating way, while at the same time, giving those with the condition the confidence to manage it successfully. -Simon Heller, BA, MB, BChir, DM, FRCP Professor of Clinical Diabetes, University of Sheffield, UK ..... an interesting and fun-to-read book that takes stories about patients to create insight into important messages about the pathogenesis and treatment of diabetes and its many complications. -C. Ronald Kahn, MD Past-President, Joslin Diabetes Center, and Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School This is a much-needed comprehensive book on everything diabetes. The authors have done an excellent job in producing a book that is easy to read and includes everything anyone needs to know about diabetes from prevention to treatment. I will recommend it to all my patients. -Anne Peters, MD Director, USC Clinical Diabetes Program and author of Conquer Diabetes and The Type 1 Diabetes Self-Care Manual Control and mastery of diabetes is now in your hands! -Frank J. Domino, MD Professor and Family Physician, University of Massachusetts Medical School If you are a person with diabetes, this succinct primer by two world-renowned doctors with decades of clinical and research experience gives you the latest information on the disease, how it affects you, what problems may arise, how it can be monitored and kept under control with diet, weight loss, foods, supplements, medications, and lifestyle changes. -Peng Fan, MD Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA This book, written by two eminent t physicians with nearly 100 years of clinical experience between them, will strike a powerful chord for the reader. -Panagiota Caralis, MD Professor of Medicine, University of Miami Living with diabetes can be overwhelming. So much to learn, so much to know, so much to change .... The tools to be successful are embedded in the learnings in this practical, up-to-date, and readable guide from two respected clinician-teachers. -Alan C. Moses, MD Former Chief Medical Officer, Joslin Diabetes Center