Diabetes by Netdoctor
Diabetes has been described as the most important public health problem facing developed countries, with numbers of affected people likely to double in the next twenty years. Most of the increase is in older people and is related to obesity, lack of exercise and high calorie foods. Half of people with diabetes do not realise they have the condition until months or years later, and by that time irreversible damage to the eyes and kidneys has often already occurred. This book clearly explains what diabetes is, and how to spot the symptoms Diabetic treatment can seem complex even to health professionals, often because too much unnecessary detail gets in the way. Here the essentials are presented in simple steps that make the disease more approachable. The various drug treatments, including those only recently released, are explained The book has been co-edited by one of the UK's top diabetic specialists (Professor Ian Campbell, Kirkcaldy, Fife)
Netdoctor.co.uk is the most visited healthcare website and offers both consumers and healthcare professionals access to the most authoritative and expansive medical information resource online. An editorial team comprising GPs, medical specialists and pharmacists is behind the site's 4000 pages of content, all written and developed to reflect local healthcare issues. Its aim is to increase medical understanding among patients to empower them and untimately lead to improvements in quality of care.
| SKU | Nicht verfügbar |
| ISBN 13 | 9780340786840 |
| ISBN 10 | 0340786841 |
| Titel | Diabetes |
| Autor | Netdoctor |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2002-10-17 |
| Seitenanzahl | 144 |
| Hinweis auf dem Einband | Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden. |
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