| Description |
xxiii, 312 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Pissing evil : from ancient times to the discovery of insulin -- Two steps back : deaths continue rising despite insulin and pills, 1923-1975 -- Try harder : the rise of tight control for type 1 : 1975 to the present day -- The sweetest place on earth : type 2 reaches unimagined heights : 1984 to the present day -- The accelerator hypothesis : weight gain as the missing link between type 1 and type 2 -- The cow's milk hypothesis : does baby formula in the first months of life set off an immune attack? -- The POP hypothesis : the risks of persistent organic pollutants -- The sunshine hypothesis : how too little sun, and too little vitamin D, might raise diabetes risk -- The hygiene hypothesis : the icky benefits of dirt, germs, and worms -- The computer cure : the quest for an artificial pancreas -- The surgical cure : can bariatric surgery stop type 2 in its tracks? -- The biological cure : the search for a pill that cures type 1, once and for all -- The public health cure : prevention is the ultimate key to ending the diabetes pandemic |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Diabetes -- Epidemiology.
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Diabetes -- Etiology.
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 -- epidemiology.
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 -- epidemiology.
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 -- history.
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 -- prevention & control.
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 -- history.
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 -- prevention & control.
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Risk Factors.
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| SUBJECT |
United States. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 |
| LC no. |
2009029382 |
| ISBN |
9781607144588 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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1607144581 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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9781607148302 (paperback) |
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