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It's 1940 and the ever-worsening Nazi tyranny in Germany has convinced a young Jewish couple that they must escape to Palestine. Deceived by a childhood friend into going on a ship marked for destruction, Jacob and Rivka-who is pregnant with the couple's first child-become separated and neither boards the ship. Now hopelessly lost in a foreign land, could they possibly be reunited? In "God's Scattered Children," author David Krewson, takes the reader from Nazi Germany, through war torn France and Italy, and on to the turmoil of Israel's fight for independence before ending up in the relative tranquility of smalltown Indiana.
Diabetes is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Major complications include nephropathy, neuropathy, retinopathy and heart disease, which affect thousands of diabetics every year. The prevention and treatment of such complications encompass pharmacological, surgical and educational approaches, all of which need to be coordinated for optimal management of people with diabetes. This user-friendly new edition of Diabetes - Chronic Complications (previously called Diabetic Complications) has been completely revised and updated to reflect the rapid developments currently taking place in the field. Each chapter describes the epidemiology, aetiology and management of a particular complication and discusses the organisation and delivery of care. Includes all the major chronic complications of diabetes Presents a practical approach to the treatment of diabetes complications Written by world’s leading experts in the field Features algorithms for screening and treatment of diabetes complications
With over 10% of the elderly suffering from diabetes, this new edition Provides up-to-date and comprehensive information about the key aspects of managing older people with diabetes, predominantly Type 2 diabetes. an overview of the field of diabetes in the elderly, covering standard problems such as diagnosis and topics specific to the elderly such as falls, dementia and nursing home care. Features new material on diabetes-related cognitive dysfunction, diabetes-related disability, the association between diabetes and depressive illness, diabetes education and nutritional impairment in the el
This volume will focus on and emphasise the clinical relevance of diabetic nephropathy, a relatively common problem of diabetes. It affects about one in three patients with Type 1 diabetes, and left untreated can lead to a progressive decline in renal function, accompanied by retinopathy and arterial hypertension, which, in turn, leads to cardiovascular disease - a common cause of death in these patients. Diabetic Nephropathy will also provide the reader with a solid grounding in current basic and clinical research.
Award-winning! Highly Commended Certificate of the 2006 BMA Medical Book Competition The metabolic syndrome is a highly prevalent condition that affects a considerate number of adults and has become increasingly relevant to many disciplines in clinical medicine. This title examines the pathogenesis of metabolic syndrome and its relationship with diabetes and coronary heart disease (CHD), and reviews different treatment options. It covers all aspects of the metabolic syndrome and its constituent diseases. The editors of this key title, Christopher D. Byrne, a diabetologist and clinician scientist, and Sarah H. Wild, an epidemiologist and public health physician, have brought together a group ...
With cardiovascular disease becoming the most common cause of death in people with diabetes, interest in the assessment and treatment of heart disease in these patients has been reawakened. This book examines developing topics from a largely cardiological perspective, covering both pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions. The DIGAMI study on the use of intravenous insulin infusion at the time of myocardial infarction (MI) has stimulated a large number of discussion papers on the best treatment of MI in the diabetic patient. The UKPDS has shown that treatment of Type 2 diabetes does not reduce cardiovascular end-points significantly, but that aggressive treatment of blood pressure can do so. In addition, sub-group analysis from several large cardiovascular trials has shown that treatment with statins, anti-platelet therapy, ACE inhibitors and other drugs will also reduce cardiovascular events in people with diabetes.
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Dealing with all the aspects of diabetes in clinical practice, this book offers a comprehensive, easy-to-use guide to help healthcare professionals achieve their target of optimal management and treatment of their patients. Diabetes in Clinical Practice: Questions and Answers from Case Studies is presented in the form of questions concerning diabetes diagnosis, management and therapy based on real-life case studies. Each question is answered in a clear, easy to follow style. The authors begin with general questions regarding diabetes, its pathophysiology and diagnostic tests. They then cover all the major complications that can arise in a patient with poorly controlled diabetes. The authors ...
This book brings together important information about complementary therapies and how they are used in diabetes care. It addresses the benefits and risks of complementary therapies and takes an evidence-based approach. Complementary Therapies and the Management of Diabetes and Vascular Disease: A Matter of Balance provides health professionals with appropriate information about complementary therapies so they can discuss these therapies with their patients and help them make informed decisions about their diabetes care. Managing diabetes depends on achieving life balance, not just metabolic control. This is the first book devoted exclusively to complementary therapies and diabetes, and it ha...
Since the publication of the third edition of The Foot inDiabetes, there have been important developments in the fieldof diabetic foot care and its scientific basis, including: The introduction of new technologies such as vacuum therapy,new casting techniques, the use of hormones and growth factors inwound healing; Advances in the understanding of the biomechanics of footproblems; Increased problems with multidrug-resistant organisms; The introduction of new international guidelines for themanagement of foot infections; Significant progress in the use of cytokines, metalloproteinaseinhibitors, stem cells and gene therapy in wound healing. This fourth edition of this popular title maintains t...