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Diabetes rising, how a rare disease became a modern pandemic, and what to do about it, by Dan Hurley ; with a foreword by Zachary Bloomgarden

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Diabetes rising, how a rare disease became a modern pandemic, and what to do about it, by Dan Hurley ; with a foreword by Zachary Bloomgarden

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Diabetes rising

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

427608826

Responsibility statement

by Dan Hurley ; with a foreword by Zachary Bloomgarden

Sub title

how a rare disease became a modern pandemic, and what to do about it

Table Of 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-present day -- The sweetest place on earth : type 2 reaches unimagined heights, 1984-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

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