Table of Contents -- Preface -- Part One Understanding Diabetes -- Chapter 1 What Is Diabetes? -- Chapter 2 How the Body Processes Glucose -- Section 2.1 The Pancreas and Insulin -- Section 2.2 The Liver, Ketones, and Blood Sugar -- Chapter 3 Who Gets Diabetes? -- Section 3.1 Diabetes Prevalence in America -- Section 3.2 Groups Especially Affected by Diabetes -- Section 3.3 Prevalence of Diabetes Complications -- Chapter 4 Type 1 Diabetes -- Chapter 5 Insulin Resistance and Prediabetes -- Chapter 6 Type 2 Diabetes -- Chapter 7 Gestational Diabetes -- Chapter 8 Other Types of Diabetes Mellitus -- Chapter 9 Diabetes Insipidus -- Part Two Identifying and Managing Diabetes -- Chapter 10 Diabetes: Assessing Your Risk -- Chapter 11 Metabolic Syndrome Increases Diabetes Risk -- Chapter 12 Tests Used to Diagnose Diabetes -- Section 12.1 Blood Glucose Test -- Section 12.2 Glucose Tolerance Test -- Section 12.3 Urine Glucose Test -- Chapter 13 The Diabetes Treatment Team -- Chapter 14 Diabetes Control: Why It's Important -- Chapter 15 Glucose Monitoring -- Section 15.1 What Is Blood Glucose Monitoring? -- Section 15.2 Glucose Meters -- Section 15.3 Goals for Blood Glucose Control -- Section 15.4 When to Test Blood Glucose and How to Avoid Inaccuracies -- Section 15.5 Continuous Glucose Monitoring -- Chapter 16 Routine Medical Examinations and Recommended Vaccinations -- Section 16.1 Recommended Diabetes Tests and Checkups -- Section 16.2 A1C Testing -- Section 16.3 Ketone Testing -- Section 16.4 Microalbumin and Microalbumin/Creatinine Ratio Testing -- Section 16.5 Glomerular Filtration Rate Testing -- Section 16.6 Recommended Vaccinations for Diabetes -- Part Three Medications and Diabetes Care -- Chapter 17 Diabetes Medicines: What You Need to Know -- Chapter 18 Oral Diabetes Medications -- Chapter 19 Injectable Non-Insulin Diabetes Medications.

Chapter 20 Insulin Basics -- Chapter 21 Types of Insulin -- Chapter 22 Administering Insulin Correctly -- Section 22.1 Determining the Correct Dosage -- Section 22.2 How to Give an Insulin Injection -- Chapter 23 External Insulin Pumps -- Chapter 24 Emerging and Alternative Insulin Delivery Systems -- Section 24.1 Insulin Inhalers -- Section 24.2 Insulin Pens -- Section 24.3 Insulin Pills -- Chapter 25 Tight Diabetes Control (Intensive Insulin Therapy) -- Chapter 26 Avoiding Drug Interactions with Diabetes Medications -- Chapter 27 New Diabetes Drugs -- Section 27.1 Incretins: Byetta, Symlin, and Januvia -- Section 27.2 Dapagliflozin -- Section 27.3 Rituximab -- Chapter 28 Aspirin Therapy for Diabetics -- Chapter 29 Alternative and Complementary Therapies for Diabetes -- Section 29.1 Dietary Supplements -- Section 29.2 Chinese Herbal Medicine -- Part Four Dietary and Other Lifestyle Issues Important for Diabetes Control -- Chapter 30 Diabetes Meal Planning -- Section 30.1 Meal Planning: An Overview -- Section 30.2 Diabetes Food Pyramid -- Section 30.3 Carbohydrate Counting -- Section 30.4 Exchange Lists -- Section 30.5 The Plate Method -- Chapter 31 Components of the Diabetic Diet -- Chapter 32 Alcohol and Tobacco Can Increase Diabetes Problems -- Section 32.1 Alcohol and Diabetes: A Dangerous Mix -- Section 32.2 Smoking and Diabetes -- Chapter 33 Physical Activity and Diabetes -- Chapter 34 Weight Management and Diabetes -- Chapter 35 Diabetes and Daily Challenges -- Section 35.1 Driving -- Section 35.2 Eating Out -- Section 35.3 Sick Days -- Section 35.4 Sleep Problems -- Section 35.5 Depression -- Section 35.6 Stress -- Section 35.7 Traveling -- Chapter 36 Diabetes in the Workplace: Know Your Rights -- Chapter 37 Emergency Situations -- Section 37.1 Diabetes Emergencies -- Section 37.2 Importance of Wearing a Medical Alert Bracelet.

Part Five Complications of Diabetes and Co-Occurring Disorders -- Chapter 38 How to Prevent Diabetes Complications -- Section 38.1 Controlling Glucose, Blood Pressure, and Cholesterol to Prevent Diabetes Complications -- Section 38.2 Things You Can Do to Prevent Diabetes Complications -- Chapter 39 Diabetes-Related Eye Disease -- Chapter 40 Diabetes-Related Foot and Skin Disease -- Chapter 41 Diabetes-Related Heart Disease, Vascular Disease, and Stroke -- Chapter 42 Diabetes-Related Kidney Disease -- Chapter 43 Diabetes and Kidney Failure -- Section 43.1 Kidney Failure in Diabetes -- Section 43.2 Steps to Prevent Diabetic Kidney Failure -- Section 43.3 Kidney Failure: Choosing a Treatment That's Right for You -- Chapter 44 Diabetes-Related Sexual and Urologic Problems -- Chapter 45 Diabetes-Related Tooth and Gum Disease -- Chapter 46 Diabetic Neuropathies -- Chapter 47 Gastroparesis -- Chapter 48 Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar Syndrome -- Chapter 49 Hypoglycemia -- Chapter 50 Ketoacidosis -- Chapter 51 Osteoporosis and Diabetes -- Chapter 52 Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Diabetes -- Part Six Diabetes in Specific Populations -- Chapter 53 Diabetes in Children -- Section 53.1 Dealing with Your Child's Diagnosis of Diabetes -- Section 53.2 Managing Diabetes from Childhood through the Teen Years -- Section 53.3 School and Diabetes: Advice for Teens -- Section 53.4 Celebrating Special Occasions -- Section 53.5 Surviving Children's Sick Days -- Section 53.6 Weight and Diabetes in Children -- Chapter 54 Diabetes and Pregnancy -- Chapter 55 Diabetes in the Elderly -- Section 55.1 Diabetes in Seniors: An Overview -- Section 55.2 Particular Diabetes Management Challenges for Seniors -- Part Seven New Research in Diabetes Care -- Chapter 56 Diabetes Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow -- Chapter 57 Diabetes Control and Prevention Studies.

Section 57.1 Diabetes Control and Complications Trial and Follow-up Study -- Section 57.2 Diabetes Prevention Program -- Chapter 58 Genetic Risk for Type 2 Diabetes: Recent Research Advances -- Chapter 59 Stem Cell Research -- Section 59.1 Stem Cell Breakthrough Offers Diabetes Hope -- Section 59.2 Stem Cells Crucial to Diabetes Cure in Mice -- Chapter 60 Pancreatic Islet Transplantation -- Chapter 61 Artificial Pancreas -- Chapter 62 Clinical Trials and Diabetes -- Section 62.1 What You Need to Know about Clinical Trials -- Section 62.2 Clinical Research in Diabetes -- Part Eight Additional Help and Information -- Chapter 63 Glossary of Terms Related to Diabetes -- Chapter 64 Recipes for People with Diabetes and Their Families -- Chapter 65 Financial Help for Diabetes Care -- Chapter 66 Directory of Diabetes-Related Resources -- Index -- Index.