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Insulin : a hundred-year history / by Bradwel, Stuart,Author(DLC)no2023121555;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-246) and index.In 1922, an unlikely team of researchers in Toronto made one of the most important medical breakthroughs of the century: insulin. Their discovery seemed miraculous. When it was given to diabetic patients on the brink of death, their condition rapidly improved. Those present could barely believe their eyes: they had witnessed resurrection. However, this was no simple cure. Injections must be taken for life. Without them, symptoms quickly return, often with fatal results. But while a lifetime on insulin poses great challenges, it also offers opportunities. In this revelatory history, Stuart Bradwel looks back on one of medicine's most celebrated innovations. Setting professional narrative against subjective patient experience, he tells the story of a drug that has challenged many of the basic assumptions upon which medical practice is built, both inside and outside the clinic. Nevertheless, Bradwel reminds us that the centenary of this apparent "wonder drug" should be no cause for celebration. Insulin often remains inaccessible to those who need it most: elusive prescriptions, uneven availability and sky-high prices result in rationing and desperate do-it-yourself research and development. In the face of bootstraps rhetoric and "Pharma Bro" capitalists, patients across the world are left to fend for themselves. There is a long way to go in the twenty-first century until insulin truly fulfils the extraordinary promises made by its discovery.
Subjects: Insulin;
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Using insulin / by Brundle, Harriet,author.(CARDINAL)622958;
What is the pancreas? -- What is glucose? -- What is diabetes? -- How do I know if I've got diabetes? -- Visiting the doctor -- How to I manage my diabetes? -- How do I inject insulin? -- How do I test my blood sugar? -- Dos and don'ts -- Life with diabetes.Explains the steps from what the pancreas is to living with diabetes with Ian Insulin and Polly Pancreas.
Subjects: Creative nonfiction.; Instructional and educational works.; Picture books.; Diabetes; Glucose; Insulin; Pancreas;
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Practical insulin : a handbook for prescribing providers / by American Diabetes Association (COR),author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Insulin-basic pharmacology -- Available insulin products -- Insulin administration & use considerations -- General approaches & recommendations for insulin use in people with diabetes -- Sample insulin regimens -- Troubleshooting barriers to insulin use and key adverse events -- Patient education and resources.
Subjects: Handbooks and manuals.;
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Insulin resistance diet : the complete guide to prevent diabetes with low sugar and low GI recipes / by Foster, Sofia,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Blood glucose; Diabetes; Prediabetic state; Diabetes; Diabetes;
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The insulin express : one backpack, five continents, and the diabetes diagnosis that changed everything / by Liebermann, Oren,author.(CARDINAL)632211;
In the middle of a yearlong backpacking trip around the world with his wife, Cassie, Oren Liebermann is teaching English to young Buddhist monks in Pokhara, Nepal when his body begins to fail him. He is constantly thirsty and exhausted, and by the time he steps on a scale, he has lost forty-five pounds. At a local clinic, a doctor gives him a diagnosis that will change his life forever: "I'm sorry to tell you, my friend, that you are a diabetic." Devastated, Liebermann is trapped in a third-world hospital, trying to recover enough to fly home. His friends and family urge him to call off the rest of his trip. He had earlier quit his job as a TV news reporter for this dream-come-true journey, but the nightmare diagnosis has thrown his world into disarray. However, despite this medical hell and a life-changing disease, Liebermann and Cassie make a decision. They have an adventure to finish, and he has the rest of his life to live. Bold, raw, and poignantly candid, The Insulin Express tells the story of what happens when the best made travel plans are subject to the ever-present chaos of life, and how the worst night of one's life can turn into the trip of a lifetime. In spite of a chilling fear of his chronic disease that almost kills him in the Himalayas, Liebermann hikes along the Great Wall of China, conquers the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, and sips cobra whiskey in Laos. What begins as a travel chronicle across thirty countries transforms into a single journey of resilience and self-discovery--getting hopelessly lost and then wonderfully found in a world full of surprises and possibilities.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Liebermann, Oren; Liebermann, Oren; Diabetics; Diabetes.;
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The discovery of insulin / by Bliss, Michael,1941-2017.(CARDINAL)170553;
Bibliography: pages 283-298.
Subjects: Insulin; Diabetes; Medicine;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
On-line resources: Suggest title for digitization;
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Pcos Diet for the Newly Diagnosed: Your All-In-One Guide to Eliminating Pcos Symptoms with the Insulin Resistance Diet / by Spencer, Tara(Nutritionist)(CARDINAL)632749;
Subjects: Nutrition.; Insulin resistance.;
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Insulin pump therapy demystified : an essential guide for everyone pumping insulin / by Kaplan-Mayer, Gabrielle,1971-(CARDINAL)467550;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-184) and index.
Subjects: Diabetes; Insulin pumps.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Understanding insulin-dependent diabetes / by Chase, H. Peter M.D.;
Subjects: Diabetes in children.; Diabetes in children; Diabetes.; Diabetes;
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Understanding and managing type 2 diabetes [videorecording] / by Baricevic, Thomas.;
Digital video disc.
Subjects: Non-insulin-dependent diabetes; Non-insulin-dependent diabetes.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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