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The Type 2 Diabetes Sourcebook for Women
(2005, McGraw-Hill)

Introduction: All in the Family

Chapter 1: What is Type 2 Diabetes, and Who's at Risk?
Name Changes and Definitions
What Happens in Type 2 Diabetes?
Conditions That Can Lead to Type 2 Diabetes
Who Gets Type 2 Diabetes?
Risk Factors You Can Change
Risk Factors You Can't Change
Signs and Symptoms of Type 2 Diabetes

Chapter 2: Women, Obesity, and Type 2 Diabetes
The "Good Times Disease"
Eating Disorders and Compulsive Eating
Biological Causes of Obesity
Insulin Resistance and Obesity
Drug Treatment for Obesity
Childhood Obesity

Chapter 3: Fertility, Pregnancy and the Role of Estrogen
Getting Pregnant
Being Pregnant
Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM)
Special Delivery: The C-Section
After the Baby is Born
The Role of Estrogen

Chapter 4: Type 2 Diabetes, Menopause and Aging
Menopause
Osteoporosis
Type 2 Diabetes in Elderly Women

Chapter 5: Lowering Fat and Healthy Eating
Understanding Fat
Increasing Fibre
Food Supplements
Putting It All Together
Adding Some Activity

Chapter 6: How Sweet: Counting Carbs and Planning Meals
A Few Good Foods
Carbohydrate Counting
Grocery Shopping
Artificial Sweeteners
At the Liquor Store

Chapter 7: Self-Care and Medications
Testing Your Own Blood Sugar
What the Doctor Orders
When Your Doctor Tells You to Take a Pill
Natural Therapies
When Your Doctor Prescribes Insulin
Getting to Know Your Insulin

Chapter 8: Preventing Hypoglycemia
The Lowdown on Low Blood Sugar
Juice is Better
Recipe for Prevention

Chapter 9: A Woman's Heart and Diabetes
Understanding Heart Attacks
Understanding Stroke

Chapter 10: A Women's Nerves and Diabetes
Understanding Diabetes Neuropathy
Nerve Damage from Head to Toe
Foot Complications
Open Wounds
When You Require an Amputation

Chapter 11: A Woman's Face and Diabetes: Eyes and Teeth
Preventing Diabetes Eye Disease
Signs of Eye Disease
Can Diabetes Eye Disease Be Treated?
Coping with Low Vision or Blindness
Visual Aids
Diabetes and Tooth Decay
Diabetes-Related Gum Disease
Signs of Gum Disease
Seeing a Gum Secialist

Chapter 12: Women, Diabetes, and Kidney Disease
What Do Your Kidneys Do?
What Affects Your Kidneys?
Signs of Diabetic Kidney Disease
Treating Kidney Disease
From Kidney Disease to Kidney Failure
When You Want a Kidney Transplant

Appendix: Diabetes Resources
Bibliography
Index

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