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EBOOK Diabetes: The Biography
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Wydawnictwo: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780191623165
EAN: 5062F01BEB
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Stron: 240
Data wydania: 2009
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Diabetes is a disease with a fascinating history and one that has been growing        dramatically with urbanization. According to the World Health Authority, it now        affects 4.6% of adults over 20, reaching 30% in the over 35s in some populations. It        is one of the most serious and widespread diseases today. But the general perception        of diabetes is quite different.At the beginning of the 20th century, diabetes        sufferers mostly tended to be middle-aged and overweight, and could live tolerably        well with the disease for a couple of decades, but when it occasionally struck        younger people, it could be fatal within a few months. The development of insulin in        the early 1920s dramatically changed things for these younger patients. But that        story of the success of modern medicine has tended to dominate public perception, so        that diabetes is regarded as arelatively minor illness. Sadly, that is far from the        case, and diabetes can produce complications affecting many different organs.Robert        Tattersall, a leading authority on diabetes, describes the story of the disease from        the ancient writings of Galen and Avicenna to the recognition of sugar in the urine        of diabetics in the 18th century, the identification of pancreatic diabetes in 1889,        the discovery of insulin in the early 20th century, the ensuing optimism, and the        subsequent despair as the complexity of this now chronic illness among its        increasing number of young patients became apparent. Yet new drugs are        beingdeveloped, as well as new approaches to management that give hope for the        future.Diabetes affects many of us directly or indirectly through friends and        relatives. This book gives an authoritative and engaging account of the long history        and changing perceptions of a disease that now dominates the concerns of health        professionals in the developed world.Diabetes: the biography is part of the Oxford        series, Biographies of Diseases, edited by William and Helen Bynum. In each        individual volume an expert historian or clinician tells the story of a particular        disease or condition throughout history - not only in terms of growing medical        understanding of its nature and cure, but also shifting social and cultural        attitudes, and changes in the meaning of the name of the disease itself.

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