Diabetes (Genes and Disease) |  | Author: Toney Allman
Publisher: Chelsea House Publications
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 1208352
Media: Library Binding
Edition: 1
Reading Level: Young Adult
Pages: 136
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 7.1 x 0.6
ISBN: 0791095851
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.462042
EAN: 9780791095850
ASIN: 0791095851
Publication Date: July 30, 2008
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Product Description
Diabetes in all its forms has continued to baffle scientists and doctors for centuries. Though its symptoms and mechanisms are well understood, the genetic and environmental causes of diabetes are difficult to unravel. Diagnosis and treatment of the different types of diabetes are no longer impossible, but prevention and a cure remain beyond current scientific capabilities. As the genetic variations that contribute to diabetes are being discovered, many scientists have hope that a cure will come during the lifetimes of the young people today. In "Diabetes", learn how scientists worldwide are laboring to finally conquer this disease.
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Written for young readers in grades 9 through 12 December 14, 2008
Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)
There is an epidemic rise in the number of juvenile diabetes cases in America. One of the Chelsea House Publishers outstanding series of health and medical books published in their 'Genes and Diseases' series, "Diabetes" by Toney Allman is specifically written for young readers in grades 9 through 12 and provides a complete and comprehensive introduction to diabetes in terms of what it is, what it does, how it can be diagnosed, how it can be prevented, how it can be treated, the genetic variations contributing to diabetes, and the prospects for a cure. The thoroughly 'kid friendly' text is enhanced with full-color photography and cogent illustrations, informed and informative sidebars, a bibliography for further reading and study, references, thematically appropriate websites, a glossary, and an index. "Diabetes", as with all of the other titles in the Chelsea House 'Genes and Diseases' series is an emphatically recommended addition to family, school, and community library Health & Medicine reference collections and supplemental reading lists for adolescent young readers.
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