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How a Rare Disease Became a Modern Pandemic, and What to Do About It
Kaplan Publishing
January 2010
On Sale: January 5, 2010
336 pages
ISBN: 1607144581
EAN: 9781607144588
Hardcover
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Written by award-winning investigative journalist Dan Hurley, Diabetes Rising is a gripping expose of the quest for a cure for the disease that afflicts hundreds of millions of people around the world. Hurley chronicles todayโs diabetes epidemicโhow the disease has grown so dramatically, why the American Diabetes Association focuses its attention on just a small handful of available treatments, and why the research being done today doesnโt look beyond accepted types of treatments. Just as Eric Schlosserโs Fast Food Nation uncovered the sordid details leading to an epidemic of obesity, Dan Hurley uncovers the hidden truths of what is being researchedโand even more importantly, what is not. Diabetes Rising explores both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, one of the leading causes of deaths in the United States. With ground-breaking research and compelling stories seen through an investigative, historical, and narrative lens, Diabetes Rising couples big-picture insight with intimate reporting. The book yields riveting insight into the struggle between the pervasive malady and the medical communityโs ongoing search for answers. Informed but not dominated by the authorโs own experience as a Type 1 diabetic, Diabetes Rising grants exclusive access to new studies, innovative treatments, and determined patients. Hurleyโs sharp, entertaining, and provocative read will change how readers understand diabetes, and the cultures, conditions, and medical climates in which it thrives.
 Media BuzzTalk of the Nation - January 5, 2010
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