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Joslin has a variety of books and other items to help you manage your diabetes: cookbooks, DVDs, CDs and software. And don't forget to check our Store home page frequently for special offers.


                   

Managing Diabetes

JDC 410   The Joslin Guide to Diabetes - Revised Edition$16.95
The first edition of the Joslin Guide helped thousands of people understand and manage their diabetes – and now the Guide has been completely revised!  Joslin offers a comprehensively updated and uniquely indispensable new edition of its definitive guide to diabetes self-care.

Working in conjunction with a team of experts at the Joslin Clinic and Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, Richard S. Beaser, MD, and Amy Campbell, MS, RD, CDE have rewritten and updated the definitive guide to diabetes self-care — an indispensable resource for everyone with the disease and their family members.
JDC 210   What You Need to Know about Diabetes — A Short Guide$11.50
This completely revised Joslin bestseller is an easy-to-read and understand, yet comprehensive resource for those with diabetes. An excellent first resource for one newly diagnosed, and it is appropriate for those with either type 1 or 2. Concisely and clearly covers the basics of diabetes care, including nutrition, monitoring, oral medications, insulin, physical activity, hyperglycemia, hypoglycemia, sick days and travel. 64 pages.
JDC 220   Lo Que Necesita Saber Sobre La Diabetes - Una Guia Breve$11.50
Por primera vez! ¡Disponible en español! Este best-seller de Joslin recientemente revisado es una guía fácil de leer y entender, y al mismo tiempo completa, para aquellos que padecen de diabetes. Es un excelente primer recurso para un paciente recién diagnosticado, y es apropiada para aquellas personas con diabetes tipo 1 o tipo 2.
JDC 155   Staying Healthy with Diabetes -- Nutrition & Meal Planning$9.95

JUST PUBLISHED!

We are pleased to announce the publication of a book that will tell you everything that is important about nutrition and meal planning for those with diabetes.  Written by well-known Joslin nutritionist Amy Campbell and the staff of Joslin Diabetes Center, this book offers guidance and tips on what a meal plan should look like; carb counting; tips for cooking and baking; meal replacements and much more.
JDC 135   Staying Healthy with Diabetes -- Physical Activity & Fitness$12.95
Physical activity is good for everyone.  But it is especially important for a person with diabetes because it improves the body’s ability to handle glucose.

This book in Joslin’s Staying Healthy with Diabetes Series explains how physical activity can lower your blood glucose by improving your body’s ability to use both glucose and insulin.  It also provides information about weight loss, managing highs and lows during physical activity, exercising when you have other physical problems and how to avoid the road blocks to fitness.
JDC 182   Staying Healthy with Diabetes -- A Guide for the Older Adult$3.50

JUST PUBLISHED!

                                                                                                                                                                   Written by Medha Munshi, MD, Director of Joslin Geriatric Diabetes Programs and the Staff of Joslin.  The book is written for older people with diabetes and for the people who care for them.  It addresses some of the most basic concerns of older people who are trying to manage not only their diabetes, but also possible complications, other illnesses or the difficulties presented by normal aging.  It covers the basic self-management aspects of diabetes, but provides tips, suggestions and resources for older adults.          

 
JDC 603   Staying Healthy with Diabetes: A Guide for the Chinese American Community -- Revised Edition$12.95
Joslin is pleased to announce publication of the Revised Edition of Staying Healthy with Diabetes: A Guide for the Chinese American Community. This truly unique book, written in both Chinese and English, provides essential information about diabetes management in a way that is culturally appropriate and useful.
JDC 550   Calorie, Fat & Carbohydrate Counter - 2008 Ed.$7.95
This amazing little book - an invaluable aid to meal planning and newly revised for 2008 - will tell you the number of calories and the number of grams of fat and carbohydrate of just about any food you can think of. It also has guides and counters for sodium, fiber, protein and calcium. And it includes the menu offerings of 200 chain and fast food restaurants - and the calorie, carb and fat content of each item. With numerous tips for weight loss and healthy eating, this is a book you won’t ever want to be without. It makes a great gift too!

 

 

 
JDC 933   Know Your Numbers, Outlive Your Diabetes -- Five Essential Health Factors You Can Master to Enjoy a Long and Healthy Life$14.95
Written by Richard Jackson, MD of Joslin Diabetes Center and Amy Tenderich,  Know Your Numbers, Outlive Your Diabetes -- Five Essential Health Factors You Can Master to Enjoy a Long and Healthy Life describes and explains the five tests that are essential for monitoring overall health with diabetes and for developing a daily management plan.  The essential tests are A1c, blood pressure, lipids (HDL, LDL, triglycerides), microalbumin, and a yearly eye exam.  Knowing and understanding your test results from these five tests will help you more successfully manage your diabetes and help reduce your risk of complications.
JDC 380   La Historia de Rosa (Rosa's Story)$19.95

¡Nueva Publicación!

La Historia de Rosa es acerca de una mujer con diabetes y en 3 cd’s ella cuenta en español como enfrentó el diagnóstico de la diabetes. También habla acerca de su familia, de los problemas que surgieron y de la ayuda que le han brindado. Explica, como ella y el doctor establecieron las metas para su tratamiento. Cuenta como aprendió a manejar su diabetes para estar saludable y prevenir las complicaciones que esta puede causar. La Historia de Rosa viene acompañada de un manual en español que resalta la información más importante para lograr el control de la diabetes tipo 2. Esta es una forma de aprender que toma en cuenta la cultura latina.  

Just Published!

Rosa is a woman with diabetes -- and in the three CD's that comprise Rosa's Story, Rosa tells us, in Spanish, how she dealt with being diagnosed with diabetes, how her family helped her, the struggles she faced, how she worked with her doctor to set treatment goals, and how she learned to manage her diabetes so that she could be healthier and prevent the complications diabetes can cause.  An accompanying booket, also in Spanish, highlights, in a culturally appropriate way, the information necessary to manage type 2 diabetes.
JDC 715   Blood Sugar Monitoring Owner's Manual$5.00
This clever and colorful 16 page “owner’s manual” offers all the guidance one needs to understand why blood glucose monitoring is important, when and how to check blood glucose, setting target goals, potential “road blocks” and how to get around them. 
JDC 501   Diabetes and You (English Edition)$5.00
This easy-to-read booklet helps people with diabetes, or friends and relatives who care for them, understand the most essential aspects of diabetes care and management.
JDC 502   Diabetes Y Usted (Spanish Edition)$5.00
This easy-to-read booklet is also available in Spanish.
JDC 503   Diabetes and You (Chinese Edition)$5.00
This easy-to-read booklet is also available in Chinese.
JDC 180   The Foot Book$3.50
Most people with diabetes know they should take special care of their feet. This book explains why they should, what the common foot problems are, types of treatment and how to prevent minor foot problems before they become major ones.
JDC 270   Every step counts - the ACCUSPLIT Eagle 2720-xBX Pedometer$16.00
Walking can help improve your diabetes, control your weight, your cholesterol and your blood pressure -- and make you feel better. Count your daily number of steps by wearing a pedometer. Put it on in the morning and see how many steps you take in an average day -- then try to increase that number each week. Your glucose control will improve and you’ll feel better, too. From Joslin's Online Store, you can now purchase the ACCUSPLIT Eagle 2720-xBX Pedometer. It has an easy to read, accurate, digital display and counts steps walked or jogged up to 100,000 steps.
JDC 140   Fighting Long-Term Complications$3.50
Diabetes can lead to eye, kidney, foot, nerve, cardiovascular and other problems. This booklet explains these complications and offers expert advice on how to minimize and treat them if they occur
JDC 170   Weight Loss...a Winning Battle$3.50
This motivational booklet is designed to help people with diabetes take control of their weight loss. It offers excellent stragegies of taking weight off -- and keeping it off.
JDC 350   On the Road to Living Well with Diabetes$5.00
How do you know if your overall diabetes care is working? This booklet will tell you about 5 important tests that let you know if you need to take action! Available in English and Spanish.
JDC 355   En el Camino para Vivir Bien con Diabetes$4.50
JDC 605   First Steps$5.00
First Steps is a delightfully illustrated first guide to understanding diabetes and how to manage it. Written for those with type 1 or type 2.
JDC 606   Primeros Pasos$5.00
Primeros Pasos is a delightfully illustrated first guide to understanding diabetes and how to manage it. Written for those with type 1 or type 2.
JDC 602   Smart Pumping for People with Diabetes$16.95
This book is a must for anyone who uses the insulin pump or for anyone who is considering using one. Authored by Howard Wolpert of Joslin Diabetes Center, the book provides a wealth of information about the pump.
JDC 520   The Diabetes Travel Guide$14.95
The Diabetes Travel Guide is exactly what you need to take the worry out of traveling and let you enjoy your journey. It explains what you need to do to get ready for travel and what you should take with you. The Travel Guide also provides useful phrases in seven languages, so no matter where you are you can get help if you need it
JDC 450   Gestational Diabetes - What To Expect, 5th Edition$9.95
This informative book explains what gestational diabetes is and how women with the condition should care for themselves and their unborn baby.
JDC 455   Diabetes And Pregnancy – What To Expect, 4th Edition$9.95
This comprehensive guide provides the information a woman with diabetes needs to have a successful pregnancy. Knowing what to expect if you have diabetes and you are pregnant will help you know how to take the best care of yourself and your baby.
JDC 310   Caring for Young Children Living with Diabetes: A Manual for Parents$8.95
You need special skills to care for children under 8 years old who have diabetes. This manual is written to help all caregivers - parents, grandparents, older siblings, teachers, daycare providers, doctors, nurses and neighbors - manage the young child's diabetes so he or she enjoys a fulfilled and healthy life.
JDC 500   16 Myths of a "Diabetic Diet -- Second Edition$14.95
Just published Second Edition!

Can people with diabetes eat foods containing sugar? Can they eat the same foods as other members of their family? These questions and many others about nutrition and meal planning are answered in 16 Myths of a "Diabetic Diet".
 
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