From the world-renowned Joslin Diabetes Center and the coauthor of the million-copy seller, The Joslin Diabetes Manual, this book is based on the results of the ten-year Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) from the National Institutes of Health--which proved that intensive control, opposed to standard methods, greatly reduces the effects of diabetes and the risk of long-term complications.

Can Diabetes Complications Be Prevented?

What Is Intensive Management?

Designing Your Own Plan.

Getting Started.

Living with an Intensive Plan.

Planning Your Meals.

Using Multiple Daily Insulin Injections.

Using Insulin Pumps.

Exercise and the Intensive Plan.

Pregnancy and Intensive Diabetes Therapy.

Psychological Concerns.

When Things Go Awry.

Appendices.