Optimizing Diabetes Care for the Practitioner (The Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Handbook Series)

By Irl B Hirsch and Dace L Trence

This portable, practical, and affordable handbook provides point-of-care endocrinologists, primary care physicians, pediatricians, and nurse practitioners with specific guidelines for day-to-day management of the diabetes patient. The book covers both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes and presents succinct and current recommendations for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention and management of complications. The authors describe practical approaches to pharmacological therapy and optimal management of insulin therapy. Chapters present evidence-based recommendations on screening for diabetic complications and preventive treatments for complications. Discussions of gender-specific complications and complications during adolescence are included.

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Diet for Life: A Metabolism Expert's Commonsense Plan for Overcoming Obesity

By David S.H. Bell and Anita Smith

Are you familiar with the adage, Do as I SAY and not as I DO? If so, you can identify with the story that physician Dr. David Bell shares in this book. Dr. Bell digs deeply into his own lifestyle to tell how he (for decades) told patients they needed to lose weight while being severely overweight himself. He tells how a life-threatening personal health crisis forced him to lose more than one hundred pounds, and how he has kept the weight off. In this book, Dr. Bell outlines his own unusual weight-loss plan that he feels can become a Diet for Life for many. In addition, this internationally known physician shares priceless insights and advice on weight control that can be used by millions of overweight individuals, regardless of which plan they select as their own Diet for Life.

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Contemporary Diagnosis and Management of Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome

By George A. Bray

This new third edition has practice-based text and illustrations that make this handbook a valuable reference for primary care physicians with patients who are obese or approaching obesity.

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Overweight and the Metabolic Syndrome:: From Bench to Bedside (Endocrine Updates)

By George A. Bray and Donna H. Ryan

Overweight and the Metabolic Syndrome will provide an overview of topics related to obesity, including associated health risks, childhood obesity, genetics, evaluation, treatment, behavioral strategies, and successes and failures in preventing obesity. The body composition that underlies obesity and the metabolic syndrome is key to understanding the problem. The mechanisms by which energy balance is maintained is key to how the problem goes wrong. The metabolic syndrome is in part a consequence of central fat storage, but includes more issues such as insulin resistance, low levels of inflammation, and endothelial dysfunction. This volume will cover evaluation guidelines, different approaches to treatment, including diet, exercise, behavior, drugs, and surgery to deal with the current world-wide obesity epidemic.

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An Atlas of Obesity and Weight Control (Encyclopedia of Visual Medicine Series)

By George A. Bray

Obesity is a chronic, stigmatized disease that is increasing in prevalance. Therapeutic options are limited in their effectiveness and frustration often leads to the discontinuation of any therapy. An Atlas of Obesity and Weight Control is a clearly written, beautifully illustrated color atlas on obesity, including its etiology, development and treatment. The book contains nearly 150 clinical pictures of obesity and its related conditions, as well as many pertinent clinical guidelines and up-to-the-minute data on assessment and treatment. The main chapters cover assessment and prevalence, how obesity develops and how it becomes a health hazard, classification and clinical types of obesity, evaluation and introduction to treatment, behavior modification, diet, exercise, drug treatment and surgical treatment and provide a timely and much-needed overview of current knowledge and practice in the treatment of obesity. The volume concludes with bibliographic references and an index. Nutritionists, internists, bariatric physicians, dieticians, endocrinologists, and medical and academic professionals will find An Atlas of Obesity and Weight Control is an essential reference.

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Manual of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Fourth Edition

By Norman Lavin, MD, PhD, FACE, FAAP

Now in its Fourth Edition, Manual of Endocrinology and Metabolism presents clinical information and protocols in outline format for evaluation and treatment of most endocrine disorders in children, adolescents, and adults. This thoroughly updated edition includes an introduction to risk assessment and screening and results of recent clinical trials and their implications for treatment and prevention.

Also included are summaries of recent guidelines from The Endocrine Society and the American Academy of Clinical Endocrinology for prevention and management of many endocrine disorders, including diabetes, growth hormone deficiency, dysmetabolic syndrome, dyslipidemia, and obesity. New chapters focus on comorbidities of type II diabetes and mellitus in children and use of growth hormone in adults.

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Nutrition: A Global View

by Elise DeVore Berlan, MD, MPH, FAAP and Peter D. Vash, MD, MPH

This comprehensive and informative set provides a lively survey of nutrition. Special features in the books include:

• Overviews of each chapter alert students to the content up front.
• Ask the Expert sections provide real answers to insightful questions.
• Find Out More sections direct readers to additional resources.
• Glossaries of terms at the beginning of each chapter help reinforce important terms.
• Real-life stories and events provide examples and augment the text.
• Visually attractive full-color graphs, charts, time lines, photographs, and more enhance the content.
• Excerpts from primary sources model document-based questions and answers, providing cross-curriculum links between health and social studies.

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Body & Soul
Conversations with Your Physician and Pastor

by W. Darin Moore and Merville C. Marshall, Jr., MD

Whether it is an appreciative analysis of the suffering endured by a woman whose medical condition was repeatedly misdiagnosed or a piercing examination of the reflection cast by the soulful innocence of a wheelchair-bound boy, Body & Soul takes the reader on an unforgettable journey.

Each chapter discusses very real human issues. The conversations range from physical and emotional abuse to love, from chronic illness to hope, from death to healing.

The pastor�s compassionate correlation of people�s medical or emotional issues with Biblical analysis and parables effectively weaves the spiritual with the physical. He consistently instills confidence in the reader by reminding us that everyone can�with God�s help�overcome life�s physical and emotional challenges.

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Atlas of Endocrine Neoplasia

by Mouhammed Amir Habra, MD and Rena Vassilopoulou-Sellin, MD

This atlas provides a detailed coverage of endocrine neoplasms including the epidemiology, clinical features, diagnostic procedures and treatment. This classical compilation is intended to serve as a reference for physicians as well as medical students and trainees who can see the natural course of various clinical syndromes and endocrine tumors. In addition, it summarizes the diagnostic work up and the interpretation of wide variety of endocrine tests currently in clinical use.

It comes in a leather bound cover with 167 pages containing approximately 700 pictures and colored illustrations. In addition, this atlas provides relevant text, tables and algorithms to make it a comprehensive, yet concise, reference for endocrine neoplasia.

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Could It Be My Thyroid?: The Complete Guide to the Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatments of Thyroid Problems

by Sheldon Rubenfeld

Helps readers understand just what is, and is not, thyroid disease.

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Thyroid Disorders (Fast Facts Series) (Fast Facts Series)

by Gilbert H. Daniels, Colin M. Dayan

Fast Facts: Thyroid Disorders is written by two leading experts of international standing who share a wealth of clinical and research experience. The book, which is comprehensively illustrated to make core clinical information easily accessible, is a concise and practical guide for all who manage patients with these common conditions.

Key features:
A concise guide to the recognition of thyroid disorders and the selection of appropriate thyroid function tests.
Provides expert advice on when to test, when to treat and when to refer, ensuring rapid initiation of appropriate therapy.
Highlights the particular challenges posed by thyroid disease during pregnancy.
Covers the management of thyroid eye conditions.
Sound, dependable advice for the healthcare team and patient in coping with these common conditions.

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The Thyroid Paradox: How to Get the Best Care for Hypothyroidism

by James K., M.D. Rone

This book includes information about: The loopholes in current thyroid testing; Hidden forms of hypothyroidism and how to detect them; The best strategies for thyroid replacement The path out of the thyroid paradox is engaged teamwork involving both doctor and patient. This book should provide you with knowledge you need to communicate and work with your doctor to get the treatment you deserve.

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Sexual Health for Men

by Richard F. Spark

"�Dr. Richard Spark, a noted endocrinologist, leads us down many paths. We learn about the effects of drugs and alcohol on sexual function, and the role of hormones in male sexual health � Dr. Spark does an admirable job of lassoing all this information into a very useful guide, keeping it all in layman's terms, and organizing it in such a way that the information you need is easy to find and easy to understand once you find it�"

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A Simple Guide to Thyroid Disorders: From Diagnosis to Treatment

by Paul Ruggieri, Scott Isaacs

Consumer text provides information on the complex function of the thyroid, coping with emotional highs and lows, dealing with thyroid-related weight problems, and medications and surgeries most commonly used. Also addresses and explains hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism. Material is presented in a reader-friendly way.

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Overcoming Metabolic Syndrome (Paperback)

by Scott Isaacs, Fred Vagnini

The authors of Overcoming Metabolic Syndrome, an endocrinologist and a cardiovascular surgeon, have treated thousands of patients; they know how to cut through the confusion and give you�re the basics about how you can restore your health.

Among the questions they answer:

• How do I know if I have metabolic syndrome?
• What is insulin resistance? Why is it a critical issue?
• Why does insulin resistance make it so hard to lose weight?
• What is the role of exercise, diet, and nutrition?
• Which medications are used to treat the syndrome?

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The Leptin Boost Diet: Unleash Your Fat-Controlling Hormones for Maximum Weight Loss

by Scott Isaacs

A series of recent medical breakthroughs have confirmed what physicians suspected all along � obesity is a hormonal disorder. The Leptin Boost Diet transforms these findings into a unique and easy-to-follow weight-loss program that is perfect for people whose out-of-balance hormones make it impossible to lose weight on other diets. The book shows how to optimize leptin and other fat cell hormones so that the body�s natural chemistry becomes an ally, instead of a barrier, in the fight against fat. Dr. Scott Isaacs, an expert in the field, clearly explains complex topics relating to the newest medical treatments, the endocrinology of fat cell hormones, identifying leptin deficiency, and improving the action of leptin in the body. His program includes clear and concise recommendations on nutrition, physical activity and vitamin and supplement intake. By boosting the body�s leptin levels, the plan produces positive effects � including appetite reduction and increased energy level, and long-term benefits like reduced body fat and a healthy metabolism � right away.

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Hormonal Balance: Understanding Hormones, Weight, and Your Metabolism

by Scott Isaacs, Neil Shulman

First published in 2002 and now updated and expanded, this guide pioneered the idea that hormones play a key role in weight loss and weight control. Writing in clear, simple terms, Dr. Isaacs profiles each hormone system, discussing what can go wrong and how imbalances can affect weight and even perpetuate obesity. The book explains how to reverse symptoms of hormonal imbalance through diet changes and other remedies, and then expands the discussion, teaching readers how to deal with everything from menstrual cycles to diabetes by recognizing and remedying hormonal problems.

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Werner and Ingbar's The Thyroid: A Fundamental and Clinical Text

by Lewis E Braverman, Robert D Utiger

Completely updated for its Ninth Edition, this classic text provides comprehensive coverage of every aspect of thyroid anatomy, development, biochemistry, physiology, pathophysiology, and treatment of all thyroid disorders. This edition has a more international group of contributors and new chapters on mortality in thyroid disease, oncogenes, radioiodine treatments for carcinoma, trophoblastic tumors, and subacute and acute infectious thyroiditis. Chapters address clinical controversies regarding subclinical hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism. The section on laboratory assessment of thyroid function has been reorganized for easier look-up of function tests.

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Diseases of the Thyroid

Edited by Lewis E. Braverman, MD

This extensively revised and updated edition of a popular and widely acclaimed work presents the latest scientific and clinical developments in thyroid disease. New topics include the clinical relevance of the sodium/iodide symporter (NIS), broad coverage of autoimmune thyroid disease, and expanded coverage of thyroid cancer, including recombinant human TSH. Other chapters discuss thyroid dysfunction during pregnancy and postpartum, thyroid disease in children and the elderly, and the evaluation and management of nodular goiter. Diseases of the Thyroid, 2nd Edition, provides internists and family physicians, obstetricians and gynecologists, and endocrinologists alike with a highly readable guide to thyroid disorders and their clinical management.

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Harvard Medical School Guide to Overcoming Thyroid Problems (Harvard Medical School Guides) (Paperback)

A complete guide to understanding, treating, and living with thyroid disease, from Harvard Medical School

by Jeffrey R. Garber, Sandra S. White

More than 13 million people in the United States suffer from some form of thyroid disease, and that number is expected to rise precipitously as the baby boomer generation approaches its sixties.

Written by an internationally respected authority on thyroid disease, Dr. Jeffrey R. Garber, The Harvard Medical School Guide to Overcoming Thyroid Problems is an up-to-the minute, authoritative source of practical information for thyroid patients and those who think they may have a thyroid problem. Working from the belief that "being informed is your best cure," Garber:

• Explains how the thyroid works, what can go wrong and why, and how to work with a doctor
• to feel better and stay healthy
• Dispels common myths and misconceptions about thyroid disease and describes the best diagnostic tests and both conventional and alternative treatment approaches
• Covers the most common forms of thyroid disease in detail, including Graves' disease, Hashimoto's disease, and thyroid cancer

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Handbook of Retinal Screening in Diabetes (Paperback)

by Roy Taylor

This book, a successor to the highly popular Practical Guide to Polaroid Retinal Photography, describes the essential components of a retinopathy screening programme, including the criteria for referral to an ophthalmologist, drawing upon the experience of the Newcastle system over the last two decades and the National Screening Committee Report upon Eye screening. It is fully illustrated, featuring a new set of 50 digital colour photographs, showing the normal retina and problems associated with diabetes, with explanatory text.

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Nutritional Strategies for the Diabetic and Prediabetic Patient

edited by Jeffrey I. Mechanick and Elise M. Brett

Nutritional Strategies for the Diabetic and Prediabetic Patient is a comprehensive reference aimed at advancing physicians' knowledge of nutrition in relation to diabetes, allowing them to provide evidence-based recommendations for their diabetic patients.

Features:

• Discusses all aspects of nutrition in the adult diabetic and prediabetic patient including special topics such as dietary supplements, wound healing, and exercise
• Combines molecular and cellular mechanisms of disease and nutritional intervention with practical techniques for implementation in real clinical settings
• Includes numerous tables and figures
• Features evidence-based technical reviews of clinical literature

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Dr. Gavin's Health Guide for African Americans: How to Keep Yourself and Your Children Well (Paperback)

by James R. Gavin

Dr. James Gavin covers wellness and the tools to achieve it. He discusses health topics of particular concern to the African American population: obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. His intergenerational, family-centered approach to health is the prescription for breaking the alarming cycle of lifestyle-caused diseases, which are now striking children, too.

Key features:

• Focus on prevention of disease
• Tool kits for better health

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Evidence-Based Endocrinology (Paperback)

by Pauline M Camacho, Hossein Gharib, Glen W Sizemore

This pocket-sized quick-reference handbook presents evidence-based recommendations for diagnosis and treatment of endocrine disorders. The authors summarize the latest and best clinical studies supporting the practice recommendations and grade each study to indicate the benefits and risks of the therapy and the reliability of the study results. Chapters cover disorders in the major areas of endocrinology�hypothalamic-pituitary, thyroid, adrenal, metabolic bone, reproductive, diabetes, lipid disorders, obesity and nutrition, endocrine malignancies, and genetics. This thoroughly updated edition features a new chapter on genetics, expanded chapters on lipids and obesity and nutrition, and comprehensive coverage of new therapies for diabetes and osteoporosis.

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Osteoporosis: A Guide for Clinicians (Paperback)

by Pauline M Camacho, Paul D Miller

This handbook is a practical and comprehensive guide to the diagnosis and management of osteoporosis. The book covers all aspects of osteoporosis, from pathophysiology to diagnostic tests and therapies, and includes actual case studies with teaching points.

Separate chapters focus on vitamin D deficiency and workup and recognition of secondary causes of bone loss. Coverage of treatment includes tailoring therapy to individual patients, determining the success of therapy, what to do when therapy fails, and future therapeutic options. The authors review the latest evidence and provide annotated references so readers can examine the methodology, results, and conclusions of the studies.

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Thyroid Ultrasound and Ultrasound-Guided FNA (Paperback)

by H. Jack Baskin (Editor), Daniel S. Duick (Editor), Robert A. Levine (Editor)

Thyroid Ultrasound and Ultrasound-Guided FNA, Second Edition is a "user friendly" book, written specifically for the clinician, and offers a hands-on approach to using ultrasound in the evaluation and management of thyroid disease. It discusses new information regarding ultrasound and the subtleties one needs to know in the application of this technique. By using scores of ultrasound images, it demonstrates how ultrasound is integrated with the history, physical exam, and other thyroid tests (especially FNA biopsy) to provide information that improves patient care. The book also presents many new innovative uses of ultrasound that are being implemented worldwide. It continues to be an important book, filling a void that exists in this field. Foreword written by Leonard Wartofsky, MD, MACP, Chairman, Department of Medicine, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC.

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AACE POWER OF PREVENTION MANUAL OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY GUIDE

The AACE Manual of Physical Activity is now available. The guide highlights the physiology of physical activity, and explains how people with specific issues can be physically active. The chapters include advice for people with cardiovascular problems, excess weight, and diabetes. There are also sections for pregnant women with diabetes, the physically challenged, the elderly and children. The President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports has provided exercises as well as stretching, and balance training techniques.

To order your copy of the POP Guide to Physical Activity, ORDER HERE.

The POP Guide to Physical Activity is produced through support of its corporate sponsors Abbott Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company, and Quest Diagnostics.

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Annual Meetings

Multimedia CD ROMs from the Past AACE Annual Meetings are now available through Intelliquest Media.
18th Annual Meeting and Clinical Congress - Houston, TX (May 13 - 17, 2009)
17th Annual Meeting and Clinical Congress - Orlando, FL (March 14 - 18, 2008)
16th Annual Meeting and Clinical Congress - Seattle, Washington (April 11 - 15, 2007)
15th Annual Meeting and Clinical Congress - Chicago, IL (April 26-30, 2006)
14th Annual Meeting and Clinical Congress - Washington, DC (May 18-22, 2005)
13th Annual Meeting and Clinical Congress - Boston, MA (April 28 - May 2, 2004)

AACE PUBLICATIONS

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2010 Online Endocrine Coding Manual

AACE is pleased to announce the 2010 Online Endocrine Coding Manual available January 4, 2010. Members and non-members will have online access to the AACE Endocrine Coding Manual. Pre Orders are available now. With your order you will receive:

• Online Access via a secured password
• A hard copy of the 2010 AACE Endocrine Coding Quick Reference Pocket Guide
• Online Navigational Tutorial

The benefits of the online manual include endocrine-specific codes, comprehensive sections, formatting by disease states, and clinical vignettes. Sections have been added to the online manual, including modifiers, ABNs, and various practice management forms.

For more information, and to order your AACE 2010 Online Endocrine Coding Manual, please visit https://www.aace.com/resources/codingmanual.php, or you may contact Katrina Miller at kmiller@aace.com or 904-353-7878 ext 134.

Coding Manual-AACE Member-$99.00 (This manual includes one 2010 Quick Reference Pocket Guides)

Coding Manual-AACE Nonmember-$110.00 (This manual includes one 2010 Quick Reference Pocket Guides)

Endotext, a comprehensive, authoritative, and easily accessible source of information on all aspects of clinical endocrinology is accessible to AACE domestic and international members.

Patient Education Information Materials

• DVD: A Guide To Managing Diabetes
• State of Diabetes Complications report
• A Diabetes Disaster Plan
• Presentation Resource Kits � Teaches members how to spread thyroid awareness in their community.