The Informed Diabetic

Learn how to find reliable medical research using the same specialty websites, databases, and search engines that the most up-to-date doctors use. This knowledge will empower you to take an active role in your healthcare, making it a team effort between you and your doctor.

After reading this book you will be able to:

- Identify the best sources of reliable medical research..

- Stop wasting time on fake “breakthrough” research.

- Access the same guidelines that expert doctors use globally.

- Choose from a range of easy to advanced research tools depending on your time and interest.

- Avoid low value care that wastes your time and money and may actually be harmful.

- Respectfully share your research with your doctor to have a better informed discussion on your diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment.

About the Author: Dr. Craig Dalton, a public health physician, underwent postgraduate training in Australia and the USA. After his medical residency, he pursued a Master of Medical Science in Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Newcastle, Australia, one of the centers of the emerging Evidence-Based Medicine networks in the 1990s. While completing this master’s program he developed a love and respect for evidence-based medicine and was awakened to the negative impact of poor medical research on people’s health. Dr. Dalton served as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and completed a Preventive Medicine Fellowship at the CDC. He has over 80 published medical articles to his credit.