Alan L. Rubin M.D.

I just published the 5th edition of Diabetes For Dummies. I recommend you start reading at Chapter 9. If you are a relatively new diabetic and act on the information in that chapter, the rest of the book may be less essential. I started writing books For Dummies in 1998 with Diabetes For Dummies. That has sold more than 1 million copies. With its success, I wrote Diabetes Cookbook For Dummies, then Thyroid For Dummies, High Blood Pressure For Dummies, Type 1 Diabetes For Dummies, Prediabetes For Dummies and now Vitamin D For Dummies. The books have been translated into 16 languages and there are special editions for the UK, Canada and Australia. In May, 2017, I was awarded the Solomon A. Berson Alumni Achievement Award in Health Science, Medicine and the Arts for the medical For Dummies books I have written, by my medical school, New York University School of Medicine. This award has been won in the past by such physicians as Jonas Salk, discoverer of the injectable polio vaccine, Albert Sabin, discoverer of the oral polio vaccine and Frank Netter, who is known as the Michelangelo of medical illustration. The physician for whom the award is named was the co-discoverer of the radioimmunoassay, the technique by which the central hormone in diabetes, insulin, is measured. Writing these books has been the source of many wonderful experiences, including a book signing for the Chinese edition in Beijing, China and numerous opportunities to speak before groups of doctors and patients. I recently traveled to Paris to discuss translations of other titles besides Diabetes For Dummies. I get many emails from grateful readers and readers with questions. I welcome general questions but can't answer specific questions. I look forward to writing new books and bringing previous editions up-to-date. In November, 2009 and December, 2009 respectively, I published the 3rd edition of Diabetes Cookbook For Dummies and a new book Prediabetes For Dummies. In June, 2011 I published Vitamin D For Dummies. This new book tells you everything you need to know to gain the benefits of vitamin D, not only for your bones but for cancer prevention, protection from infection and numerous other benefits.