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     Cheating Destiny reveals the human drama behind America’s biggest epidemic, a unique blend of historical research, contemporary journalism, and personal reflection.

     The narrative uses diabetes as a prism to view deeper problems in America’s health care system and its medical research industry. You will read about medicine and money, outrage and despair, resilience and courage.

     Diagnosed with diabetes as a teenager,the author was already well-qualified to write this story. (His older brother, Dr. Irl Hirsch, is also one of America’s leading diabetologists.) Then one night, his three-year-old son said he was thirsty – and their lives, and this book, took a very different turn.

     We live in a diabetic nation, and Cheating Destiny is your guide.

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