Hypoglycemia for Dummies

Cheryl Chow has been a freelance writer, editor, and journalist for over 20 years, concentrating on health and social issues. She has a diverse writing background, having written for magazines, newspapers, and webzines. She's also done a stint as a broadcast reporter with a weekly spot reporting on the news show "Out and Around" for NHK Radio Japan. She has also translated for the TBS bilingual (Japanese/English) TV news. Chow's works have appeared in such anthologies as Naming the Daytime Moon, The Broken Bridge, and Tokyo Confidential. She has also written a 30-year corporate history of Dupont-Toray and ghost written a book on Feng Shui. Chow contributes weekly columns to the Mainichi Daily News and has been the editor of Ikebana International Magazine, the editor of the Research and Development Department of Time-Life Japan, and the Nippon Foundation. She is a translator of health and business topics and worked as a translation checker for major publications including Newsweek Japan, National Geographic, and the Washington Post. Coming from a family with a long line of medical doctors, Chow has always been fascinated by medicine and science. After obtaining a B.A. in psychology from Reed College, she pursued her own studies into the effects of mind over body and vice versa. She has conquered her own bouts with hypoglycemia, fatigue, and other health issues through attention to lifestyle and diet. She has studied t'ai chi, chi kung, ba gua, and meditation from some world-renowned teachers, and has also taught t'ai chi exercises for health. James H. Chow, M.D., is the medical director of Nippon Clinic. He specializes in emergency and family medicine. Before he went into private practice 16 years ago, he was the director of the emergency department at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Chicago for seven years. As an emergency doctor at one of the busiest hospitals, he has encountered and treated almost every imaginable type of illness and injury. Dr. Chow is licensed to practice medicine in Illinois, Georgia, and New York, and regularly shuttles back and forth between New York and Chicago. He is the founder, CEO, and president of multispecialty clinics offering integrative medicine and diverse treatment modalities. The clinic in Chicago was originally named Hakuju. Now renamed Nippon Clinics, they are located in Chicago, Atlanta, San Diego, and New York. In 1996, Dr. Chow helped set up an American-style clinic in Beijing, China. Dr. Chow contributes frequently to numerous newspapers and magazines, including U.S. Frontline and Yomiuri. He has appeared on television and his practice has been featured in newspapers and magazines, including Asia. Dr. Chow is a member of American Academy of Emergency Medicine; American Academy of Physician Executives; American Academy of Sports Medicine; American Academy of General Medicine; American Academy of Family Practice; Nippon Industrial Medicine Association; American Japanese Physicians Association. Having too much time on his hands, Dr. Chow has recently created a medical software company, Atomu Systems LLC. Dr. Chow is known among his friends and associates for his unbounded energy, personal warmth, and sense of humor - had he not become a medical doctor, he could undoubtedly have become a comedian.Chow, Cheryl is the author of 'Hypoglycemia for Dummies' with ISBN 9780764554902 and ISBN 0764554905.