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What do you do when the most important person in your life is about to die?Who can help you?How do you keep going?When Alison Murdoch's husband catches viral encephalitis and falls into a life-threatening coma, everything changes. 'Bed 12' is a survival guide to the world of acute medicine, and a poignant...

"Insightful and profound." - Dr James R Doty When Dr Mary Gunn was diagnosed with cancer, her first reaction was fear, and to fight the disease aggressively for the sake of not only herself but her young children and husband. But when it came back – and turned out to be incurable...

Heart disease kills more people than any other medical condition. And no one is more aware of this than top cardiologist Dr. Chauncey Crandall, who has performed over 40,000 heart procedures during his career. In his new book, The Simple Heart Cure, you’ll find this top doc’s groundbreaking...

This is the story of my journey from stage four cancer (breast and colon tumor) to good health. A colorectal tumor was removed surgically, and I was told to have six weeks of chemotherapy, with radiation in the middle of the course of treatment. I declined, went home, and proceeded to heal myself...

The Kidney Warriors, centred around chronic kidney disease (CKD), offers an insightful glimpse into life of people with kidney disease. Through numerous narrations of individuals’ true stories of battle and survival, this book details different aspects of kidney diseases as well as the challenges...

What is a natural cure for her headaches, migraines, peripheral neuropathy, and fibromyalgia? Earlier civilizations developed knowledge and information by observing natural world around them. Even today, less developing countries are relying for all their health cures on herbal natural medicine....

So many in the celiac community continue to struggle, even years after they've been diagnosed. They get their diagnosis and the only instructions they receive from their doctor is "Don’t eat gluten" (thanks Doc). So they walk out of the doctor’s office a bit terrified of their new life in front...

Driven by the desire to avoid m.s. drugs which cause severe side effects Joe has presented in book format.which spell out his successful efforts to stave off m.s. disabling nature over a five plus year period. This included no use of m.s. prescribed medicine nor m.s. flare ups.What is even more amazing...

This is a real-life, no-holds-barred account of being diagnosed and living life with celiac disease. This is told through a humorous perspective from an average gluten-free girl who hates to cook and has an obsession with baking chocolate chip cookies to combat stress. This details the struggle through...

Defeat Wheat: Your Guide to Eliminating Gluten and Losing Weight, is the debut book by author Brian Gansmann, better known as the Gluten Gladiator. Brian has Celiac disease and through living with this incurable condition, he has discovered a very unique way to live healthy and lose weight. Brian...

I am a 44-year-old author of fiction and non-fiction. The first book I wrote was "Through the Withering Storm" which was about my life with bipolar disorder, a crippling mental illness that seemed to take everything I loved in life away from me. I lost friends, relationships, the comforts...

This is a story of the last year of Marti Speckman's life from the time she was diagnosed with breast cancer until her death much too young at 49. It is told by her care-giver husband, the author, Ray Speckman. This story details the strength and mental fortitutude of a very strong woman...

Michael has an absolute passion and belief in people’s ability to change direction and become who they truly want to be and achieve success. This passion stems from his own story … Before Michael was even one year old, he was diagnosed with an aggressive cancer of the central nervous system –...

Fair Mile was more than just a psychiatric hospital; it was an example of a nationwide network of "pauper lunatic asylums," born of responsible Victorian legislation and compassion for the disadvantaged. It was a secure home to many of its patients and staff, and the community within its...