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Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Chronic swelling due to lymphatic fluid, or lymphedema, affects 3-5 million Americans including 20-40% of cancer survivors. Lymphedema is so little known—even among doctors—that it has been called the ‘silent epidemic’ but there is effective treatment that can break the cycle of recurring infections...
Living with a Brain Tumor
Dr. Peter Black's Guide to Taking Control of Your Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
Each year, 100,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with a brain tumor. With his new book, Dr. Peter Black fills a gap in the lay readership, providing an accessible medical resource for adult patients and their families. Dr. Black, who has operated on more than 3,000 patients with brain...
The Oxygen Revolution, Third Edition
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT): The Definitive Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) & Other Disorders
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016
NEW EDITION INCLUDES NEW RESEARCH ON HBOT AS A GENE THERAPY TO TREAT TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI) AND OTHER DISORDERS.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is based on a simple idea—that oxygen can be used therapeutically for a wide range of conditions where tissues have been damaged by oxygen deprivation.
Inspiring...
by Jacki Waterman
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2013
Ataxia describes a lack of muscle coordination during voluntary movements, such as walking or picking up objects. A sign of an underlying condition, ataxia can affect your movements, your speech, your eye movements and your ability to swallow.
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by Rebecca Benche
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2013
Dilated cardiomyopathy is a disease of the heart muscle, primarily affecting your heart's main pumping chamber (left ventricle). The left ventricle becomes enlarged (dilated) and can't pump blood to your body with as much force as a healthy heart can.
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The Myth of Sanity
Divided Consciousness and the Promise of Awareness
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2002
Why does a gifted psychiatrist suddenly begin to torment his own beloved wife? How can a ninety-pound woman carry a massive air conditioner to the second floor of her home, install it in a window unassisted, and then not remember how it got there? Why would a brilliant feminist law student ask her...
by Ian McCoy
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
Your brain is the most incredible thing in the known universe. It is a sleeping giant waiting to be awoken. It is the greatest thing in creation that you can andmust nurture.This book will help you to nurture and improve dramatically Nature (or God’s ) greatest gift – your mind. Memory...
Autism All-Stars
How We Use Our Autism and Asperger Traits to Shine in Life
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2011
Looking at the positive influences, great talents and unique thought processes of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders, this book is a celebration of those who have used their autism to shine in life. Writers from all over the world at different stages in their careers, and from very different...
Why Aren't Normal People Normal?
A Girl’s Survival Guide to Growing up with Asperger Syndrome
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Asperger syndrome is a form of autism affecting an individual’s ability to understand, communicate and interact with other people. As it is often not obvious from their outward appearance that someone has Asperger syndrome, people do not always realise that they are different, leading to confusion...
Second Suns
Two Trailblazing Doctors and Their Quest to Cure Blindness, One Pair of Eyes at a Time
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
**Now in paperback: a #1 New York Times–bestselling author’s gripping chronicle of “two doctors . . . bringing light to those in darkness” (Time)
The publisher will donate a portion of its proceeds on the sale of this book to the Himalayan Cataract Project.**
Second Suns is the unforgettable...
Pale Rider
The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2017
In 1918, the Italian-Americans of New York, the Yupik of Alaska and the Persians of Mashed had almost nothing in common except for a virus--one that triggered the worst pandemic of modern times and had a decisive effect on the history of the twentieth century.
The Spanish flu of 1918-1920 was...
Keep Out of Reach of Children
Reyes Syndrome, Aspirin, and the Politics of Public Health
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2015
This will be the first book-length history of Reye’s syndrome, and there is nothing else outside of the professional medical literature that chronicles even part of the story that made headlines and caused panic in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.
Keep Out of Reach of Children addresses many...
by Phyllis Whitsell
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2016
Two separate lives, one heartbreaking secret
When Phyllis Whitsell was just eight months old, her mother died of tuberculosis. At least, that what’s Phyllis grew up being told. But Phyllis never believed it was true. She prayed every night for God to take care of her birth mother, holding...
Miracle Survivors
Beating the Odds of Incurable Cancer
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
If you have received an incurable cancer diagnosis, hearing about someone who made it” is like spotting a rescue ship when you’re drowning in a stormy sea. Miracle Survivors provides that lifeline with a collection of stories of cancer survivors who were given a terminal diagnosis but shocked...