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In Great Joys, Great Sorrows, the fourth volume of A Surgeon's Tale, Dr. Michael Meguid, a determined London-trained intern, embarks on a demanding odyssey through Harvard's prestigious hospitals. He navigates a medical landscape with 110-hour workweeks and battles exhaustion with sheer willpower.

The Glaucoma Guidebook is an invaluable resource for anyone living with glaucoma and for those who are at high risk of developing the disease. Dr. Constance Okeke, an expert with over 20 years of experience helping thousands of patients see better, provides the critical advice and best practices needed to take control of your vision.

From an eminent surgeon and historian comes the “by turns fascinating and ghastly” (The New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice) story of surgery’s development—from the Stone Age to the present day—blending meticulous medical research with vivid storytelling. There are not many...

The Work of Human Hands is a timeless medical journey through pioneering surgeon Dr. Hardy Hendren's legendary operating room that the Los Angeles Times called "impossible to forget". Set at Boston Children's Hospital, which U.S. News & World Report consistently rates as America's best children's hospital, The Work of Human Hands is available now for the first time in audio. The new edition includes a fresh introduction and a greatly expanded epilogue updating readers on Hendren and patient Lucy Moore today.

The new third edition of this best-selling book helps parents understand and organize the necessary medical and emotional components that accompany their child's surgery. In an easy to follow time line for events prior to and following a tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy, the authors provide reassuring and accurate guidance that eases the process for the patient and family.

A local hero, Dr Wayne Phillips, dies because the equipment that could save him is being used to help Bob Merrick, a spoiled rich man who has wrecked his speed boat. Dr Phillips gave selflessly and in secret to many people and causes, which Merrick now takes up too. However his efforts end in failure and also alienate Dr Phillips' widow, Helen, with whom he is besotted.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing all aspects of healthcare & this book is intended to be your companion on this journey. It's a power-packed AI book that guides you about the current state and future applications of AI in healthcare, including those under development, in a simple to understand language. It discusses the ethical concerns related to the use of AI in healthcare, principles of AI & how it works, the vital role of AI in all major medical specialties and health insurance, & the role of start-ups and corporate players in AI in healthcare.

This audio is a soothing, calming guided meditation for medical procedures, designed at the request of Kaiser Permanente to help patients undergoing cardiac catheterization feel more relaxed and confident during their procedure. It then was adapted for use for a whole range of potentially...

An incisive yet personal look at the science and history of the most common surgery performed in America—the cesarean section—and an exposé on the disturbing state of maternal medical care When Rachel Somerstein had an unplanned C-section with her first child, the experience was anything...

Join Air Force veteran Dr. W. Lee Warren as he chronicles his fascinating, heartbreaking, and enlightening experience as a neurosurgeon in an Iraq War combat hospital. Warren's life as a neurosurgeon in a trauma center began to unravel long before he shipped off to serve the U.S. Air Force in...

Break free of chronic pain, without surgery. Renowned spine surgeon Dr. David Hansom lays out a framework to address your body's specific needs. In Back in Control, Dr. David Hanscom describes how to conquer debilitating chronic pain. His groundbreaking approach focuses on an aspect of chronic...

The purpose of this book is to demystify headache surgery and explain why it works so effectively. I want you to understand what is causing your pain and how and why this procedure works. By understanding this procedure, you can make an empowered and informed decision about whether it might be the right path for you. While peripheral nerve decompression surgery may not be suitable for everyone, it has brought substantial relief to countless people suffering from migraines, tension headaches, occipital neuralgia, and more.

Gifted Hands reveals the remarkable journey of Dr. Ben Carson from an angry, struggling young boy with everything stacked against him to the director of pediatric neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center. As a boy, he did poorly in school and struggled with anger. If it were not for...

Baker, knitter, animal lover, wife, mother - but most of all, a writer. That's how Eliza Walton sees herself. Until, halfway through her MFA studies, a diagnosis of rectal cancer lands on her head. Fear, shame, and dread threaten to pull her under. How to face an anxiety-laden year of radiation, chemo, and a permanent colostomy?

Practicing optometrists are fully qualified, privileged, as well as obligated and responsible to their patients to provide an advanced level of primary medical eye care. Laboratory medicine and imaging is absolutely critical in caring for and managing patients.

Whether you suffer from chronic low back pain or you’ve recently hurt your back, you will know how that pain affects your daily life. Bye-Bye Back Pain: 9 Holistic Solutions for Relief from Sciatica, Lumbago, Slipped Disc, and Backache was written for those who: Suffer from chronic back pain and nagging discomfort that just won’t go away, have noticed a little nagging back pain and want to prevent a serious outbreak of pain, have seen multiple doctors, therapists, massage therapists, and chiropractors, and your pain is still there, and much more.

A successful optometry practice is a juggling act. You need to know your field of optometry, as well as how to run a small business. Your education has prepared you for the technical ins and outs of optometry practice. But what has prepared you to run a business? The E-Myth Optometrist fills...

Plastic surgery has become the answer for many Americans, and in American Plastic sociologist Laurie Essig explores how we arrived at this particular solution. Over the last decade there has been a 465 percent increase in cosmetic work, and we now spend over $12 billion annually on procedures like liposuction, face-lifts, tummy tucks, and boob jobs.

Killer Looks is the definitive story about the long-forgotten practice of providing free nose jobs, face-lifts, breast implants, and other physical alterations to prisoners, the idea being that by remodeling the face you remake the man. From the 1920s up to the mid-1990s, half a million prison inmates across America, Canada, and the UK willingly went under the knife, their tab picked up by the government. 

In Holy Spirit, Help Me Heal, Mimi Kroger shares her battle with lupus and subsequent kidney failure and the ultimate triumph and healing she found in her relationship with the Holy Spirit. Through Scripture, song, and story, her book describes the uplifting power of God to heal any dysfunction in life. Mimi wants to show you how the Holy Spirit did it for her and how he can do it for you!