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A doctor’s riveting story of loss and hope in the world of cancer. What is it like to encounter cancer? How does it feel to face the unknown, to enter a world of hope, loss, and dread? From the diagnosis of his childhood friend’s mother to his poignant memories in the lab, David Scadden’s...

Beat your symptoms, embrace your wisdom, and reclaim your joy. Menopause doesn’t come with a manual — but this audiobook might be the next best thing. Whether you're experiencing a gradual transition or the shock of early or surgical menopause due to cancer treatment or illness, The Psychologist’s Menopause Solution offers a warm and wise companion. Written by clinical psychologist Dr. CE Davidson Cibelli, this audiobook blends expert medical insight with deep emotional support. You’ll hear: What to expect from both natural and medically induced menopause.

For years, Monsanto declared that their product Roundup, the world’s most widely used weed killer, was safe. But that all changed in 2015, when the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) analyzed data from scientific studies and concluded that glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, was probably carcinogenic. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) disagreed, other regulatory agencies got involved, and scientists clamored to understand the link between glyphosate and cancer.

In the spring of 1983 Terry Tempest Williams learned that her mother was dying of cancer. That same season, The Great Salt Lake began to rise to record heights, threatening the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge and the herons, owls, and snowy egrets that Williams, a poet and naturalist, had come to gauge her life by. One event was nature at its most random, the other a by-product of rogue technology: Terry's mother, and Terry herself, had been exposed to the fallout of atomic bomb tests in the 1950s.

Joy is stamped on coffee mugs, sewn onto decorative pillows, even displayed on dish soap bottles. But what if there is a deeper power and purpose to this mighty virtue? Through vulnerable storytelling, a difficult diagnosis, and a good dose of humor, Margaret Feinberg reveals how joy is more than whimsy. It's the weapon you can use to fight life's battles.

Life After Cancer Treatment is a booklet for people who have completed cancer treatment. This booklet covers your new normal, getting follow-up medical care, and how to talk with your doctor, following a survivorship care plan, ways to manage physical changes, body changes and intimacy issues, coping with your feelings, and going back to work.

Off Our Chests recounts the story of Liza and John’s experience with her diagnosis and treatment. Written in alternating voices, Liza details her treatment and the complex decisions she had to make throughout her course of chemotherapy and radiation, including clinical trial participation and an elective double mastectomy, with the added complexity of being treated at the cancer center of which John was the chief of hematology and oncology and dealing with the emotional impact of knowing she may die as a young woman with young children.

Survivors from all walks of life talk about what “living strong” in the face of cancer means to them. Since the now ubiquitous LIVESTRONG wristbands became available in May 2004, the Lance Armstrong Foundation has raised more than $50 million for cancer survivorship programs, and the...

Wie können wir Hoffnung schöpfen und Kraft finden, wenn wir mit Krankheit, Kummer, Schmerz oder Tod konfrontiert sind? Diese Frage beschäftigt auch Julia Baird, als sie schwer an Krebs erkrankt. Im Phänomen der Phosphoreszenz findet sie schließlich die geeignete Metapher für das, was uns in dunklen Stunden Licht bringt: So, wie es die Phosphoreszenz Glühwürmchen, Quallen und sogar ganzen Ozeanen ermöglicht, aus sich selbst heraus zu leuchten, können auch wir Menschen unsere eigene Phosphoreszenz erschaffen.

La révolution bleue est en marche. À l'heure où les grandes firmes pharmaceutiques se livrent une concurrence acharnée pour mettre au point des médicaments toujours plus high tech et onéreux contre le cancer, un héros inattendu émerge des profondeurs de l'histoire médicale : le bleu de méthylène. Le Dr Schwartz, médecin et chercheur, dévoile l'histoire fascinante et les promesses de ce médicament oublié.

I want to share my experience from being diagnosed, the journey of treatment, and how I handle every day I am breathing. My desire is to give hope, inspire, educate, and give strength to anyone out there wanting to be cancer-free or have someone in their life wanting to be cancer-free.

Lydia Slaby was thirty-three years old and had everything she believed would make her happy: three fancy private school degrees; a successful husband who was in the inner circles of Barack Obama's presidential campaign; a high-paying job as an attorney—even an enviable yoga practice. But under the surface Lydia's life was in free-fall. Her new marriage was one argument after another, she had a job she never wanted, and for some reason she had begun to rapidly lose weight and turn a strange shade of yellowish-green.

Cancer Heroes is a collection of stories of hope, healing, and profound transformation. Nine women share brave and intimate accounts of their unique cancer experiences, from the shock of diagnosis and anxiety of cancer treatment to the fear of recurrence and the pain of loss. You will find messages of hope and healing from a community of voices of those who have experienced the worst cancer has to offer and, in the process, found inner strength they didn’t know they had.

Are you looking for a diet which is appetizing but at the same time can help to reduce cancer risk and fight disease? Unlike other books, this guide will show you the many amazing benefits of the ketogenic diet which helps you keep a healthy body weight and prevent the growth of malignant tumors. With this handbook, you will be able to strengthen your body's immunity, making you happier and healthier while enjoying your keto diet.

For more than fifty years, we have been waging, but not winning, the war on cancer. The astonishing news is that up to two-thirds of all cancer cases are linked to preventable environmental causes. If we can stop cancer before it begins, why don't we? That was the question that motivated Kristina Marusic's revelatory inquiry into cancer prevention. They recognize that we will never reduce cancer rates without ridding our lives of the chemicals that increasingly trigger this deadly disease.

A month before she was to celebrate her 40th birthday in Italy, Dena Taylor was diagnosed with breast cancer. In seconds, she was transformed from enthusiastic traveler to frightened patient. Told with grace, candor, and inimitable wit, I Don't Wanna Be Pink is the story of a single, independent woman and the tumor that threatens to change her life. With support from a colorful cast of loved ones and her own determination, Taylor contends with painful procedures and upsetting encounters with callous insurance reps, well-meaning strangers, and potential lovers.

Author Dr. Jamal Ross is a board-certified physician in internal medicine and pediatrics. Through his mission work in Haiti and El Salvador, Jamal developed a passion for integrating prayer into medicine.

As dramatic as The Double Helix and as absorbing as The Soul of a New Machine, Natural Obsessions explores the advanced reaches of molecular biology, the nature of the human cell, and the genes that control cancer. It unforgettably portrays some of the best young scientists in the world, the rewards and discouragements of scientific research, and the very process of scientific inquiry.

A deeply moving and profoundly uplifting story about living with joy, even in the face of adversity. 'Part memoir and part masterclass in finding hope and joy in the face of unthinkable challenges. This isn't a book about cancer, it's a book about living' – Jaquie Brown Dai Henwood wanted to...

A compassionate companion for anyone facing the C word, My Guru Cancer is the inspirational story of a woman who dares to drop the fight, welcoming breast cancer into her life as a wise teacher of self-growth, love, and gratitude. In this down-to-earth, funny, and heartfelt confessional, join Bethany on her two-year journey into remission as she applies the practical tools of inquiry to meet each challenge: diagnostic testing, treatment, losing body parts, finances, relationships, emotional exorcisms, and the fear of death.