TOP MEDICAL BOOKS

Columbia Basin Washington Snow Falling on Ceders Novel Product DescriptionIt is mid-October, 1997, harvest time in the Columbia Basin of central Washington state, a rich apple- and pear-growing region. Ben Givens, recently widowed, is a retired heart surgeon, once admired for his steadiness of hand, his precision, his endurance. He has terminal colon cancer. While Ben does not readily accept defeat,... Read the story →

Product Description The poignant tale of a woman who discovers the fragility of life and the strength of a family’s love, from an author praised by Toni Morrison for “searing, expertly imagined scenes” Known for bringing to life a host of endearing characters who reveal tender truths about humanity, Bernice L. McFadden now turns her storytelling talents to an unforgettable... Read the story →

Product Description “I want to be brave. I want to be big. I want to be gracious and cool. I want to be the Audrey Hepburn of cancer…” Gail Konop Baker was a runner, yoga practitioner, and lifelong subscriber to Prevention magazine. As her forty-sixth birthday approached, she looked forward to a time when she could at last take a deep breath, with one child heading off to college and the other... Read the story →

Product DescriptionThe moment when Patty Dann’s husband was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, she felt as though the ground had dropped out beneath her. Her grief, however, was immediately interrupted by the realization that she would have to tell their three-year-old son, Jake, that his father was dying. The prognosis gave her husband just a year to live. In that short time, the three of them—Patty,... Read the story →

Product DescriptionJune 3, 2002 was the day that changed my life forever.  A 43-year-old father of three, whom in oneday went from being a successful senior manager to a man with a braintumor.  I have a glioblastoma multiformegrade IV brain tumor, the most deadly and aggressive type of brain tumor.  This book covers how I have dealt with lifeafter being informed that I have a tumor that only 1-2%... Read the story →

Product DescriptionA must-read for every dog lover—a short, tender, and uplifting tale of a cancer survivor and the life lessons shared with him by his beloved family dog. Our dogs come into our lives as “just the family pet,” but before we know it they become drinking buddies and fuzzy shrinks, playmates and Cheerios-munching vacuum cleaners, alarm clocks and sleeping partners. And, in their... Read the story →

Product DescriptionEdited by two eminent authorities on breast pathology, this heavily illustrated text offers essential guidance on diagnostic evaluation of needle core biopsies. The focus is on the most common and challenging differential diagnostic problems encountered in these specimens. More than 1,000 full-color illustrations depict the entire spectrum of breast pathology seen in needle core... Read the story →

Product DescriptionIs effective non-toxic cancer treatment being suppressed? Hundreds of people who wrote to the court in Jimmy Keller’s defense in 1991 thought so. Many wrote that he had kept their cancers in remission when nothing else would. This is the true story of a man who cured himself of a near-fatal cancer after conventional medicine had mutilated and then abandoned him. He spent... Read the story →

Product DescriptionThe Most Complete And Essential Sourcebook Available For Breast Cancer Patients And The People Who Love Them Choosing a Doctor • Diagnostic Procedures • Chemotherapy and Radiation • Nutrition and Exercise • Support Groups Insurance • Prosthetics • Living As a Survivor • Sex and Pregnancy • Job-related Issue…and much more From Important Medical... Read the story →

Product DescriptionTug McGraw’s “Ya Gotta Believe!” was the rallying cry of the 1973 New York Mets. But it was also the rallying cry of the boisterous left-handed relief pitcher who made millions of fans believe in the impossible, especially when-as a member of the Philadelphia Phillies-he struck out Kansas City’s Willie Wilson to win the 1980 World Series. And when he was... Read the story →

Product DescriptionAs anyone who has been diagnosed with cancer knows, surviving cancer is more than just killing cancer cells and getting through treatment. Patients must deal with the emotional, social, spiritual, and financial fallout of a cancer diagnosis. By helping survivors understand that they can’t go back to where they were before cancer, Dr. Wendy Harpham liberates them to move forward... Read the story →

Product Description a cartoonist examines her experience with breast cancer in an irreverent and humorous graphic memoir. Cancer Made Me a Shallower Person: A Memoir in Comics  →

Product DescriptionIn the early nineteenth century in the United States, cancer in the breast was a rare disease. Now it seems that breast cancer is everywhere. Written by a medical historian who is also a doctor, Unnatural History tells how and why this happened. Rather than there simply being more disease, breast cancer has entered the bodies of so many American women and the concerns of nearly... Read the story →

Product Description Despite the risk of developing breast cancer, many women still have a limited knowledge of its causes and prevention. The Complete Natural Medicine Guide to Breast Cancer uses the most recent research studies and clinical evidence to explain the causes of breast cancer and techniques for its prevention. Some of the topics covered are: Comprehensive explanations for the... Read the story →

Product DescriptionThe increase in environmentally induced diseases and the loosening of regulation and safety measures have inspired a massive challenge to established ways of looking at health and the environment. Communities with disease clusters, women facing a growing breast cancer incidence rate, and people of color concerned about the asthma epidemic have become critical of biomedical models... Read the story →

Product DescriptionIn This Time’s a Charm, Donald Wilhelm tells his real-life story, from a patient’s perspective, about surviving cancer four times. His intent is to give his readers a true depiction of what cancer, and its treatment, is really like. This book provides inspiration to cancer patients, survivors, loved ones and anyone else not satisfied with their life. ... Read the story →

Product DescriptionThe Johns Hopkins Patients Guide to Prostate Cancer is a concise, easy-to-follow how to guide that puts you on a path to wellness by explaining prostate cancer treatments from start to finish. It guides you through the overwhelming maze of treatment decisions, simplifies the complicated schedule that lies ahead, and provides valuable tools to help you to put together your plan of... Read the story →

Product DescriptionOne out of nine women in the United States will develop breast cancer in her lifetime. For too long, women have erroneously believed that there is little or nothing they can do to prevent this dread illness. Our major medical efforts are directed toward detecting and treating, rather than preventing, breast cancer. Professor Jane Plant, one of Britain’s most eminent scientists,... Read the story →

Product DescriptionBreast cancer will strike one out of every 8 women. It is the disease women dread the most. It can disfigure, mutilate and scar womanhood; and its therapy can impair quality of life. Yet there is no concentrated medical effort to prevent it. Physicians focus is on early detection. They simply do not counsel their patients on breast cancer prevention. This book provides clear... Read the story →

Product DescriptionNewly revised, with up-to-the-minute findings: the potentially lifesaving guide to prostate health by one of the world’s foremost urologists Although most men know little about their prostate glands, an overwhelming majority will be affected by prostate problems at some time in their lives. In this groundbreaking book, now updated to include the latest medical break-throughs,... Read the story →