TOP MEDICAL BOOKS

ISBN13: 9781935096306 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product DescriptionA support group you can hold in your hand, this loving and inspirational collection of intimate stories,by cancer patients and their loved ones, medical professionals, clergy and friends, is a must-read for anyone affected by cancer. Writers shsre all their experiences-from the diagnosis,... Read the story →

ISBN13: 9781591202158 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product DescriptionBreast cancer has reached epidemic proportions. Once a relatively rare disease, it now affects two to three million American women, and the incidence is growing at an alrming rate. What can we do to protect ourselves? Christine Horner, M.D., has the prescription: Eat healthy foods, add a good... Read the story →

Product Description¡§A Primer on Prostate Cancer, The Empowered Patient¡¦s Guide¡¨ is a basic resource to be used by patients and physicians when there has been a diagnosis of prostate cancer. It outlines a strategy of disease management that is designed to maximize outcomes for the patient and his loved ones. All aspects of diagnosis and testing are discussed; all currently approved treatments... Read the story →

ISBN13: 9780764519741 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product DescriptionHearing that you have prostate cancer, or even that you may have it, is very scary. But this disease, in many cases, is curable. Even if you have advanced cancer that’s spread beyond the prostate, many treatments help extend your life for years. You need good information to help you... Read the story →

Product DescriptionThe incredible story of how thalidomide-a substance that maimed, even killed, thousands-may prove to be the next miracle drug. A remarkable medicine is now available that can successfully treat millions of people with multiple myeloma, brain tumors and other cancers, arthritis, lupus, Crohn’s disease, multiple sclerosis, leprosy, tuberculosis, and AIDS. It’s thalidomide-a... Read the story →

Product DescriptionCancer research has reached a major turning point. The quality and quantity of information gathered about this disease in the past twenty years has revolutionized our understanding of its origins and behavior. No one is better qualified to comment on these dramatic leaps forward than molecular biologist Robert A. Weinberg, director of one of the leading cancer research centers in... Read the story →

ISBN13: 9781591027768 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product DescriptionThis unique and important guidebook is a single, comprehensive source of information and advice to help women (and some men) at high risk for breast and for ovarian cancer because of family history and genetic profile. One part memoir, three parts ‘how to’ manual, this book explains... Read the story →

ISBN13: 9780800731861 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product DescriptionCancer touches nearly everyone, whether firsthand or through the life of a loved one. Counselor and teacher Yvonne Ortega discovered this when she was diagnosed with breast cancer and began her journey to recovery. In Hope for the Journey through Cancer, she shares with readers her personal... Read the story →

Product DescriptionNorth America’s foremost experts on natural medicine and diabetes create the most comprehensive and user-friendly guide to defeating one of our fastest-growing health problems. Diabetes remains among the most prevalent health issues, bringing with it an increased risk of stroke and cardiovascular disease. Now an expert in natural medicine and an authority on diabetes combine... Read the story →

Product DescriptionUsing her 21 years of personal and professional experience, the author will give readers the vital tools they need to take care of themselves while they take care of their loved ones who have cancer. When Life Becomes Precious will be the first book to:offer tips on ways to help patients, caregivers and co-workersprovide a long and diverse list of gifts that are appropriate to give... Read the story →

ISBN13: 9781570627422 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product DescriptionHere is a deeply moving account of a couple’s struggle with cancer and their journey to spiritual healing. Grace and Grit is the compelling story of the five-year journey of Ken Wilber and his wife Treya Killam Wilber through Treya’s illness, treatment, and, finally, death. Grace... Read the story →

Product DescriptionIn Calvin Trillin’s antic tales of family life, she was portrayed as the wife who had “a weird predilection for limiting our family to three meals a day” and the mother who thought that if you didn’t go to every performance of your child’s school play, “the county would come and take the child.” Now, five years after her death, her husband offers this loving portrait... Read the story →

ISBN13: 9780373892143 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product DescriptionCarrie Host knows that the diagnosis of a life-threatening illness takes a split second to change your life, as well as the lives of your partner, parents, children and all who love you. Packed with inspiration, advice, comfort and hope, Between Me and the River is Host’s candid and... Read the story →

ISBN13: 9780520242340 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product DescriptionWe all want great-tasting meals, but we also want meals that help us maintain a healthy weight and live longer, healthier lives. Marrying the art and science of food, The New American Plate Cookbook is the first cookbook designed to accomplish all three goals. A team of cooks, nutritionists,... Read the story →

Product DescriptionAlexandra Parker, a partner at one of New York’s most prestigious law firms, finds her successful career and long-time marriage turned upside down by a shattering medical diagnosis, while her financier husband is haunted by his own ghosts and a career disaster. 1,000,000 first printing. $500,000 ad/promo.Amazon.com ReviewWith a fabulous career, wonderful husband, and... Read the story →

Product DescriptionFrom the bestselling author of THE RED TENT come a contemporary novel that explores the burden of secrets, the weight of grief and the healing power of female friendship When Kathleen meets Joyce, each woman has come to a turning point in her life. Kathleen, whose sister died of breast cancer fifteen years earlier, has just been diagnosed herself and finds her world abruptly thrown... Read the story →

ISBN13: 9781577491163 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product Description(Fairview Press) Univ. of California, San Diego. Consumer text explains how patients can improve their odds for survival by demanding control over their health care, research conventional and alternative treatments, creating their own treatment strategy, and using the Internet to learn of... Read the story →

ISBN13: 9780446581097 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product DescriptionWelcome to tiger country: the treacherous territory where a single wrong move by a brain surgeon can devastate-or end-a patient’s life. This is the terrain world-renowned neurosurgeon Keith Black, MD, enters every day to produce virtual medical miracles. Now, in BRAIN SURGEON, Dr. Black... Read the story →