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The Finest Traditions of My Calling: One Physician's Search for the Renewal of Medicine

Abraham M Nussbaum - Yale University Press
Format: Print book

Patients and doctors alike are keenly aware that the medical world is in the midst of great change. We live in an era of continuous healthcare reforms, many of which focus on high volume, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. This compelling, thoughtful book is the response of a practicing...
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Healing: When a Nurse Becomes a Patient

Theresa Brown - Algonquin Books
Format: Hardcover

"Deeply moving." - Damon Tweedy, New York Timesbestselling author ofBlack Man in a White Coat
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Reflexology: A Beginners Guide To Reflexology

Erik Smith - Independently published
Format: Paperback

Reflexology is based on a system of reflex areas and zones that reflect the human body's image on the hands and feet, with the premise that a reflexology session can effect a positive physical change on your body. While reflexology is no substitute for conventional medicine, it can help...
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Living with Alzheimer's: Managing Memory Loss, Identity, and Illness

RenÃe L. Beard - New York University Press
Format: Paperback

News of Alzheimer's disease is constantly in the headlines. Every day we hear heart-wrenching stories of people caring for a loved one who has become a shell of their former self, of projections about rising incidence rates, and of cures that are just around the corner. However, we don't...
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Detecting & Living With Breast Cancer for Dummies

Consumer Dummies - For Dummies
Format: Paperback

Your trusted, no-nonsense guide to detecting and managing breast cancer From the breast health experts at the American Breast Cancer Foundation comes a sensitive and authoritative guide to the most common cancer in women: breast cancer. Covering everything from prevention to dealing with...
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Healing the Prostate: The Best Holistic Methods to Treat the Prostate and Other Common Male-Related Conditions

Mark Stengler
Format: Paperback

For all its many important functions, the prostate gland can become a health curse to many men, young and old. Common prostate conditions include: benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) , prostate cancer, prostatitis, testosterone deficiency, and erectile dysfunction.While conventional therapies...
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Brain Wash: Detox Your Mind for Clearer Thinking, Deeper Relationships, and Lasting Happiness

David Perlmutter
Format: Hardcover

Fight back against a modern culture that is rewiring our brains and damaging our health with this practical, doctor-approved plan for healing that includes a ten-day boot camp and forty delicious recipes.Contemporary life provides us with infinite opportunities, along with endless temptations....
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Healing: Our Path from Mental Illness to Mental Health

Thomas Insel MD - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover


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Die Young with Me: A Memoir

Rob Rufus - Touchstone
Format: Paperback

In the tradition of John Green's The Fault in Our Stars and Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, this incredibly moving and harrowing true story of a teenager diagnosed with cancer is "a resounding affirmation of how music can lift one's spirits beyond gray skies and bad news...
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Backbone: Living with Chronic Pain without Turning into One

Karen Duffy - Arcade Publishing
Format: Hardcover

An inspirational, powerful, and funny manual for coping and living with devastating pain. For two decades, Karen Duffy --New York Times bestselling author, former MTV VJ, Revlon model, and actress-- has managed to live an enriching life despite living in a state of constant pain. Duffy...
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