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Jon Reiner was happily married with two children, living on Manhattan's Upper West Side, when a near-fatal medical crisis that resulted in emergency surgery threatened to take his life. He was sentenced to months of intravenous feeding that required him to abstain from eating anything, in order to give his digestive tract a rest.

One morning, while shaving, the comedian Mark Steel noticed that one side of his neck seemed larger than the other. After a whistlestop tour of assorted medical professionals, a consultant delivered the ominous words that would define the next months of his life: ‘I’m afraid it’s not good news, Mr Steel’. A frank and funny diary of one man’s rather trying year, this is an unforgettable and uplifting story of getting ill, getting on with it, and getting better.

In her gorgeously lyrical, passionate and humane first book, Pria Anand shares stories of her own patients alongside her own experiences as a doctor, a mother and a patient, in order to explore all the bizarre ways in which our brains go awry. Moving from the Boston hospital where she treats her patients, to her childhood years in India, to Isla Providencia in the Caribbean and to Guinea in West Africa, she demonstrates again and again the compelling paradox at the heart of neurology.

Julia Pylypenko is a young writer and scriptwriter in the field of PR. She speaks English, French, and Italian. In 2007, she became the world champion in singles and doubles tennis at the XVI World Championship for people with transplanted organs (Bangkok). Ten years ago, Ukrainian doctors sentenced Julia to pass away by her eighteenth birthday. This book is a diary and a confession, where each line is not the author's imagination, but real events from her life.

Diese Aufzeichnungen von Rosalie Linner über die Jahre 1943 bis 1980 spiegeln das weite Spektrum der Arbeit einer Landhebamme wider: Von freudig erwarteten, aber auch von unerwünschten Kindern ist die Rede, von der Freude und den Nöten in den Familien. Als in seiner Art einmaliges Zeit- und Alltagsdokument sowie als historisches Zeugnis eines ganzen Berufsstandes sind Frau Linners Aufzeichnungen gar nicht hoch genug einzuschätzen.

Skin cancer is this country's most common cancer, and melanoma the deadliest form of it. Richard Scolyer, together with his colleagues at Melanoma Institute Australia, has dedicated years to groundbreaking research and succeeded in transforming even the most advanced cases of melanoma into a largely curable disease. Then last year, at the peak of his life, Richard was devastated when he was diagnosed with an incurable brain cancer.

At age thirty-eight, Jonathan Gluck, a new father with a promising journalism career, was shocked to learn he had multiple myeloma, a rare, incurable blood cancer. He was told he had eighteen months to live. That was more than twenty years ago. Gluck isn’t just something of a medical miracle. He’s also part of a growing population. Thanks to revolutionary medical advances, many cancers and other serious illnesses are no longer death sentences but chronic diseases many people live with for years.

In 2016, against all odds, Nicola Hanney survived a terminal cancer diagnosis and decided to live life to the full. When she matched with Garda Paul Moody on a dating app, she thought her dreams had come true, but never could have imagined she would be plunged into another nightmare: a four-year campaign of violence and coercive control at his hands.

After 24 years in healthcare, one fateful evening transformed Mandi from practitioner to patient. A motor vehicle accident left her with a significant traumatic brain injury that has taken her much longer than expected to recover from. Follow along as she shares her journey back from her worst day through the first year.

Para Carmen, 2012 es un punto de inflexión. Tiene setenta y cinco años. La salud le empieza a fallar, los temblores repentinos aumentan y en una cena con amigos ocurre lo peor… Para más inri, sus problemas se multiplican cuando se sienta en el banquillo acusada de proxenetismo. Poco antes había sido desahuciada de la casa donde había vivido casi cincuenta años.

Durante su convalecencia, la doctora Sendino fue tomando notas sobre su experiencia de la enfermedad, de cara a un libro que deseaba escribir. Ante la inminencia de su muerte, le pidió a Pablo d'Ors que le ayudase a culminar esta tarea. El autor, que le atendía espiritualmente, rescata sus anotaciones y las contextualiza en una vida que no duda en calificar de ejemplar. Un testimonio sobre lo que al final de verdad importa. Un texto sin concesiones, tan escueto como directo al corazón. Un relato necesario sobre una muerte que da vida.

Welcome to the Secret Fertility Club. A club nobody wants to join, full of women linked by a singular goal – to become parents, despite the obstacles stacked against them. In her book, Amelia McCloskey shines a light on the strength and perseverance of its members.

Nadeem's journey is a story told by a mother about her son—it’s not just about a mothers love, it also shows his compassion towards her, his siblings, family and friends. It shows us how he never let his illness define who he was even when the doctors were curt and less kind with their delivery of information. This book tells us the story about a fight to survive, a story about a mother’s love for a child and a story about how a community comes together to support each other.

Made to Live depicts a physician’s journey to save lives. Dr. Paul Saba begins his story with the battle to save the life of his baby girl, Jessica, who was born with a severe congenital cardiac malformation. He describes the challenges of facing difficult diagnoses through both his personal experiences and those of his patients. This book debunks the myths of euthanasia and assisted suicide.

Jamie Greenley’s life was turned upside down by one seemingly simple decision. Well-intentioned dental professionals, although possibly persuaded by the industry itself, had convinced this healthy, athletic mother of three energetic boys that the best option for a dental issue was, in fact, safe and in her best interest. The procedure, although successful at first, led to the catastrophe that this 40-year-old now endures on a daily basis.

Kathy and Rob were pro-vaccine prior to COVID-19. They couldn't believe what they were hearing. Lies were being spouted on national TV. Kathy and her husband, Rob, are retired registered nurses. They both read research articles and listen to podcasts to keep their minds sharp after retirement and keep up to date on the field of medicine, especially COVID-19. The government will spin this time in history. It's very important that people step forward to tell their stories. Follow Kathy and Rob's journey through the COVID-19 pandemic and their insights to the politics governing the treatment.

A fast-paced account of a giant of twentieth century medicine, First the Patient details how David Nathan saved patients with his medical skill and rescued institutions with his visionary leadership.

After a year-long battle with Stage-4C Colon Cancer, 48-year-old Lisa finally heard the words she had been hoping for: no visible sign of disease. Chemotherapy and radiation treatments were over, she was technically disease free, and it was time to celebrate that success. She never expected how difficult it would be to transition from colon cancer patient to colon cancer survivor.

Sandra Lindsay immigrated to the United States from Jamaica with ambitions of becoming a nurse and living the American Dream. In December 2020, she became the first person to receive the COVID-19 vaccine and was subsequently honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In First in Line Lindsay lays out her triumphs and setbacks as a single mother and working student who overcomes barriers. Her beginnings as a four-dollar-an-hour grocery store worker fortified her with the resilience to persevere over decades to become an executive at a globally recognized nationally known healthcare system.

When Cris Ross and Ed Marx were diagnosed with cancer, they thought they knew what to do next. They were, after all, executives at two of the premiere hospitals in the United States—Mayo Clinic and Cleveland Clinic. But even decades of obsessing about effective delivery of patient care could not have prepared them for the emotional and logistical complexity of navigating the healthcare system. Diagnosed is the book Cris and Ed wish they’d had when they embarked on their medical journeys.